ILD SÔS - Ilda Manupulation Tool Now Available

[mikkojay]

Hey Andrew, Those sound like some excellent new features! I especially like the Explorer "open with" one
I can't wait to give it a whirl.
Thanks, Mike

[polishedball]

I know we talked at selem about some wav file support. Would really enjoy this if it could be implemented from both input and output. Just building a tiny pj with just 15k scanners and would like to manipulate some adat rips for better playback to the built in SC-dac.

[djlmc]

Hello, does anyone have an experience with buying ILD SOS? My friend have bought it a week ago and the author does not answering messages and he still did not get the sotware. Is it digital download or delivered CD? Thank you for information

[hobbybob]

That is strange, i have had very good experiences with Andre.
He usually responds very quickly to email messages.
But honestly i have to say when i bought some flexmods communication was a bit slower and took some days to get responses.
So it goes up and down.

Normally you receive a mail with link to the software, but to be able to use it you need to input a key. When you use the email adress mentioned there my experience is that you receive a key in a few hours.

So install the software, mail the address mentioned when starting it up for a key, insert key and voila !

Kind regards,
Dimitri

[cfavreau]

Hi,

I think Dr. Lava is a bit busy with his PhD work right now. I am sure he will get back with you soon.

Normally he has very good customer support.

I would give him 5 out of 5 stars!

Please be patient with him.

[drlava]

Hi DJLMC, sorry about the wait. Tonight I was able to process your order and send a download link. Feel free to email back with any questions.

[djlmc]

2 drlava: Thx

Can you help me out with some questions? I made an animation in 3ds max, exported to DXF, then using ILD SOS to export to ILDA. I have 1W RGB 40kps laser. I connected via iShow (that is really sh*t...) and also tried cheap SD Card ILDA player. Problem is with speed. When I try to slowly animate some official logo (for example Shell) - or just export logo without any animation - I export it with ILD SOS and there is a result that it is 20fps, no lag (I config it for 40kps - both DAC rate and scan speed). With this export, it shows image correctly without any deformation, but there is a lot of blinking. The problem is that laser is very loud with it initial animation, but very quite with logo animation - it seems like it does not try enough to draw... I need to buy another SD card reader that supports higher speed (20 is max with my actual), but i need to know if it helps.

I would like to ask
1) is 40kps speed of laser and reader enough to play simple colour logo animations without deforming original image (we need to show logo exactly how it is)
2) due to my english, I dont understand the difference between DAC rate and Scan speed - should it be same number in ILD SOS than I export?
3) I export with settings on picture - is where any way how to make laser draw faster without blinking so much with preserving the detail or I just have to lower the quality?

Thank you, I hope you understand my questions

[badger1666]

i it would be hard to comment on info supplied
not seeing how complex your logo animation is
your projector sounds if it will do the job but if you sd player is limited to 20kps then that will be a problem, can you post a link to it so we can see the specs of it ?
if your logo animation is complex then that could also be a problem ,could you post a pic of it ?
as for dac rate and scan speed , scan speed is the kps that your projector is rated at,in your case 40kps, but you really should not go much above 30kps or your scan set will get stressed,depending on how wide you scan your logo.
dac rate is the max output speed of your dac ie pangolin fb3 30kps, or riya multibus 50kps.
if your laser is making loud noise on your animation then you are stressing your scan set and you need to stop doing that now or you will kill the galvos !!!!
try reducing the scan angle i (x any y size ,scale) that should make it quieter,

post more info and we will see what we can do

[djlmc]

Thank you very much for reply.
I recorded video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--46QLxYLuU

Original DXF from 3ds Max (+Illustrate). Edited in ILD SOS.
Camera does not have so slow shutter so on video, results are little slower!

Tested with iShow and SD Card ILDA Player (Lanling). With SD Card Player, you can set speed in the config file - not sure that it really supports faster speed (40kpps), it plays file faster, but more dots and still blinking. It is tested on SpaceLas, RGB, 1W, 40kpss speed.

I exported to ILDA v0 with Pangolin colors (palette not included) to iShow, ti ILDA v0 ILDA color palette (included) for SD Card ILDA Player.

Does colors affect the speed?

I uploaded original DXF files, so you can try it on your own.
http://www.vision5.cz/shelllogo.zip

The main problem is blinking, there is no "steady" picture like with factory ilda files.

Thank you for any advice

[JohnYayas]

The dotted lines when using the iShow software cannot be removed by optimizing the ILDA frame. It is a bug in the iShow software causing that. The same ILDA files, when displayed using the iShow DAC but using Spaghetti will not display the dotted lines.

[yaddatrance]

Thank you very much for reply.
Does colors affect the speed?

I uploaded original DXF files, so you can try it on your own.
http://www.vision5.cz/shelllogo.zip

The main problem is blinking, there is no "steady" picture like with factory ilda files.

Thank you for any advice

You set your target to 20fps... Set it to at least 30fps... The laser has no persistence so anything under 30 will flicker. Anything over 60fps will be seamless.

[tony220171]

Hello, does anyone have an experience with buying ILD SOS? My friend have bought it a week ago and the author does not answering messages and he still did not get the sotware. Is it digital download or delivered CD? Thank you for information

In my opinion its a wast of money dont bother........

[drlava]

In my opinion its a wast of money dont bother........

I asked you specific support questions but you refused to answer, only demanding that I draw the art for you! Sorry but I can't do that every time.

[norty303]

I nthought his issue was that the license was per machine, and that he couldn't transfer it to his new PC? Or does he have multiple issues?

[drlava]

That part got worked out, he also had the older version of the software. After updating to the new version with SVG support I got a PM
"I followed the instructions and cant get it to work can you help me with the logo please. "

So I asked what he tried and how far he got. Next thing that happens is he posts that above. ??

It's hard to help someone when that is the kind of feedback you get. Like in Jerry Macguire.. 'Help ME help YOU.. help MEE help YOUUU'

Which means, in this case, you need to provide the answer to my support questions so I can continue to help you.

[masterpj]

In my opinion its a wast of money dont bother........

?????????
how can you say something like that?
Ildsos is good, it can help but shouldn't always be used though =)
But just incase you got something and clearly focus on making it scannable then ildsos is a way to go.

[oleger]

ILD SÔS super!!!!!!!

[kiyoukan]

Whats the delivery time on the software.
After payment been 3 days no email with software or anything?
He has to send you the file right? im not missing any thing?
i was hoping to use it this weekend but looks like thats going to pass

[ireedz]

It takes a few days for Andrew to get around to processing orders. He should get you up and running soon, but it probably won't be before the weekend is over. You will get an email from him when everything is processed. I'm still waiting for him to contact me about reloading the software as I had lost a hard drive on my PC. Try to be patient.

[kiyoukan]

he should at least make a somewhat automated system.
that way he does not have to do so much work.

[ireedz]

he should at least make a somewhat automated system.
that way he does not have to do so much work.

I hear you and I feel your pain.

[polishedball]

I think the reason he doesn't make it automated is he doesn;t want his software to call home etc like some of the other authorizations are done. I know alot of people don;t like it when a software traffics there system. You may want to try him in the irc chat, he hangs there from time to time.

[kiyoukan]

what irc the ecnet laser chat? i have been in there for the past 3 days almost constant.

[polishedball]

what irc the ecnet laser chat? i have been in there for the past 3 days almost constant.

no #PL infor at the top of page under chat

[kiyoukan]

you know you are like the only other member from mi that has a laser projector from what i looked around no one into lasers is in mi. to bad your one the west side...