I am looking for event handler to get the information when HDMI is connected or disconnected using c#/WPF like how myNetworkAvailabilityChangeHandler is used to detect when internet gots disconnected or connected.
There is no direct answer to this but you can use the SystemEvents to achieve this.
Code in C# :
main()
{
SystemEvents.DisplaySettingsChanged += new
EventHandler(SystemEvents_DisplaySettingsChanged);
}
private void SystemEvents_DisplaySettingsChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int HDMI_Monitors = 0;
ManagementClass mClass = new ManagementClass(#"\\localhost\ROOT\WMI:WmiMonitorConnectionParams");
foreach (ManagementObject mObject in mClass.GetInstances())
{
var ss = mObject["VideoOutputTechnology"];
if(ss.ToString().StartsWith("5"))
{
int HDMIport = Convert.ToInt32(ss);
if (HDMIport == 5)
{
HDMI_Monitors += 1;
}
}
}
}
You can use the model class to keep on updating the HDMI status.
So every time your HDMI will connect or disconnect SystemEvents_DisplaySettingsChanged will trigger and then it will check the HDMI connection.
I'm new to the Arduino and serial communication, and I haven't coded in a while, but I'm trying to do what I think should be fairly simple, and have been having plenty of trouble. What I'd like to do is to create a simple GUI on Windows Forms and control a Arduino. I keep seeming to run into different problems every new session.
What I've been trying to do is to create a simple GUI that can toggle an LED on and off, and then to use NumericUpDown to toggle it blinking. Previously, I could get the numericUpDown to toggle values but nothing happens, now if I try and toggle, it tells me the port is closed. I've been trying different port communication methods. Since the Form is saying my port is closed, I cannot test to see if what I've written works. Please ignore the commented code as I'm still trying different things.
When I try to call the blink function, it hasn't blinked properly inside a if statement compared to if I kept it in the loop. I'm not sure how and where to send the value from the Winform to the Arduino.
Is Winform much different than using serial monitor commands?
EDIT1: I stepped away from my computer and now when I run the Windows Form, it shows no errors but The program has exited with code 0 (0x0). I've had the timer and haven't really messed with it yet but it wasn't telling me this error earlier and was running the form fine.
My Arduino Code:
// Define Function Prototypes that use User Types below here or use a .h file
int dorun;
int Blinks;
void setup() {
// initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
getBlinks();
}
// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop()
{
if (Serial.available() > 0)
/*
{
byte Blinktimes = Serial.readBytes[];
}
*/
{
String serialInput = Serial.readString();
//Toggle LED
if (serialInput == "On")
{
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, !digitalRead(LED_BUILTIN)); //I have this just to see that the LED is staying on and off, and will need to change things.
for (int x = 1; x = Blinks; x++)
{
blink();
}
}
else
{
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW); // turn the LED on (LOW is the voltage level)
}
Serial.flush(); //Clear Serial
}
/*
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
if ((Serial.available()))
{
int dorun = Serial.read();
if (dorun = 1)
{
blink();
}
else
{
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
}
}
*/
/*turnon();
if (dorun == 1)
{
blink();
}
else
{
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
}
*/
}
void getBlinks()
{
byte message[3];
if (Serial.available())
{
Serial.readBytes(message, 3);
Blinks = message[3];
}
}
void blink()
{
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the
voltage level)
delay(250); // wait for a second
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW); //!digitalRead(LED_BUILTIN); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(1000);
}
void turnon()
{
if (Serial.available()> 0)
{
String run = Serial.readString();
if (run == "Run")
{
dorun == 1;
}
if (run == "Off")
{
dorun == 0;
}
}
}
My Windows Form Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO.Ports;
namespace WindowsFormsApp9
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
SerialPort serial; // create serial port
/*
* public class Port
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Value { get; set; }
public Port(string n, int i)
{
Name = n;
Value = i;
}
}
*/
SerialPort port;
string[] availablePorts = SerialPort.GetPortNames();
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
port = new SerialPort("COM3", 9600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
port.Open();
port.Write("On");
port.Close();
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
port = new SerialPort("COM3", 9600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
port.Open();
port.Write("Off");
port.Close();
}
private void numericUpDown1_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
UpdateBlink();
}
void UpdateBlink()
{
port = new SerialPort("COM3", 9600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
port.Open();
const byte messageType = 2;
byte Blinkcount = (byte)numericUpDown1.Value;
byte[] serialBlink = { messageType, Blinkcount };
serialPort1.Write(serialBlink, 0, serialBlink.Length);
port.Close();
}
private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void serialPort1_DataReceived(object sender, System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
{
}
I've been checking out these links:
Click here How I toggle the LED
Click here How to return an int since NumericUpDown returns a decimal
Click [here] (https://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Visual-Studio-Serial-Communication/) Arduino Visual Studio Serial communication timer things
Click [here] (https://www.instructables.com/id/Communication-From-a-WinForms-to-a-TinyDuino/) instructions about Winforms to TinyDuino, They should use similar commands as the Arduino right?
So I decided to do a slight overhaul. Instead of trying to deal with sending multiple different types of inputs(String and int) I have decided to just change everything into a byte array and then send it all at once.
Regarding 1. I was really just wondering if it'd be alright to create a function to return a value rather than just building the code in a void function. So I tried it and it worked, hence the change. From what I understood and saw that your protected override bool ProcessCmdKey, basically you wanted to see if the key was an arrow key. If it was return true. So what I did was basically if it's one of the selected colors, return a value corresponding to the color.
I was just hoping you could either help me understand the Serial and COM port connection or if you had a link for more explanation. Earlier when I was trying to send a string(On/Off) and then send a numeric(byte/int) to set a number of blink times, I couldn't figure out if the COM port is kind of like a singular channel. If I'm sending a string from the Windows Form, could I send out a int/byte in the same channel? Now that everything is of one keyword (byte) I can just create a byte array and figure out the communication between the Windows Form and Arduino. I'm a little confused about the underlying Serial aspect. When I saw your code I started to think a little differently.
In your code, if I'm understanding it properly, it seems that MyVCOM is how to communicate back and forth, just like port.Write. I believe it's singular as it's basically like the old telephone line, if I'm on a call, and you call try to call me, your call is blocked since my line is already being used.
So in your ConnReset, you want to make sure the COM's aren't open so you can set up communication. So your ConReset will clear the line if it's open already. What I'm confused about is the else part. If your port isn't open, open COM+PortNumber, so basically open the channel so you can communicate, but you declared port number to be 8, so shouldn't you just use:
MyVCOM.PortName = "COM8";
Where does the user select which COM? All of the communication is being done on COM8 isn't it? Or does is that part all part of a built in library? I believe all I need to do now is to send my byte array to my Arduino and then work on the Back End to take the data the Windows Form is sending.
public int Colorselection(string label3, int color) //Toggle a pin
{
if (label3 == "Red")
{
color = 6;
}
else if (label3 == "Green")
{
color = 5;
}
else if (label3 == "Blue")
{
color = 3;
}
return color;
}
private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
String label4 = LEDColor.SelectedItem.ToString(); //Generate A string of selected Color
int xled = Colorselection(label4, color); //Toggle the string into an int
LEDLabel.Text = xled.ToString(); //Generate a string from the int
}
private void Run_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) //Generate byte to send instead of sending strings and int/byte
{
byte RGBLED = Convert.ToByte(color);
byte BlinkNum = Convert.ToByte(number1.Value);
byte BlinkDur = Convert.ToByte(number2.Value);
byte[] array2 = new byte[] { RGBLED, BlinkNum, BlinkDur };
port = new SerialPort("COM3", 9600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
/*
port.Open();
port.Write(array2, 0, 2);
port.Close();
*/
}
Your WinForms application assumes that your Arduino is connected to COM3. Do you know if that's actually the case, or is that sample code that you just copy and pasted? (Check the Windows Device Manager under COM ports to see what ports are available, then unplug/plug your device to see which port it's being mapped to)
Besides that, have you tried debugging your Arduino code on target to see what, if anything, is actually being received?
From the MS documentation, it's not clear how the SerialPort.Write command works exactly in terms of synchronization, so it may not be a great idea to close the port immediately after sending your command. Unfortunately, since I'm not in possession of an Arduino I can't test your code. But I did create a WinForms GUI to accomplish essentially the same task (and more that you probably don't need) several years ago that I've since posted to github (https://github.com/mbhul/RoboCOM). Let me know if that helps, otherwise please tell us more about your development environment.
It seems exactly like Win10 IoT - RaspBerry Pi2: ValueChanged not called when GPIO change
I have a raspberry pi 2 with win10 IoT (creator version) and have this C# code:
public sealed class StartupTask : IBackgroundTask
{
private const int SENSOR_PIN = 17;
private GpioPin pinSensor;
public void Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
{
taskInstance.Canceled += TaskInstance_Canceled; // "destructor"
var gpio = GpioController.GetDefault();
if (gpio != null)
{
pinSensor = gpio.OpenPin(SENSOR_PIN); // also tried with GpioSharingMode.SharedReadOnly
var r = pinSensor.Read(); // works and changes if sensor changes. Verified with quickwatch
pinSensor.SetDriveMode(GpioPinDriveMode.Input);
pinSensor.DebounceTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(20);
pinSensor.ValueChanged += PinIn_ValueChanged;
}
}
private void PinIn_ValueChanged(GpioPin sender, GpioPinValueChangedEventArgs args)
{
// never gets hit...
}
private void TaskInstance_Canceled(IBackgroundTaskInstance sender, BackgroundTaskCancellationReason reason)
{
pinSensor.Dispose();
}
}
led on sensor and quickwatch say the GpioPinValue does alternate between high and low... so should get hit...
When I retrieve the drive mode after setting it to input. It tells me it actually is set to input:
var dm = pinSensor.GetDriveMode();
as was suggested in the comment of the linked stack overflow issue. So what am I doing wrong? And more important: why?
When the Run method ends, unless a deferral object is created, the
Background Application ends. The common practice, for asynchronous
programming is to take a deferral like this:
var deferval = taskInstance.GetDeferral();
Ref:Developing Background Applications
I am learning how to work with xAudio2. Made a simple application Windows 8 in Visual Studio 2012 Express For Windows 8.
Simple xAudio2 player class:
public class SoundEffect
{
readonly XAudio2 _xaudio;
readonly WaveFormat _waveFormat;
readonly AudioBuffer _buffer;
readonly SoundStream _soundstream;
SourceVoice sourceVoice;
public SoundEffect(string soundFxPath)
{
_xaudio = new XAudio2();
var masteringsound = new MasteringVoice(_xaudio);
var nativefilestream = new NativeFileStream(
soundFxPath,
NativeFileMode.Open,
NativeFileAccess.Read,
NativeFileShare.Read);
_soundstream = new SoundStream(nativefilestream);
_waveFormat = _soundstream.Format;
_buffer = new AudioBuffer
{
Stream = _soundstream.ToDataStream(),
AudioBytes = (int)_soundstream.Length,
Flags = BufferFlags.EndOfStream
};
//sourceVoice = null;
}
public void Play()
{
sourceVoice = new SourceVoice(_xaudio, _waveFormat, true);
if (sourceVoice != null)
{
sourceVoice.FlushSourceBuffers();
sourceVoice.SubmitSourceBuffer(_buffer, _soundstream.DecodedPacketsInfo);
sourceVoice.Start();
}
}
public void Stop()
{
sourceVoice.Stop();
}
}
And Xaml:
<Border Background="Gray" MinHeight="150" MinWidth="150" Margin="10,10,0,0" x:Name="A" PointerPressed="btnAPointerPressed" PointerReleased="btnAPointerReleased" />
and:
private SoundEffect shotEffect = new SoundEffect(#"sounds\mywav.wav");
private void btnAPointerPressed(object sender, PointerRoutedEventArgs e)
{
bool _hasCapture = ((Border)sender).CapturePointer(e.Pointer);
shotEffect.Play();
}
private void btnAPointerReleased(object sender, PointerRoutedEventArgs e)
{
((Border)sender).ReleasePointerCapture(e.Pointer);
shotEffect.Stop();
}
Tested in Windows 8 Simulator.
If I press one finger, then everything is fine.
When I click on the button - the sound plays when I let go of your finger - the sound stops.
If I click with two fingers and let go of both fingers, the sound continues to play. And the result is aliasing.
Called two events: btnAPointerPressed and two events: btnAPointerReleased but the sound continues to play. As if the audio stream freezes and continues to play. As if the audio stream freezes and continues to play.
I want to understand the problem haudio2? or I do not properly done something?
When you call Play() again - the previous SourceVoice gets replaced with a new one in your SoundEffect, but you never stop the old one. You should create a new SourceVoice with each touch, but keep them all associated with the pointer IDs so that we can stop each of them when the associated pointers are released.
The Microsoft Surface Pro has a gyroscope and accelerometer, Windows 8, and the full .NET framework.
Most articles I find that talk about the motion API point to the Windows Phone 8 API.
What .NET Framework namespaces and classes should I be using to get gyroscope and accelerometer data from?
I just worked based off the documentation - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/windows.devices.sensors
using Windows.Devices.Sensors;
private Accelerometer _accelerometer;
private void DoStuffWithAccel()
{
_accelerometer = Accelerometer.GetDefault();
if (_accelerometer != null)
{
AccelerometerReading reading = _accelerometer.GetCurrentReading();
if (reading != null)
double xreading = reading.AccelerationX;
... etc.
}
}
Haven't tested it, but it should work for any Windows Store App - If you're trying to make it run as a console/windows forms app, you need to change the targetplatform by:
Right Click your project -> Unload Project
Follow the rest of this https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-winrt-apis-from-desktop-applications
For the surface pro you need to use the Windows 8.1 library, instead of the Windows Phone 8.1 library.
It should be in the same Windows.Devices.Sensors namespace.
using Windows.Devices.Sensors;
...
//if you aren't already doing so, and you want the default sensor
private void Init()
{
_accelerometer = Accelerometer.GetDefault();
_gyrometer = Gyrometer.GetDefault();
}
...
private void DisplayAccelReading(object sender, object args)
{
AccelerometerReading reading = _accelerometer.GetCurrentReading();
if (reading == null)
return;
ScenarioOutput_X.Text = String.Format("{0,5:0.00}", reading.AccelerationX);
ScenarioOutput_Y.Text = String.Format("{0,5:0.00}", reading.AccelerationY);
ScenarioOutput_Z.Text = String.Format("{0,5:0.00}", reading.AccelerationZ);
}
...
private void DisplayGyroReading(object sender, object args)
{
GyrometerReading reading = _gyrometer.GetCurrentReading();
if (reading == null)
return;
ScenarioOutput_AngVelX.Text =
String.Format("{0,5:0.00}", reading.AngularVelocityX);
ScenarioOutput_AngVelY.Text =
String.Format("{0,5:0.00}", reading.AngularVelocityY);
ScenarioOutput_AngVelZ.Text =
String.Format("{0,5:0.00}", reading.AngularVelocityZ);
}