Please Welcome Blaster Core v5

[morpheus1977]

Erv I waned to thank you for your help. I have everything wired up (accent lights and sound card) it all works great now.. The only thing I am having an issue with is getting a custom sound font working on it.. It was originally designed for your 4.0 version. I just dragged and dropped it onto the SD card for the 5.0 BC but the font is not showing up... Is there anything special I need to do to get it to work on the new 5.0 card? Could I just copy all of the files from the 4.0 card and paste them onto the 5.0 card??

I also noticed the configuration files between the 4.0 and 5.0 were different. Do you have a guide for the new configuration file?

So I have been playing around with configuration files..  So as of right now. I can get the Alt mode to work correctly. The correct sound and no Ray LED's. It's the primary fire mode that I am having issues with. I get the ray progression, but I am not getting any sound... Also in bank one when I press the button to switch from single to full auto. I get the sound confirming the button press but I only get a single shot. On the other banks it works a described.. Any thoughts?

[erv]

if the font was proven to work with the BCv4, it should work on the v5. Just make sure the sounds comply with the expected wav format, 22050 samp/s, mono, 16 bits.
To install a font on the SD card, it must be formatted first. Transfer it all on the HDD, then add your bank folder contents in 1 of the 6 available, format the SD and copy it back to the SD in 1 shot.

[Machinimax]

Any updates on the manual? Wiring I got down but would love to read more in depth about the new features and the way you can set up audio files. :)

[erv]

forrest has been some great help and has been working on the update. I've got the final revised document yesterday, I will edit it today if production gives me a break

[EV-9D9]

I know I am two years late to the party.

I received my first blaster (blastercore V5) and in the tracks config file, I changed shufflemode from 0 to 1, to turn on shuffle mode, but it acts like loopmode, playing the first track over and over. Setting shufflemode to 0 plays my other tracks, but in order (not as fun). Can font config random=2 be explained further? can it be more than the first 6 blast files? In the font config file what are the "rc" parameters? they are not mentioned in the manual. Thanks

[erv]

do you have loopmode set to zero  ?
rc are the barrel ray color definition (for each range) as described in the manual, as well as random parameter.

[EV-9D9]

do you have loopmode set to zero  ?
rc are the barrel ray color definition (for each range) as described in the manual, as well as random parameter.

Yes loopmode is zero:
//Config file iBlaster
loopmode=0
shufflemode=1
pausemode=0

I found the rc details. Thanks. My pdf reader search was not finding rc, only words with rc.

[EV-9D9]

shufflemode set to zero: tracks start with track01 and play in order
Blaster Core v5 - shufflemode set to zero - YouTube

shufflemode set to one: only track01 plays, over-and-over, even though loopmode is set to zero.
Blaster Core v5 - shufflemode set to one - YouTube

[erv]

that could be a small bug in the firmware, I will have to dig this this week ! I'll keep you posted !

[EV-9D9]

looking to get the actual number of blaster and track sounds.
the manual states 12 blaster sounds, while this post mentions up to 16 blaster sounds.
The manual mentions both 16 tracks and in another page 25 tracks.
are the other track quantities what the manual states or are they different as well?

thanks

[erv]

99 tracks and 16 blaster sounds. I'll update the manual !
I'll be also on the loopmode / shuffle mode issue this week

[EV-9D9]

do I understand this correctly, that to trigger full auto and play the auto.wav files, stunmode must be set to 0?

stunmode [0-1-2]: auxiliary shooting mode.
0 = regular short range
1 = stun/paralyzing ray. An auxiliary circuit is triggered with some pulsing effect. Energy/ammo is taken on the main magazine (costs 1 ammo).
2 = grenade mode / RPG. The aux. circuit will be activated for a fixed duration
(aux flash duration), and might be able to trigger a coil activated device, so
simulate for instance a shoot gun bullet or a moving mechanical device. The
ammo is taken on the secondary magazine. Full automatic shooting mode is
disabled for those 2 last special ranges.

thanks

PS. I'm having a blast (pun intended) with this blaster.

[erv]

that's correct. Mode 2 uses ammo on a secondary magazine. AFAIR those essential define the interaction and ammo counting.
Very cool build and nice bargraph integration !

[erv]

loop vs shuffle figured out, fixed the firmware, happy to reflash you board if you send it to me (in the EU) or to chewbacca (in the US)

[EV-9D9]

loop vs shuffle figured out, fixed the firmware, happy to reflash you board if you send it to me (in the EU) or to chewbacca (in the US)

It's not possible to flash it myself? The board as you know is all installed. Is it required to remove the board to flash it?