Kramer VP-88ETH driver, ready for use

[beelzerob]

This driver is now complete and is no longer in beta. Use the driver that comes with the official CQC release.

[beelzerob]

Release version of driver posted here and given to Dean.

[jscheller]

Beelzerob -

I just fixed a particularly irksome synchronization problem in my setup by loading up this driver and writing a small macro... Just wanted to say thanks for this driver...

Jim

[beelzerob]

Glad to hear it was of use!

When I write a driver, satisfaction is guaranteed....or at least promised!

[znelbok]

Can you tell me if the Kramer VP-8x8A is an easy mod. I tried your driver with it but it is just waiting to connect.

Here is the protocol doc.

http://www.kramerelectronics.com/sof...otocol2000.pdf

Thanks

Mick

[beelzerob]

I'll take a look at it tonight. I'm sure I still have the vp88 protocol somewhere.

[znelbok]

I dug it up on the kramer web site and it is the same document. I was using a wrong cable. I need a gender changer to get it going so it may still be OK. If you could still just confirm for me that they are the same document at least I would know for sure.

Mick

[znelbok]

It works but not completely

The Audio stuff seems to fall over. It appears to be more a driver issue and not so much the hardware connected
Setting all audio autputs

{
    CQCGenDrvS, MEng.System.CQC.Drivers.Kramer.VP88ETH.DriverImpl.695, Status/App Status
    <StringFldChanged>: [EXCEPTION] AudioInput1 is not a valid item name for enum MEng.System.CQC.Drivers.Kramer.VP88ETH.DriverImpl.E_Inputs
}

SEtting one audio output

{
    CQCGenDrvS, MEng.System.CQC.Drivers.Kramer.VP88ETH.DriverImpl.695, Status/App Status
    <StringFldChanged>: [EXCEPTION] AudioInput6 is not a valid item name for enum MEng.System.CQC.Drivers.Kramer.VP88ETH.DriverImpl.E_Inputs
}

Changing all outputs from the front panel does not get picked up by the driver and they end up out of sync. Changing one output at a time works OK.

There may be more, that's just my initial findings from 10 minutes of testing.

Mick

[znelbok]

As an update to this and a plea for help

There was an error in the code (I think). There was a list of the eight audiooutputs but the first was actually audioinput and the rest were audio outputs.

Other than that
here is what I have found
All video seems to be OK - its this audio that does not work properly

On connect the driver has the correct inputs assigned to the outputs.

When changing all outputs on the switch, the driver does not update with the new inputs.

Can you please have a look for me. I have tried to work through it, but a lack of understanding of CML and that its someone else's code makes it hard to work through this.

Mick

Changing a single audio output
The value written to the field Kramer.AudioOutputx was rejected by the driver (where x is 1-8)

Changing the input on the matrix switch, the associated field changes to "NoInput"

Changing AllAudioOutputs produces the same error message above

[beelzerob]

Well, I always will go after bugs in the drivers I write, so no problem.

Can you get me a log @ medium verbose of the problem occuring? Please clear the logs first so I only get a snapshot of the problem occuring. Then describe what it is you did and what the driver SHOULD have done instead.

Sorry for needing all the detail, but that driver is an older one for me, so I'm not familiar with it yet, and I'll have to take what you tell me along with the protocol doc to figure out what's wrong.