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L'atelier d'Arnoz Dude's Cab User Manual
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L'atelier d'Arnoz Dude's Cab User Manual

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Dude's Cab Description
The Dude's Cab is a controller board for virtual pinball cabinets.
The Dude's Cab controller board has 32 button inputs, a plunger 6 pins input plug. The
Dude's Cab controller board is designed to be compatible with other virtual pinball expansion
cards designed by Arnoz's shop. This add-on feature allows you to control up to 128 DOF
toys. We also designed extra ports on the board for future use.
Each board output has Pulse width modulation ( PWM ) built in allowing it to reduce the
output voltage. This is particularly useful to reduce the shaker motor intensity or dimming a
LED.
CHIME LOGIC function allows to reduce the voltage after a X amount of milliseconds. The
same function is also applied to the FLIPPER LOGIC.
NIGHT MODE A Setting that will allow disabling noisy toys with the push of a button

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Summary of Contents for L'atelier d'Arnoz Dude's Cab

  • Page 1 The Dude's Cab is a controller board for virtual pinball cabinets. The Dude's Cab controller board has 32 button inputs, a plunger 6 pins input plug. The Dude's Cab controller board is designed to be compatible with other virtual pinball expansion cards designed by Arnoz's shop.
  • Page 2 Type Connector. This board is powered by the TypeC cable only. The Dude's Cab board is driven by a dual core overclocked micro processor. The dual core processor is useful to separate tasks, one core looks after the inputs and the 2nd core takes care of the outputs.
  • Page 3 CONNECTION 1-BUTTONS WIRING The Dude's Cab Board has 7 GROUNDS built in and they are all linked to the same electric potential. You can use any of the board GROUND ports. Each button must have 1 input to the Dude's cab Ground and the other input to the desired button action such as ( Flipper,coin,start etc..)
  • Page 4 Chart A...
  • Page 5 You can use a BUTTON BOARD to make your buttons wiring easier by connecting them with the JST-PH 6 The board has 8 ports BTLA et BTLB (Button LEFT A & B) DPAD (for up – down – left -right ) BTRA &...
  • Page 7 2- WIRING PLUNGER To connect the Plunger to the Dude’s Cab you can use the 4 pins terminal screws or the provided 6 pins wire harness to connect your plunger to the Dude’s Cab Board. The word plunger is written next to the 6 ports connector on the Dude’s Cab Board.
  • Page 8 A Launch ball input is available on the button at the end of the plunger. ( This function is possible without a physical button at the end of the plunger as the Dude's Cab board can emulate this. ) 3-MISC The boards has several additional ports: A type C USB connection allows you to power the board and connect it to your computer.

  • Page 9: Firmware Update

    USING the Dude’s Cab Configurator : ( Coming soon ) Manual update: Set the DUDE'S CAB in DFU mode ( Refer to the previous section for instructions ) and download the UF2 Firmware. Copy the Firmware to the RPI-RP2 drive and you are done.
  • Page 10 Configuration 1-Dude’s Cab Configurator The software allowing to config the Dude’s Cab and the expansion boards is called “ CONFIGURATOR “ You can download the configurator Here : https://dude.arnoz.com/DudesCab/DudesCabConfigWinInstaller.msi Install the software and Launch. Connect the Dude’s Cab to your PC via a TypeC USB cable. Once the software is launched you will see the main software screen GENERAL The software is available in several languages.
  • Page 11 In the top drop down menu, you will see your Board serial number and COM port. Connect ( The Dude’s Cab must be In order to connect your Board to the , click CONFIGURATOR connected ) Disconnect Once you are done configuring the boards, click Once the board is connected, the configuration tabs will appear.

  • Page 12: Flash Memory

    FLASH MEMORY : READ MEMORY This will reset the Dude’s Cab to the memory saved state SAVE TO MEMORY This will save the settings in the Dude’s Cab memory RESET MEMORY Reset the Dude’s Cab to default erasing all config *** if you do not save to memory, when disconnecting the Dude’s Cab or rebooting your computer the config will be lost.
  • Page 13 Inputs This is the section to configure the buttons...
  • Page 14 Bouton Shift Mode Shift Mode is a function to add functionality to your buttons. Most Virtual Pinball cabinets have on average 8 buttons. To add more button functions, wouldn't it be nice to get a shifted function Just like your laptop if you want to type the @ you need to press shift and 2. This is the same principle.
  • Page 15 Try avoiding setting your “Shift” button Flipper, Magna or Fire. Night Mode Night Mode This will allow to select a button or key to turn on Keyboard Layout pick your type of keyboard Active Input When a button is pressed this will tell you the key pressed. The drop down menu next to the Night Mode Button lets you select any button or key to enable Night Mode.
  • Page 16 You can assign a button input or a keyboard key by selecting from the drop down menu next to the button field. As mentioned above , there are 5 Low latency ports and the remaining ports are Normal The following methodology was used to test the Latency https://inputlag.science/controller/methodology Latency : LOW : 0.73ms...
  • Page 17 Accelerometer This section will allow you to configure the accelerometer which is useful for nudging the table Card orientation USB Select the board orientation in your cabinet. Choose the orientation based on where the type C port is pointing Poll interval This setting will set the frequency used to set the Nudge position.
  • Page 18 Limite du Tilt This is where you can set the virtual tilt threshold. Move the Tilt range slider bar to set the tilt range. If the Accelerometer reaches the red zone, it will press the Tilt button automatically. Bouton Tilt Allow you to set the button assigned the tilting function...
  • Page 19 Plunger This is the section to set your plunger and calibrate it Enabled Allows to enable or disable the plunger. If you do not have a real plunger, uncheck it Inverted this will allow to reverse the potentiometer action Poll Interval This sets the Plunger position frequency , by default leave it to 16ms Jitter Window This will allow to set a dead zone preventing the plunger from shaking...
  • Page 20 Outputs This section allows you to configure the Walter and MOS extension boards. New Extension To add a new board, click the and click yes to confirm. Delete a board, right click on the extension name tab and select delete and confirm. You can name the extension to make it easier to identify.
  • Page 21 Night mode Affected If you want that port to be disabled when the Night mode button is pushed, check the Nighmode affected box. Digital Set that port to be a digital port , meaning on or off with no dimming. Gamma correct will set a specific curve for RGB , If you have a RGB light connected, check this box, the colour will look better.
  • Page 22 Minimum Active Time Set the minimum activation time for the port. ( The port will stay active for the set time even if you release the button ) Master Powaaa ! Set the General output for this port. This will modify the MAX Value and FallOff value proportionally.

  • Page 23: Debug Monitor

    Debug Monitor Like the title indicates, this is to debug and troubleshoot the hardware and the config. Configurator Logs for the Configurator Dude’s Cab Logs for the Dude’s Cab The drop down menu will let you select the type of log you want displayed in the console.
  • Page 24 LED Colour code Here’s the list of the DUDE’S CAB LED codes Type of LED patterns ON : LED is ON HEARTBEAT : The LED is ON and is flashing like a heartbeat. 2 pulses SINU : LED is switching softly from 1 color to the next one SWITCH : LED is blinking from one color to the next PINK/PINK HeartBeat : The Dude’s Cab is functioning normally...
  • Page 25 DIRECT OUTPUT FRAMEWORK To configure the Dude’s Cab in the DOF Online Config Tool http://configtool.vpuniverse.com/login.php You need to set the Dude’s Cab drop down to 1 in the Account settings and save. Click the Port Assignments and choose DudesCab 1 directoutputconfigini90 in Device. Select the desired toy on each port matching your Dude’s Cab Configurator settings Save the config.