description

dmd-simulator is a server that aims to simulate a real dmd into a browser.

dmd-play is a client that connect on the server to load images (png and animatd gif) or videos or texts.

dmd-play and dmd-simulator communicates via a tcp connexion.

dmd-simulator and the browser communicates via websockets.

build

$ docker build -t dmd-simulator .

execute

$ docker run -ti -p 6789:6789 -p 6790:6790 -p 8080:8080 dmd-simulator or $ docker run -ti -p 6789:6789 -p 6790:6790 -p 8080:8080 -e DMD_WIDTH=64 -e DMD_HEIGHT=64 dmd-simulator

run in browser : http://localhost:8080/?size=12&top=200&mode=led

url optionnal options

• mode includes: led | flat
• size : pixel size
• top : border from the top

play an image from the client

$ python3 dmd-play.py -f file.png $ python3 dmd-play.py -f file.gif $ python3 dmd-play.py -v file.mp4 $ python3 dmd-play.py -t "Hello world" $ python3 dmd-play.py --help options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -f FILE, --file FILE -v VIDEO, --video VIDEO -t TEXT, --text TEXT --font FONT path to the font file --clear clear the screen --overlay restore the previous frames once finished --overlay-time OVERLAY_TIME time to pause fixed images for the overlay in ms --moving-text always makes the text to move, even if text fits --fixed-text never makes the text to move, prefer to adjust size -r RED, --red RED red text color -g GREEN, --green GREEN green text color -b BLUE, --blue BLUE blue text color -s SPEED, --speed SPEED sleep time during each text position (in milliseconds) -m MOVE, --move MOVE text movement each time --once don't loop forever -p PORT, --port PORT network connexion port --host HOST dmd server host --width WIDTH dmd width --height HEIGHT dmd height

examples