#1

Hey guys,

Been using a grid for the past few years. After a recent uninstall, something strange is afoot.

After using the most recent SerialOSC release and combing through the setup guides again, I’m having no luck.

Using the most recent Installer, the only way I can get the grid to communicate is by opening SerialOSCD application lying in the Monome/Serialosc folder. After opening the file I’m greeted with…

[!] running in debug mode, hotplugging disabled
serialosc [m40h1057]: connected, server running on port 16964

Is there a quick way to re-enable hotplugging? This is quite annoying, to connect to a new app the serialoscd application and Max needs to be restarted.

Any help out there?

Thanks
Chris

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#2

bumpity bump bump bump

#3

Having the same problem. Both on my desktop and the windows partition on my laptop. Using a 128 kit.

#4

Bump.

Hopefully someone has some insight.

#5

I am having the same exact issue. Were you ever able to troubleshoot/resolve this?

How i installed Monome 40h on Windows 10 successfully ... ;)
#6

apologies for the delay-- i’m looking into it now

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#7

Same for me. I’m running a 40h kit under win 10 64bit. Only way for me to see it connected is the old monome serial where it appears. Suggestion: I tried to install ftdi drivers and realized, that win10 obviously does have a sort of ftdi drivers already on board. Tried to manually override them, but i’m not sure if it worked. However, serialoscd.exe says: [!] running in debug mode, hotplugging disabled
serialosc [m40h1230]: connected, server running on port 17714. Hope you’re able to fix this … ;). Greetings

#8

+1

I’d like to have a Windows serialoscd binary that is not in debug mode and that has hotplugging enabled, if possible.

My C skills are limited but I have Visual Studio at work. If someone could give me some pointers perhaps I can help out in some way…

#9

After some investigation: found out, that the serialosc service isn’t running. If i try to start it manually, it “says”, it isn’t possible cause the required dependent service isn’t running, but win10 didn’t mentioned which one this could be … any suggestions? THX!

#10

For me serialoscd works on Windows 10, but hotplugging is disabled (so all devices needs to be attached prior to launching serialoscd.exe) and it is in debug mode. I’m getting the same output in the console as you:

[!] running in debug mode, hotplugging disabled
serialosc [m40h1230]: connected, server running on port 17714

For me it’s not a big deal to start serialoscd.exe manually (as opposed to have it automatically started / as a daemon of sorts), but I’d like hotplugging so that I don’t have to have all devices plugged in before starting serialoscd.exe.

DIY monome compatible grid w/ Adafruit NeoTrellis
#11

hey, the main issue here is that the serialoscd service isn’t starting correctly. “debug mode” is just the message you get when running the executable directly (rather than as a service), and hotplugging is disabled because in earlier versions of serialoscd I hadn’t figured out how to make a non-service receive device arrival notifications. I’ve since figured out how to do so, but again the primary issue here is that it’s not running as a service.

I think the root cause here is that I’ve got something wrong in the service dependencies that’s preventing it from starting. I’ll find some time later this week to investigate.

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#12

Great News! Looking forward to it … :wink: .

#13

Any news about that? Greetings ;).

#14

For everyone who is looking for a solution to get the monome 40 (kit) working on Windows10: Here is my little solution that worked for me -> How to install Monome 40 (kit) on Windows 10 64bit

#15

Just wanted to give an update. Everythings working fine with hotplugging!

Im not sure if it was a new Bonjour installation or not, but after uninstalling all traces of monome related applications, it looks like we’re up and running again.

Not sure what has changed since my original attempt to get my MK working happily :smiley:

#16

I’ve been having issues with hotplugging on Windows 10 too. I just did a clean install a couple weeks ago and it’s still not working. What’s most frustrating is for some reason i lose connection sometimes when going from M4L edit mode back to Live so I’m having to restart the service a lot. :confused:

#17

Yeah I do have the same issues, weirdly enough hotplugging seems to work more regularly on my tower computer than on my laptop so I really don’t know where it comes from. Very strange.

#18

Do you start serialoscd.exe yourself or run it as a service/daemon?

#19

Was there ever any solution found to this problem? While preparing a live set I went back to my laptop, tried to solve it by reinstalling everything, with absolutely no luck. The problem seems to be that no matter if I check the “start serialosc service” box, it doesn’t run as service (it actually shows the service is not running when I check in msconfig), and it’s not starting automatically when I launch windows which means I have to run it manually using the exe. Which means hotplugging doesn’t work. Other than that, still absolutely 0 issue on my tower computer, hotplugging works like a charm, serialosc running as service as expected, it’s realllly confusing.

#20

it was weird, i was on my windows 10 system yesterday to test something, and the monome worked fine… it showed up in the serialosc box like it should and i never had to start the service manually. i unplugged/ re-plugged the device several times and it re-connected perfectly.

maybe a windows update fixed it? i have no idea…

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