RealDMD still in use by PinballX after table is launched when attract mode was active

[Mike_da_Spike]

Ok, I didn't know how to call the title for this.
So hope I can explain it.

I have a real DMD (pindDMDv3) that is working fine within PinballX and Visual Pinball.
The only issue I experience is the following:

When I leave PinballX running and attract mode starts, It will shows at a sudden moment the high scores from that specific table. 
After high score is showed, it will continue playing the MP4's I created for my DMD.
When the high scores are displayed once and all continues and I want to play a table that is shown, I launch it with my Launch button.
at that moment Vpinmame doesn't shows anything on my DMD any more and the game starts without the DMD.
Exiting to PinballX, shows the DMD animation again.

I played a bit around and found the following scenario's :

• Start PinballX
  • Select game with launch button (without start menu)
    • Result : DMD working
• Start PinballX
  • Wait until Attract mode starts and leave it a couple of tables
  • Select game with launch button (without start menu)
    • Result : DMD not working
  • returning to PinballX, click left button and right button and launch table 
    • Result : DMD working
• Start PinballX
  • Wait until Attract mode starts and leave it a couple of tables
  • Select game via menu (not using the 'Launch' button)
    • Result : DMD working

Turning off 'Show high scores' during attract mode

 

• Start PinballX
  • Select game with launch button (without start menu)
    • Result : DMD working
• Start PinballX
  • Wait until Attract mode starts and leave it a couple of tables
  • Select game with launch button (without start menu)
    • Result : DMD working

Setting Attract mode 'Show game For' to lower than 30 seconds also give always a Working DMD

Here's also a small video.
When Attract mode is on the Batman table, I launch it. and Visual Pinball (Vpinmame) is not able to show the DMD
When I exit (strange that attract mode already selected another table), and go to the table and launch it with the Launch button, the DMD is showing

I removed audio to reduce the size

 

 

 

log.txt XDMDlog.txt pinDMD_log.txt PinballX.ini

Edited August 18, 2022 by Mike_da_Spike
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[Mike_da_Spike]

I thought it was just when highscores was enabled in the front end, but noticed it now happens after every attract mode.

The DMD is still in use at the moment that pinmame is launched.

According to my DMDdevice.log 

[16] 2022/08/18 06:10:45.429 ERROR | Error: Access to the port 'COM4' is denied. 

DmdDevice.log

My assumption is that after attract mode, XDMD is not closed correctly.
Closing the table and relaunch it, shows in my DMDdevice.log that it can access the DMD again

[16] 2022/08/18 06:18:39.773  INFO | Checking port COM4 for PinDMDv3... 
[16] 2022/08/18 06:18:39.940  INFO | Trusting that PinDMDv3 sits on port COM4. 
[16] 2022/08/18 06:18:39.941  INFO | Colored 4-bit frames for PinDMDv3 enabled. 

 

[Draco1962]