Releases: Jerware/GameFrameV2_WiFi
v20200525: Pong Clock & Score Board
I added a Pong Clock feature, where the classic game is played on the screen between two AI players and the time is the score. Whenever left scores, the hour advances, and whenever right scores the minute advances. It works with any of the clock skins, and the ball adopts the second hand color so the color schemes all just work. Activate it by pressing the NEXT button while in Clock mode. NEXT also now cycles through all five clock skins, allowing easier access to them. Good luck deciphering the binary skins!
You can use Game Frame as a score board by using the command
cloud function. Scores can have one or two digits, and you can optionally set the color of the scores using HEX codes.
Examples: score 3-2
or score 8-11#FF0000#0000FF
Finally, you can now access all of the cloud functions directly over UDP. Just send your commands to UDP port 8888 on the Game Frame's local ip address. You should receive a UDP response "ok" for each transmission.
How do I perform an update?
Simply download the .BIN file below and then use the Game Frame firmware manager to perform a wireless update. Login to the firmware manager using the Particle credentials you used when first installing the Wi-Fi Adapter. If for some reason you can't get Game Frame online or you can't login, you can always put the Wi-Fi Adapter into DFU Mode and perform the update over USB.
v20180216: Charts & Fade-In
Major New feature: Stock & Cryptocurrency Charts
Game Frame can now display real-time stock and crypto charts using multiple render modes and time intervals. Control the amount of time each column represents using your system timer (the setting that normally controls how often animations change). Selecting infinity will cause each column to represent a single day, so you can see 16 days into the past. Select between area and candlestick render modes using the NEXT button on your remote. You can select your stock or coin by accessing the web backend (type your Game Frame ip address into a browser) or by sending "coin" or "stock" to the exposed Command function, followed by the symbol (BTC, LTC, AAPL, etc.).
Animations can now use a fade-in effect when changing. This is turned off by default. Set a global setting by adding a "fadein" key to your WIFI.INI file on the microSD card inside 00system/wifi. Set the key value to a number of milliseconds, such as 1000 for a one-second fade. You can set lengths for individual animations by adding "fadein" to any animation CONFIG.INI file. This will override the global setting.
While in FX mode, you can now control which effect is running using the exposed Command function. Using the Command function explained in the Wi-Fi Adapter docs, send the argument "effect" followed by a number 0-13, representing the effects in the order they appear. For example, to run the Matrix animation, you'd send "effect 12" to the Command function.
Additionally, the internal web server should be much more robust. Hopefully it won't crash after losing its network connection anymore!
How do I perform an update?
Simply download the .BIN file above and then use the Game Frame firmware manager to perform a wireless update. Login to the firmware manager using the Particle credentials you used when first installing the Wi-Fi Adapter. If for some reason you can't get Game Frame online or you can't login, you can always put the Wi-Fi Adapter into DFU Mode and perform the update over USB.
v20170523: System Thread & New FX
System & Cloud processses now use dedicated thread
Wi-Fi dropout crash fix
11 new effects for FX Mode
Lots of FX Mode-related bugs fixed
Firmware update triggers WIFI graphic
Firmware update failure visualization (red flash)
Network credential loss detection
Added network connect timeout (Game Frame will boot w/o Wi-Fi)
Groundwork for Alexa Skill (colors, modes, etc.)
How do I perform an update?
Simply download the .BIN file below and then use the Game Frame firmware manager to perform a wireless update. Login to the firmware manager using the Particle credentials you used when first installing the Wi-Fi Adapter. If for some reason you can't get Game Frame online or you can't login, you can always put the Wi-Fi Adapter into DFU Mode and perform the update over USB.