Drivers

Driver Configuration

This is a generic breakdown of the driver commands and values used.

 

Examples.

Configure a coil that is only manual pulse, like trough: DN:<DRIVER_ID>,81,00,10….

Fire the above coil: TN:<DRIVER_ID>,1

 

[DL/DN]:<DRIVER_ID>,<TRIGGER>,<SWITCH_ID>,<MODE>,<PARAM_1>,<PARAM_2>,<PARAM_3>,<PARAM_4>,<PARAM_5><CR>

 

  • <DRIVER_ID>
    • FAST Driver number, zero based.
  • <TRIGGER>
    • 0x01 = Driver Enabled. (Must be set to do anything at all with this driver.)
    • 0x08 = Fire Driver Now (e.g. “one shot”, in most cases. Different cases for diverters, etc.)
    • 0x10 = Switch 1 Inverted
    • 0x20 = Switch 2 Inverted
    • 0x40 = Send virtual switch “on” state (state of the virtual switch)
    • 0x80 = Disable Auto Switch Control (disconnects physical switch, taking over manual control)
    • More info on bits
    • Trigger Control Byte:
    • BIT 7    6      5        4         3        2          1        0
    • [MUX1][MUX0][INV_SW2][INV_SW1][ONE_SHOT][NOT USED][NOT USED][DRV_ENA]
    • DRV_ENA bit0 (0 = driver not enabled, 1 = driver enabled)
    • ONE_SHOT bit3 Taps the driver one time.  After Configuring the driver the mode trigger input will be momentary True, and then False.
    • INV_SW1 bit4 If set, switch 1 input to the Trigger Mux Control will be inverted
    • INV_SW2 bit5 If set, switch 1 input to the Trigger Mux Control will be inverted
    • Trigger Mux Select bits 6 and 7.  The bits are used to select the trigger input to the selected mode
      • 00 Trigger input is attached to switch 1 output mux
      • 01 Trigger input is attached to switch 1 output mux
      • 10 Trigger input is set to logic 0 (not triggered).  This also disconnects switch 1 and switch 2 from from the trigger input to the mode
      • 11 Trigger input is set to logic 1 (triggered).  This also disconnects switch 1 and switch 2 from from the trigger input to the mode
  • <SWITCH_ID>
    • FAST Switch number, zero based.
  • <MODE>
    • 0x00 = Null (Driver not configured / not used)
    • 0x10 = Pulsed
    • 0x18 = Latched
    • 0x20 = FlipFlop (uses two switches on to enable, one to disable)
    • 0x30 = Delayed (VUK, Ball Shooter)
    • 0x40 = Flipper Dual Coil
    • —–> 0x41 = Companion Coil
    • 0x48 = Flipper Dual Coil w/EOS
    • —–> 0x49 = Companion Coil
    • 0x50 = Flipper Single Coil Timed/PWM
    • 0x58 = Flipper Single Coil Timed/PWM (EOS)
    • 0x70 = Diverter
    • 0x80 = Dither (Low Current Lamp Driver)
  • <PARAM_1>
    • Mode Specific Parameter 1
  • <PARAM_2>
    • Mode Specific Parameter 2
  • <PARAM_3>
    • Mode Specific Parameter 3
  • <PARAM_4>
    • Mode Specific Parameter 4
  • <PARAM_5>
    • Mode Specific Parameter 5

 

Driver Control Values

Driver control values.

 

  • 0x01 = Driver Enabled
  • 0x08 = Fire Driver Upon Configuration
  • 0x10 = Switch 1 Inverted
  • 0x20 = Switch 2 Inverted
  • 0x40 = Manual Mode Trigger
  • 0x80 = Manual Mode Enabled.

Driver PWM Byte Sequence

The bits of the PWM byte are sequenced 1 bit every 1ms.

 

  • 0x00 = 0b00000000 = 0% power
  • 0x01 = 0b00000001 = 12.5% power
  • 0x88 = 0b10001000 = 25% power
  • 0x92 = 0b10010010 = 37.5% power
  • 0xAA = 0b10101010 = 50% power
  • 0xBA = 0b10111010 = 62.5% power
  • 0xEE = 0b11101110 = 75% power
  • 0xFE = 0b11111110 = 87.5% power
  • 0xFF = 0b11111111 = 100% power

 

Driver Responses

The DL/DN: commands allow for variable input (you do not need to send all the parameters).

The response returned is either DL/DN:P<CR> for Pass, or DL/DN:F<CR> if the operation failed.

There are several ways to read back the driver data as well:

To return all the the parameters for a given driver the following command can be executed:

DL/DN:<Driver Number><CR>

DN:1<CR> could return the following:

DN:01,81,00,10,0F,55,00,00,50 The order of these parameters are the same as when writing the driver data

DN:<DRIVER_ID>,<TRIGGER>,<SWITCH_ID>,<MODE>,<PARAM_1>,<PARAM_2>,<PARAM_3>,<PARAM_4>,<PARAM_5><CR>

 

It is also possible to request a list of all the driver data using the DL/DN:L<CR> command

executing the instruction DN:L<CR> could return the following:

 

DN:04

DN:00,81,00,10,0F,55,00,00,50

DN:01,81,00,10,0F,55,00,00,50

DN:02,81,00,10,0F,55,00,00,50

DN:03,81,00,10,0F,55,00,00,50

 

DN:04 indicates there are 4 network drivers total,  The following output is each driver listed one at a time using the same output parameters as the DL/DN:<Driver Number><CR> command.

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