SLI-Pro and SLI-F1 plugin for SimHub

lukester1975 · Oct 4, 2020

In case it's of use to anyone else, I knocked up a quick plugin for SimHub to interface to a SLI-Pro and SLI-F1 boards. I've never been sufficiently intelligent to understand the SLIMaxManager UI and have had some issues with Fanaleds, hence the plugin. Plus it fills in a few things with PersistentDataTracker that are missing in AMS2 (and PC[2], I guess) like deltas, which is handy.

Bug reports or features best on github if possible!

Cheers

MarkModdy · May 6, 2022

Hi does this plugin still work with Simhub please?

I am awaiting my Leo bodnar SLI to come… and looking at options to run it

nugat · May 17, 2022

MarkModdy said:
Hi does this plugin still work with Simhub please?

I am awaiting my Leo bodnar SLI to come… and looking at options to run it

Yes it does, I installed it recently, it works really well

MarkModdy · May 17, 2022

nugat said:
Yes it does, I installed it recently, it works really well

Many thanks Nugat, I too have used it and as you said it works great

I just need to find how to set the initial Rev light start point… as all my other LEDs start at about 80% minimum and go up from there… but this with the plugin seems to start right at the bottom of the rev range?

Do you have any idea maybe on how to set that Nugat?

lukester1975 · May 18, 2022

Yeah SimHub 7.4.13 or so removed the global "Minimum Displayed RPM %" car setting option that I was using.

I've released a patch here that add the equivalent setting in to the plugin itself. I would've used the RPM1/RPM2 settings but they seem a bit weird. Looks like you can't have a third segment - as soon as the RPMs hit the max of the RPM2 setting it would effectively go to all LEDs on.

HTH

MarkModdy · May 18, 2022

lukester1975 said:
Yeah SimHub 7.4.13 or so removed the global "Minimum Displayed RPM %" car setting option that I was using.

I've released a patch here that add the equivalent setting in to the plugin itself. I would've used the RPM1/RPM2 settings but they seem a bit weird. Looks like you can't have a third segment - as soon as the RPMs hit the max of the RPM2 setting it would effectively go to all LEDs on.

HTH

Thanks so much, a great piece of work indeed

Demigawd · Aug 9, 2022

Hi everyone, I am hoping some one can help me with installing this plugin. I'm not familiar with npm so I seem to be struggling with obtaining the package.

On Github it says to install from the command line to enter

npm install@simelation/simhub-sli-plugin@0.9.1

I have installed node.js to get npm but when I enter that command npm responds with


npm install @simelation/simhub-sli-plugin@0.9.1

npm WARN config global `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=global` instead.
npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@simelation%2fsimhub-sli-plugin - Not found
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404  '@simelation/simhub-sli-plugin@0.9.1' is not in this registry.
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a
npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.

Am I doing something wrong?

MarkModdy · Aug 9, 2022

I got the file download here and followed the instructions dropping it in the the required Simhub folder..,

File Finder · simelation/simhub-plugins

Plugins for SimHub. Contribute to simelation/simhub-plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Demigawd · Aug 9, 2022

Thank you for replying. I went to that link and I can not find the SimElation.SimHub.SliPlugin.dll anywhere. Am I supposed to build this from source because that is failing spectacularly also.

I have managed to assemble my simulator and build all of the motion hardware but I am apparently not smart enough to figure out this plugin.

lukester1975 · Aug 9, 2022

Heh, don't worry me neither! It was always a hack to distribute as a npm package (well, laziness) but it looks like the package has disappeared off github. Give me a little time to investigate...

Demigawd · Aug 9, 2022

lukester1975 said:
Heh, don't worry me neither! It was always a hack to distribute as a npm package (well, laziness) but it looks like the package has disappeared off github. Give me a little time to investigate...

Oh good, I thought I was losing my mind. I was looking everywhere and couldn't find it. I tried to build it from source but it keeps complaining about conflicting versions of some file and I don't know enough about programming to fix it. So I guess I will sit back and hope you can fix the package. Thanks for the help.

lukester1975 · Aug 9, 2022

No problem. Try https://github.com/simelation/simhub-plugins/releases

Looks like there's been a big SimHub update since I last did a build so hopefully this version is still OK. I'll take a look at generating a new build but won't be for a while.

Cheers

Demigawd · Aug 9, 2022

lukester1975 said:
No problem. Try https://github.com/simelation/simhub-plugins/releases

Looks like there's been a big SimHub update since I last did a build so hopefully this version is still OK. I'll take a look at generating a new build but won't be for a while.

Cheers

Thank you that worked, I was able to download the package and copy the dll file to the Simhub folder. Now I am off to figure out how the plugin works.

E69_Kyle · Sep 4, 2022

j-bob said:
Hi, first of all thank you for your work. enjoying this plugin for a while now.

there is an additional sli popping on and of every few seconds. If I am fast enough to set it to managed, it will stay.
my sli starts flashing like it is alternating between the two settings.
that is whats popping up in the log if I leave it unmanaged:

View attachment 533809

By the way, I have the same issue like Rapster has with the 6 status leds.

cheers

Hi there!
I'm having the same issue.
When I'm in race I can see ASSETTOizione in the 7-segment displays but the only feature I can make it work is the brightness level with the 12 position rotary, any other thing I configure doesn't work.
(Fanaleds is not running)

I'm in SimHub 8.0.1 and I can see that there is a 8.1.0 version.
I'm going to try it
Edit: With the latest version I have the same issue

Dje74 · Sep 5, 2022

E69_Kyle said:
Bonjour à tous!
J'ai le même problème.
Quand je suis en course, je peux voir ASSETTOizione dans les affichages à 7 segments mais la seule fonctionnalité que je peux faire fonctionner est le niveau de luminosité avec le bouton rotatif à 12 positions, toute autre chose que je configure ne fonctionne pas.
(Fanaleds ne fonctionne pas)

Je suis dans SimHub 8.0.1 et je vois qu'il existe une version 8.1.0.
je vais essayer
Edit : avec la dernière version j'ai le même problème

bonjour pareil pour moi je n'ai que la luminosité qui fonctionne et le nom du jeu

lukester1975 · Sep 12, 2022

Not sure if someone here opened the ticket on github, but FYI: https://github.com/simelation/simhub-plugins/issues/13

If anyone suffering from the same problem could try to get the SLI serial number from Windows (as per https://github.com/simelation/simhub-plugins/issues/13#issuecomment-1244120077), that would be very helpful (I think).

Thanks

lukester1975 · Sep 13, 2022

0.10 has a fix for the appearing/disappearing SLIs: https://github.com/simelation/simhub-plugins/releases/tag/@simelation/simhub-sli-plugin@0.10.0

E69_Kyle · Sep 16, 2022

lukester1975 said:
Not sure if someone here opened the ticket on github, but FYI: https://github.com/simelation/simhub-plugins/issues/13

If anyone suffering from the same problem could try to get the SLI serial number from Windows (as per https://github.com/simelation/simhub-plugins/issues/13#issuecomment-1244120077), that would be very helpful (I think).

Thanks

It was me!
Thank you for your help.

lukester1975 · Dec 23, 2022

Rapster said:
Hey Luke, sorry for late reply - no notification.

The problem I faced and hence why I went to the lengths of changing the defaults was that on every change of game in SimHub or SimHub restart would result in a reset of the Status LED's (3 x Left and 3 x Right) from whatever I had set back to the defaults. So, after the 37th time of re-inputting NCalc code it seemed easier just to adjust the code defaults in SliPluginDeviceDescriptor.cs and rebuild. lol

I hadn't used your SLI-Pro plugin or SimHub before the current version (7.4.16) so do not know what InputManager was used for and whether this is what is causing the issue, doesn't sound like it though. Strangely, I am pretty sure it worked, as in saved my Status LED config, for the first few restarts of SimHub but can't be 100%.

Other than the missing InputManager warning and the non-saving Status LED changes (just tried a fresh install of both and it won't save changes to the defaults) the project compiled and as far as I can see and tell, it is working as it should. I've changed all sorts of stuff that a normal user would change and it seems to be working fine. It's weird that it remembers the changes say to the Pit Lane animation but not Status LED's.

Cheers bud!