GIF Mode

pixelcade platform rom-path (optional stream)

Example Command

Explanation
pixelcade mame d:\mame\roms\1941.zip
Writes mame\1941.gif if it exists. If mame\1941.gif does not exist, writes default MAME GIF (default-mame.gif) where mame\1941.gif is located in your pixelcade installation folder like for example C:\RocketLauncher\Pixelcade
Note that if the new GIF to be written is the same as the GIF that is already written, we’ll skip the write to save time.
Note: Either the full path to the rom name or just the rom name is fine.

pixelcade mame 1941.zip

pixelcade "Atari 2600" Yar_Rev.bin

pixelcade "Atari 2600" "Yars Revenge.bin"
Same as above with just the rom name without the full path
Be sure and include in quotes if there are spaces
pixelcade mame d:\mame\roms\1941.zip stream
Streams mame\1941.gif if it exists. If mame\1941.gif does not exist, streams default MAME GIF (default-mame.gif).
Note that in stream mode, the session stays open and must be killed before another session can start.
pixelcade atari2600 d:\atari2600\roms\Yar_Rev.bin
Writes atari2600\Yar_Rev.gif if it exists. If atari2600\Yar_Rev.gif does not exist, writes default Atari2600 GIF (default-atari2600.gif)
pixelcade nes
Writes generic NES GIF (default-nes.gif)
pixelcade atari2600 dummy stream
Streams generic Atari 2600 GIF (default-atari2600.gif)
Note dummy/any rom name must be added for stream to work here
pixelcade.bat will gracefully exit in write mode. After exiting, the PIXEL LED controller will be running in stand alone mode with no dependency on your PC. pixelcade.bat will stay open in streaming mode. If another instance of pixelcade.bat is launched while in streaming mode, the new instance will kill the existing instance (only once instance of pixelcade.bat can be running at a time).

Scrolling Text Mode

pixelcade textmode "your text" color speed fontsize offset (optional loop)

IMPORTANT: You must enclose your text in double quotes
color: possible colors are red, green, blue, cyan, gray, magenta, orange, pink, and yellow, default=red
speed: the scrolling speed of the text, 1 is the slowest and 10 is the fastest, default=6
fontsize: the size of the text, increase number for larger and decrease for smaller, default=50
offset: Use this if your scrolling text is not centered, a positive number moves the text up and negative moves down, adjust number until your text is centered, default=-25
loop (optional): Scrolls the text x number of times and then the program will gracefully exit. If not specified, the text will scroll indefinitely or until another instance of pixelcade is launched.

Example Command

Explanation
pixelcade textmode "Hello World" green 6 50 -25
Scrolls “Hello World” in green with a speed of 6, a font size of 50, with a -25 offset
pixelcade textmode "Hello World" green 6 50 -25 2
Scrolls “Hello World” in green with a speed of 6, a font size of 50, with a -25 offset. “Hello World” will scroll twice and then the program gracefully exits. 
pixelcade textmode "Hello World"
Scrolls “Hello World” with a default color of red, default speed of 6, default font size of 50, and default offset of -25
pixelcade textmode "Hello World" magenta
Scrolls “Hello World” in magenta with a color default of red, speed default of 6, default font size of 50, and default offset of -25
pixelcade.bat will write to a log file called pixelcade.log which can be used for troubleshooting purposes.
Only streaming is supported in text mode, writing is not supported in text mode.

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