Guide DigiMeter - LED System Activity Bar-Graph/Chaser - SOFTWARE v1.7

wheres part 3 and 4?

 

my guess is that theyre coming soon or if not soon then later?

 

Ok, From what I can tell, the newest version of the software is opposed to SP1...

The older version however, isn't. I can get the older version to do the Knights test just PEACHY, but when I try to get it to monitor my CPU or RAM or HDDs, it doesn't work properly... I get a subscript out of range error with the RAM and CPU. I'm using a 3.2 GHZ P4 w/ 800 FSB and HT with two 512MB strips of RAM which my motherboard uses as dual channel, and I have two 80 GB HDDs which are SATA in a RAID0 setup



[Edit] Ok, I re-tested it, and it works just fine for my HDDs, and it'll display the Knights just fine, but it gives me a subscript out of range ((Error 9)) for my CPU and RAM... This is when I'm using the one that you said compiles for XP SP1 just fine ((The one that isn't in installing package))

 

Hey Guys,

I defintly want to try this mod out, very good idea!.

I have a slight problem though.
I know what the stuff i need, and how to do it. But i have no idea where to get the serial connecter from... ?
Any help there please guys?
I will do this mod, and post my pictures for all to see if i get what i need.

Thank you.

 

Truthfully, I have no clue where to get it... Personally I had one just lying around. Would you by chance have an old printer or something where you can steal the connector from ((If you don't use it of course))??? And btw, it's extremely easy to make... Took me a few hours today just because I was procastinating soldering and such, but man it's easy... I went out to get the parts which was less than 10 bucks since I already had some of the stuff I needed. I actually built it with this program specifically in mind lol

 

Very nice

I did this a couple of days ago (before seeing this post) and it works very nicely. This is actually my very first soldered project so I was suprised it worked. I wrote some software in c using Port I/O driver and it works very nicely. It's very easy to write your own little program using this driver :

1) Install it.
2) You'lll find a header file and library file with functions
3) Include these files with your project (I used Borland Builder C++)

To turn on the LED's use the following function :

Code:

 DlPortWritePortUshort( 888, 1 ); // for LED 1
 DlPortWritePortUshort( 888, 2 ); // for LED 2
 DlPortWritePortUshort( 888, 4 ); // for LED 3
 DlPortWritePortUshort( 888, 8 ); // for LED 4
 //etc

You can use 3 (1+2) if you want to turn on LED 1 and 2 or 12 (8+4)for LED 3 and 4. You can switch them all off using 0.

I created some pretty nifty effects with running lights and such and it looks cool. I'll post a pic of it soon.

Can't wait for the parts to take it further, 8 LEDs just arent enough...


[EDIT :] I'll maybe write a short tut on writing your own little programs for this device using free tools ? Any takers ?[/EDIT]

 

Here is a much easier wiring diagram, or atleast I think so ]

 

i am having problems. The first six light up great. But tehy stay up all the time and the last 2 never turn on. I dont know whats the problem i can get the old software up and running but it doesnt do anything. help plz

 

Have you tried the Knight Rider setting?

 

yes at first only the first 5 were working then all of the sudden the 6th one came on.

 

Not all the effects of acrimonius' program, but us 98 users can use the software from http://casemods.pointofnoreturn.org/cpumeter/

 

hey guys here is my crappy attempt , dont laugh
only 7 leds since the 8th pin is for the digibus
the mess:

cover on (picture really sucks, sorry):

 

Nice, but why didnt u place the leds on the front panel ?

 

Howzit,

Mmmmm, yeah that's a pretty cool mod, but if you have the pc tower on the floor... it's a little pointless.

 

Can someone make me one? Please? ........

 

Truthfully, it would probably help it having VB6 installed because of the fact VB6 automatically registers a bunch of VB files that this program uses.

 

actually i have installed the whole visual studio 6.0 and still returns the error.

 

Weird, must be different versions of the same ocx file or somethin'

 

Any estimate when the next version will be out, and the rest of this guide?