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OpenFIRE App

Reference configuration utility for the OpenFIRE light gun system, written in Qt & C++.

Features:

• Cross-platform Qt application, portable across Linux & Windows desktops & Raspberry Pi systems.
• Simple to use: select the gun from the dropdown, and configure away!
• See and manage current pins layout, toggle on and off custom mappings, set other tunables, and change the gun's USB identifier (with built-in decimal-to-hex conversion for your convenience!) all on the fly.
• Also serves as a testing utility for button input, solenoid/rumble force feedback, and camera.

Running:

Boards flashed with OpenFIRE must be plugged in before launching the application. The app will notify if it can't find any compatible boards connected.

For Linux:

Requirements: Anything with QT5 support.

• Arch Linux: AUR PKGBUILD @ openfireapp
• Other distros: Use OpenFIRE_App-x86_64.AppImage from the releases page
• Make sure your user is part of the dialout group (# usermod -a -G dialout insertusernamehere); you'll be notified on startup if this is necessary. Log out and back in again for the change to take effect.
  • If you get the error message usermod: group 'dialout' does not exist when running the command above, you'll need to create the group (# groupadd dialout) and reboot for the change to take effect before trying again.

For Windows:

Requirements: Windows 7 and up (64-bit only).

• Download the latest release zip.
• Extract the OpenFIREapp folder from the archive to anywhere that's most convenient on your system - OpenFIREapp.exe should be sitting next to Qt5Core.dll and others, as well as the platforms and styles folders.
• Start OpenFIREapp.exe

Building:

For Linux:

Arch: requires qt-base qt-serialport qt-svg

Debian: requires build-essential cmake qttools5-dev libqt5serialport5-dev libqt5svg5-dev (for Qt5, also works with Qt6 libraries)

• Clone the repo:

  git clone https://github.com/TeamOpenFIRE/OpenFIRE-App
  

• Setup build directory:

  cd OpenFIRE-App
  mkdir build && cd build
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
  

• Make:

  make
  

• And run:

  ./OpenFIREapp
  

For Windows:

Qt 5.15.2 needs to be installed from the Archive section of the Qt Installation Wizard/Maintenance Tool, which comes with all needed additional components

Qt 6.x requires installing the respective SerialPort extension for the version

• Should be buildable through CMake w/ msys2 (follow Arch Linux instructions) or the Qt Creator IDE.

TODO:

• Implement version comparison to latest OpenFIRE GitHub release (or at least latest as of the GUI version).
• Add one-click firmware installation/updating from GUI (for both already flashed guns AND RP2040 devices in bootloader mode).

Special Thanks:

• Samuel Ballentyne, Prow7, and co. for their work on the SAMCO system & derivatives, and supporting work and conception of OpenFIRE.
• Odwalla-J, mrkylegp, RG2020 & lemmingDev for prerelease consultation, bug testing and feedback.
• All early IR-GUN4ALL testers and ArcadeForums users whom provided early testing and feedback.