DDUPL mode doesn't work anymore on v1.7.2 about firefly_luciferin

[sblantipodi]

@RonaldHiemstra thanks for joining the discussion, I appreciate it.
Firefly Luciferin PC software and Glow Worm Luciferin firmware are made to work togheter.
Once you start capturing the screen, PC software sends color information to the firmware and the firmware sends back some information to the PC software just to inform that all is running well.

If you don't have the firmware "up and running", PC software shows that errors because there is no one that sends back the information of the stream.

Please install the firmware on an ESP (FULL firmware if you are running MQTT) and feel free to open an issue if you still have the problem.

Thanks for the feedback Ronald.

[sblantipodi]

hi @sashayohan can you give me more informations please?

• what do you mean for it doesn't work anymore? do you see some light?
• are you using the light or the full firmware?
• is there some erros in the log? you can find them in Documents/FireflyLuciferin/logs
• have you tried restarting the ESP?
• if you click start and then info during capturing, do you see something that says: capturing at 30fps, consuming at 30 fps or something similar?
• can you give me a screenshot of the devices tab? please give me two screenshot to show me the table completely. one on the side left and one on the right side.

thank you for reporting an issue

[sblantipodi]

@sashayohan
I need some more info please...

1. what software do you use to flash the ESP? ESP Home Flashar wipe you ESP memory before flashing, this is what we want now.
2. do you have the same problem with both Full and Light firmware?
3. we need to debug it more if you want... Close Luciferin PC software.
   please go into your Documents\FireflyLuciferin\ folder. Inside that folder you'll find a FireflyLuciferin.yaml file. Edit it.
   Scroll down to the bottom of the file, at the end you'll find a extendedLog: false, change it to extendedLog: true
   now start Firefly Luciferin and start capturing until the problem happen.
   Please zip all the Documents\FireflyLuciferin\logs folder and send me it. I need only the logs folder, not the other folders.
4. please send me your FireflyLuciferin.yaml file, in there you'll have your MQTT password, mqtt is on local network so there is no problem in having it there but if you don't want to share your pwd with me, just remove the password before sending me it

[RonaldHiemstra]

Maybe I can help, I am not sure if my issue is the same as @sashayohan...
I don't have the firmware running yet, but I do receive the MQTT stream.
With version v1.7.2, after running for a short while, I get a Framerate error popup: Firefly Luciferin is out of sync.
After pressing OK, the stream stops. (note: after pressing Cancel, it seems to work 😄)

See FireflyLuciferin.log and my config (renamed to .txt)
FireflyLuciferin.yaml.txt

[sblantipodi]

ok I identified the problem.
it seems that some ESP8266 aren't able to handle 1M baud rate.
I'm going to release a fix that will permit the user to select the best baud rate for their microcontroller.

For people who are experiencing problems at 1million baud rate should try 500K.

CH340 seems a lot faster than CP2102 chip, this is why I recommend using D1 Mini from Lolin.
Next release will let you fix this problem in the settings menu

[sashayohan]

Hi. Sorry for the long answer

I use D1 Mini
ESPHome-Flasher-1.3.0-macOS.zip
GlowWormLuciferinFULL_ESP8266_firmware.bin v4.4.1

Logs and screenshots in the archive
https://www116.zippyshare.com/v/sSbaJSec/file.html

[sblantipodi]

@sashayohan thank you for the answer.
archive is not accessible.

but can you describe the problem more in depth? do you have some errors?
it never work or it work with another screen capture method?

if you want I attach a beta firmware and a beta version of Firefly Luciferin,
if you want to give it a try it may work better.

close the current Firefly Luciferin, install the firmware in this archive, then the Firefly Luciferin PC software and give it a try 😃
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FQ-ONSeQsfYMFhEPmJVwqs9TFgkS7Hd4/view?usp=sharing

[sashayohan]

DDUPL v1.6.8 nice works. DDUPL v1.7.2 it works, but the image capture is shifted
The other capture methods work.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10UsMFhqGvPu7phFdxqEwB6184I3c7ZCZ/view?usp=sharing

Beta firmware and a beta version of Firefly Luciferin doesn't work(

[sblantipodi]

@sashayohan archive is not public, I'm still not able to download it.
oops, closed the issue for error, reopening xD

[sashayohan]

forgot to open access)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10UsMFhqGvPu7phFdxqEwB6184I3c7ZCZ/view?usp=sharing

[sblantipodi]

@sashayohan
I was able to reproduce the problems. Next release (in few days hopeully) will fix this problem.
Users that reports problems and helps in finding the solution are gold members here. xD
I will include your name in the release just to thank you!