LABELs

MIDIbox NG
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I’ve just verified that using LABEL definitions for LCD strings saves a lot of memory: around 25% in my case, that will probably mean a whole extra bank of 64 encoder LED rings, in my case.

 

The slight downside is that the string information is split off into the .ngl file making the information dispersed and less immediately readable/editable. 

 

Now, for those LCD strings that contain conditional labels: I assume that they cannot be nested?

 

This means that the correct way to format LCD strings is as follows:

_ In the default.ngl file _

LABEL b1e12 “”@(6:9:1)Sync:"

 

COND_LABEL on_off

COND =0     “Off”

COND_ELSE  "On "

 

_ In the default.ngc file _

label=“^b1e12^on_off”

 

2

Actually it would appear that you can have conditional labels referenced within a LABEL definition.

 

However,  a more pressing issue needs to be solved: 

 

The problem being that the _ value  is not being updated_ on the LCD. In the following case it simply displays “PW  0”. The debug log shows the value changing.

 

_ In the default.ngc file: _

EVENT_ENC id= 2 hw_id = 2 fwd_id=LED_MATRIX:19 bank=1 fwd_to_lcd=1 type=CC chn= 1 range=0:127 offset=0 ports=1000100000001000 led_matrix_pattern=1 cc= 18 led_matrix_pattern=3 label=“^b1e2”

 

_ In the default.ngl file: _

LABEL b1e2 “@(1:9:2)  PW %3d”

 

_ In the log: _

[20366.614] MBNG_ENC_NotifyChange(2, -1)

[20366.614] [EVENT:7002] ENC hw_id=2 bank=1 fwd_id=0x6013 type=CC value=76 label=^b1e2

[20366.614] MBNG_MATRIX_DOUT_NotifyReceivedValue(19, 1, 75)

 

 

I only have the first 2 LCDs connected for this test. The other 3 fields visible on the first 2 LCD don’t change either.

3

Nested labels are not supported.

It would require a recursive algorithm which increases the “worst case” stack memory consumption dramatically - there isn’t enough RAM available for this.

 

But this one:

LABEL b1e2 “@(1:9:2)  PW %3d”

 

should work.

I’m surprised that it doesn’t… e.g. the “^std_enc”, “^std_btn”, … labels refer to values as well, and they are working.

 

Best Regards, Thorsten.

 

P.S.: as mentioned in another thread, I can’t test this before next week.

4

I guess the first problem to solve is the values not being updated. 

I’ll verify this without using any LABEL constructs.

 

 

On the subject of nested labels it appeared to be doing this, but could be just an artefact, so I’ll play with this.

I believe what you say about it not being supported nor viable.