i am using duo monitors for my work and the resolution is pretty high, so i set my gemwin to over 2000 x 1500, but every time i click create, there pops up a big black blank gemwin which does n't show anything. i suspected that my items were somewhere hidden in the gemwin, but i can't see them.

wondered if i missed anything in the gemwin?

i have some basic problems with pd
i connect pd with arduino and a sensor. the sensor sends signals to pd and they trigger other reactions.
the problem is:
1. when a box is checked, it means it receives a signal. when unchecked, it regards that as another signals. then how to treat 2 signals as 1? it is "x" and "o". does pd automatically treat those signals as 0 and 1? if yes, then 0=checked/ x , or 1=checked/x ?

2. i tried to use simple digital firmata for arduino, but it does not show any signs of firmata on pd canvas. is that normal? or should i see the name of hte firmata on canvas? btw, i marked a small red canvas there as i have seen some ppl have their firmata shown on canvas. but not mine.

thanks

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/question_59.pd

i am trying to make a gemwin in fullscreen without any bar or GEM bar showing at the top
of hte gemwin. but whenever i make it fullscreen, i can't quit fullscreen in case i need to see other windows again.

i have heard that there is some message i can put on top of toggle of fullscreen, using some keyboard setting , say, pressing "esc" on keyboard while seeing fullscreen gemwin i can always get back to see all other windows.

does anyone know the details on how to do it? appreciate it if anyone can help!

I have been working on a patch which will show a video with text. I will use the hardware Triple Head2Go, a device which collage 3 monitors into one screen display. The problem is that i have arranged the monitors with one horizontal and 2 vertical (from L to R, H-V-V). I don't know how to rotate the 2 vertical monitors to show one big collaged screen.

I wondered if I have to segment the display into 3 parts first and then rotate the 2 vertical screens? Cos I used "rotateXYZ" but somehow only manaaged to add a rectangle to the screen...

I tried to calculated the display but I can only get a rough figure: 3780 (width) x 2000 (?) (height)

One last question, when I show the video on 3 screens, would the images got grainy as it was shown on 3 monitors instead of one? If so, anyway to avoid the grain?

Does anyone have any idea how to do this? I know I have set a difficult task for myself as a new user of PD. Grateful if any experienced users could give me some hints. thanks in advance

i am using arduino and try to use digital inputs to trigger gemwins.

when there are continuous signals coming from arduino, the signals will trigger one set of reactions A. when there are NO signals coming for over 3 seconds, then it will STOP/END all reactions in A, and switch to start another set of reactions B.

now i get 2 sets of reactions ready, however, i don't know which object(s) to use so that signals would switch modes from A > B. i can only get both A and B start working when signals start to pour in. i have no idea how to switch from A > B or B > A.

wondered if anyone knows how to do this?
thanks in advance

I am trying to put words and a video on the same screen, like layers merged together, with words on surface.

I tried "pix_mix" to link "pix_film" and "text2d" but it did not work. Could anyone help? There isn't much relevant info on flossmanuel about this!

i tried to install arduino software for pd, but in vain. after installation of drivers, i clicked to install arduino, but was unsuccessful. it always says "cannot launch java application ... uncaught exception in main method..." what went wrong?

btw. i'm using mac os 10.5 and the ardunio software is arduino-0016.
thanks if anyone can help!

i have been working on a patch of a clock that shows Hour, Min, and Sec (000)
when i speed up the metro, the display of Sec looks flippy and i decided to break down the numbers and shows 6 digits, showing HH MM SS (00 00 00) . now the patch does not work properly. at "59" in Sec, the Min will jump to "2" instead of "1". i don't know what went wrong.

and i don't know how to set the hour into 2 4. it's a lot more complicated then only 0-24 and cycle.

could anyone help pls?

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/clock_6_digits.pd

just found a solution!!
on top of fullscreen, there should be a "toggle" to activate it,
to untoggle (unactivate fullscreen) it , set any key (say "esc" on keyboard) as obj, and another obj "key"
link these 2 obj together to a no. box,
if press esc on keyboard, it will automatically show esc=27,
so the no. box will show "27"
below 27, set a "sel 27"
link it to the "toggle" box of fullscreen
that will do!

i have heard that using alt tab is ok, but i am using mac os...
anyway thanks