#243

Full releases come in a zip file with the update_firmware.command file. Grab one from a release zip and put it in the same folder as the beta teletype.hex.

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#244

Of course - awesome thank you!!

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#245

Finally installed this last night. I havenā€™t built an Offworld yet, so I am only able to use the built-in visualizer.

However, I loaded up @ghostā€™s Daemon port and had instantly usable results. Between this and @Dewbā€™s VCV Rack ports, Iā€™m very excited for all of this new potential with my Monome hardware.

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#246

Silly question because Iā€™m not 100% sure of the Offworld thingā€¦ If Iā€™m using a Switch that does the same power-handling-help as the Offworld, and the reason you need an Offworld is simply the power of running a grid off of the Teletype port?

#247

You can just use the Switch. I had sold my Switch since I eliminated my Trilogy modules in favor of two Ansibles, and then one Ansible.

The Teletype doesnā€™t provide enough power for the Grid, but the Switch and Offworld series do.

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#248

yep, you can use either option. i use a switch with one of my teletypes and ext5v (which is the older version of the offworld) with the other one.

#249

is it dangerous to run your grid off the teletype? i just installed the grid integration firmware and i donā€™t have an offworld yet so i tried plugging it into the grid and it seems to work. i just finished the trigger visualizer here: https://github.com/scanner-darkly/teletype/wiki/STARTING-SIMPLE and found that i could illuminate all of the grid buttons from teletype power by pressing all 8 buttons at once. it does get a little bit flickery with all the buttons lit up, but itā€™s flicker free with 7 of 8 buttons held down (112 grid buttons fully illuminated).

#250

iā€™m not sure how safe it is, but as there might be a chance it could damage it avoiding it would be probably a prudent thing to do.

you can do quite a bit with visualizer now, it might actually be an even better way to go through the studies as you donā€™t have to switch as often.

#251

hey guys probably a dumb question, just got delivered a TT and willing to give @scanner_darklyā€™s firmware a shot but how do you guys alternate coding/gridding in an easy way? is the only solution here to just plug keyboard -> code a little -> unplug keyboard -> plug grid -> test ?

Is that the workflow? thanks

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#252

Welcome (back) to the TT !
Well, yeah. You got it right. But you can do quite a lot from the Grid Simulator.

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#253

Ok bein merci @chapelierfou! will give that a go, canā€™t wait to try your rene simulator :slight_smile:

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#254

Good youā€™re asking! I have recently bought some parts for a solutionā€¦ Itā€™s ugly, but has been working great so farā€¦

I got this usb switch:

Then I use two of these:

And a A-A cable which goes from the switchbox to teletypeā€¦ Then the Keyboard to one ā€œinputā€ and the grid to the other, each via these adapters. Donā€™t forget to power the grid of course!!! I have a (monome) switch in between the grid connection.

Again, not pretty, but have it vertically standing at the side of my case, the long adapters hidden behind, and I can switch focus/input with the press of a button. (of course grid interaction stops when the focus is on the keyboard)

One caveat I found: some cables A-B wouldnā€™t work for some reason. Also had to sometimes re-power via the monome switch to re-gain focus on the grid. Using another cable fixed the issues I had. Might have been broken or poor quality cables. But this is still only tested for a few hours.

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#255

Oh thatā€™s great, thanks for the heads up @sakul ! :slight_smile:

#256

Well I also use the (monome) switch with earthsea, so this isnā€™t an option for me.
BUT: My understanding is that monome switch powers the device on the USB A Port. I would expect this not be invertible. But someone with better understanding of the circuit would have to chime in sorryā€¦

Edit: We are pretty OT. sorry guys! @Admins might move these to new threadā€¦

#257

yeah never mind I actually donā€™t think it could work but your solution is great (and cheap!) thanks

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#258

Just a though:

G.GBTN.L group odd_level even_level
ā€œset brightness level for all buttons in the groupā€

For this op, would it be possible to make it so that if you only enter 1 number at the end it will make the level uniform? Striped colour is cool but would be nice to get those 2 extra characters when not using (which for me so far has been the vast majority) :slight_smile:

#259

unfortunately not possible to have a variable number of parametersā€¦ it would need to be a separate op, and i think if it was added then being able to specify 2 different levels would become too much of a special case, so wouldnā€™t deserve its own op. so maybe we should just change it to G.GBTN.L group level?

#260

sorry for being dense, but I just made it through the whole grid studies and i still have no idea how to access the grid visualizer on the teletype. the first page of the studies mentions it:

ā€œthe grid visualization page which weā€™ll cover in a bitā€

but it never came up again. is there somewhere in the docs that i missed where it is covered?

#261

In that case then I would probably leave it as is - itā€™s a fun feature and only 2 characters extra.

CTRL G on the live page

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#262

this is a great find - i did consider giving something like that a try, but wasnā€™t sure it would work. if it does this would simplify things considerably!