Besides supporting Triscopic and hacking on the next version on LCDHost, I’m also now a dad for the third time. My two daughters now have a little brother:
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LCDHost Alpha 20
Posted by sirreal
on September 9, 2011
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Hopefully A20 brings it back to the same level as A18 was. I’m really starting to appreciate the mercurial repository now. It takes a while to get the hang of it, but now it’s quite easy to maintain the LCDHost plugin API5 version you’re all using while hacking on the dev code. I just wish I had named the branch API5 rather than A19.
- Installed layouts are set read-only, as they are removed on uninstall
- Add warning on failed layout save
- Refuse https download URLs, change them into http ones
- Refix no antialiasing bug
The autoupdater should already be active for Windows, OS/X to follow soon.
LCDHost Alpha 19
Posted by sirreal
on September 6, 2011
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The development version of LCDHost isn’t yet ready to be released, so to avoid A18 from timing out I’m re-releasing it as A19 (with some minor tweaks). For those looking at the source repo, there’s now an A19 branch which will let you pull this particular state of the repository. Windows A19 is already up for download using the auto-updater, and as soon as I’ve packaged the OS/X, I’ll put that up as well and add the manual download links to the homepage.
Forum downtime
Posted by sirreal
on August 28, 2011
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I apologize for the forum downtime. I foolishly made a configuration change right before going on a military exercise for four days. Now excuse me while I go bash myself in the forehead with a wooden plank.
LCDHost Alpha 18
Posted by sirreal
on July 7, 2011
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A quick release to fix the most glaring bugs in A17.
- Limit polling to 60Hz (up from 40), don’t warn on limiting.
- Text objects now default to anti-aliasing.
- Text objects now default to their A16 sizes.
This time the autoupdater should handle things just fine. Or, get it from the LCDHost homepage.
Late as usual.
Posted by sirreal
on July 6, 2011
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Yes, I know it’s starting to expire… me and Triscopic are working furiously to get a new one out ASAP. Stay tuned.
LCDSirReal 2.8.5
Posted by sirreal
on June 21, 2011
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A new version of LCDSirReal has been released. Get it from it’s homepage.
Changes in 2.8.5:
- No longer by default restart LCDMon.exe (settings lcdmon_starting now defaults to 0)
- No longer tries HID fallback by default (see the use_hid setting in lcdsirreal.txt)
- Updated to work with the latest TS3 beta
LCDHost Alpha 16
Posted by sirreal
on May 7, 2011
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For anyone new to LCDHost, LCDHost is a compositing plugin manager for LCD’s. It’s primarily targeted towards the Logitech G19, but it will work with the G13 and G15 too.
What’s new in LCDHost alpha 16:
- LCDHost now has self-update capability, both for plugins and the main program.
- Use Tools -> Updates to check the update settings.
- What’s New display is now on the Welcome screen, not on the device.
- Updated to Qt 4.7.3 for all platforms
- OS/X now uses direct-to-hardware since Logitech does not provide 64-bit drivers.
- HID and USB level drives provided for all platforms.
- The G19 USB driver requires uninstallation of existing drivers before use.
- With little in-house testing time, I fully expect this to be an extra-buggy alpha.
- Report all bugs on the LCDHost issue tracker.
- I would have liked to replace the g19-default layout, but unfortunately there wasn’t time. Pick your own favorite.
- Includes a new g15-default layout for 160×43 devices by Ender91.
- …and lots of other fixes and changes as well.
Download it on the home page.
Important information for OS/X users: LCDHost A16 for OS/X is now 64-bit. If you’re not running Snow Leopard, please consider updating. The Logitech drivers, however, are 32-bit only. This means that LCDHost can no longer use the Logitech drivers to access G13/G15/G19 devices. Sorry about that – but until Logitech releases 64-bit drivers, not much I can do except ask you to try the direct-to-hardware plugins LH_Lg320x240 and LH_Lg160x43. You lose out on the keymapping and backlighting features though. Unfortunately I can’t build a 32-bit version of LCDHost for OS/X, so you’re forced to choose between LCDHost and regular drivers at this point. Hopefully Logitech will release new drivers, and I’ll certainly add macroing and backlight support in the future.
LCDSirReal 2.8.4 released
Posted by sirreal
on April 7, 2011
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As a side effect of researching how to access the G13/G15 (Z10/G510) hardware on Linux and OS/X, I’ve implemented direct hardware access to those devices in LCDSirReal 2.8.4. If the Logitech software isn’t installed or running (or if it crashes), LCDSirReal will access the LCD directly. In addition, the G-keys will be translated into different special key codes not in common use, so you may be able to map them into games (unlikely unless it’s a quite clever game designer) or to macros using software like AutoHotKey. Yes, now you no longer need to run the 100MB+ Logitech software just to run LCDSirReal. Woot!
Download LCDSirReal 2.8.4 on it’s homepage.
Alpha will be alpha
Posted by sirreal
on March 19, 2011
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But I should at least make sure the Mac users can even start LCDHost before releasing it. I’ll blame the fact that 15 was the first Mac release and I haven’t yet got the routines down. Anyhow, alpha 15c for Mac has been released. This time it starts without screaming “executable file has been altered”, and as consolation, some of Triscopics plugins that I recently ported to OS/X are included. They’re completely untested, but hey, alpha will be alpha. Update: 15c now also allows you to save layouts without adding ‘.xml’ manually to the layout file name.