Font Directory Not Found?

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Hi! This is my first Proffie build (actually retrofitting an Electrum Sabercrafts saber of mine). I can’t seem to get past a problem where the board keeps telling me “Font Directory Not Found”. I know the spelling and letter cases need to match, so that doesn’t appear to be the issue. I’ve got a Proffieboard v3.9 connected to my laptop with a USB cable through which I was able to program the board. It was loaded with ProffieOS 8.10. I am using Arduino IDE 2.3.10 on Windows 11.

My config file:

#ifdef CONFIG_TOP
#include "proffieboard_v3_config.h"
#define NUM_BLADES 4
#define NUM_BUTTONS 2
#define VOLUME 1000
const unsigned int maxLedsPerStrip = 144;
#define CLASH_THRESHOLD_G 1.0
#define ENABLE_AUDIO
#define ENABLE_MOTION
#define ENABLE_WS2811
#define ENABLE_SD
#define SHARED_POWER_PINS
#define BLADE_DETECT_PIN blade5Pin
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_PRESETS
Preset presets[] = {


   { "TeensySF", "tracks/venus.wav",
    StyleNormalPtr<CYAN, WHITE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<CYAN, WHITE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<CYAN, WHITE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<CYAN, WHITE, 300, 800>(), "cyan"},
   { "SmthJedi", "tracks/mars.wav",
    StylePtr<InOutSparkTip<EASYBLADE(BLUE, WHITE), 300, 800> >(),
    StylePtr<InOutSparkTip<EASYBLADE(BLUE, WHITE), 300, 800> >(),
    StylePtr<InOutSparkTip<EASYBLADE(BLUE, WHITE), 300, 800> >(),
    StylePtr<InOutSparkTip<EASYBLADE(BLUE, WHITE), 300, 800> >(), "blue"},
   { "SmthGrey", "tracks/mercury.wav",
    StyleFirePtr<RED, YELLOW, 0>(),
    StyleFirePtr<RED, YELLOW, 1>(),
    StyleFirePtr<RED, YELLOW, 2>(),
    StyleFirePtr<RED, YELLOW, 3>(), "fire"},
   { "SmthFuzz", "tracks/uranus.wav",
    StyleNormalPtr<RED, WHITE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<RED, WHITE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<RED, WHITE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<RED, WHITE, 300, 800>(), "red"},
   { "RgueCmdr", "tracks/venus.wav",
    StyleFirePtr<BLUE, CYAN, 0>(),
    StyleFirePtr<BLUE, CYAN, 1>(),
    StyleFirePtr<BLUE, CYAN, 2>(),
    StyleFirePtr<BLUE, CYAN, 3>(), "blue fire"},
   { "TthCrstl", "tracks/mars.wav",
    StylePtr<InOutHelper<EASYBLADE(OnSpark<GREEN>, WHITE), 300, 800> >(),
    StylePtr<InOutHelper<EASYBLADE(OnSpark<GREEN>, WHITE), 300, 800> >(),
    StylePtr<InOutHelper<EASYBLADE(OnSpark<GREEN>, WHITE), 300, 800> >(),
    StylePtr<InOutHelper<EASYBLADE(OnSpark<GREEN>, WHITE), 300, 800> >(), "green"},
   { "TeensySF", "tracks/mercury.wav",
    StyleNormalPtr<WHITE, RED, 300, 800, RED>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<WHITE, RED, 300, 800, RED>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<WHITE, RED, 300, 800, RED>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<WHITE, RED, 300, 800, RED>(), "white"},
   { "SmthJedi", "tracks/uranus.wav",
    StyleNormalPtr<AudioFlicker<YELLOW, WHITE>, BLUE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<AudioFlicker<YELLOW, WHITE>, BLUE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<AudioFlicker<YELLOW, WHITE>, BLUE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<AudioFlicker<YELLOW, WHITE>, BLUE, 300, 800>(), "yellow"},
   { "SmthGrey", "tracks/venus.wav",
    StylePtr<InOutSparkTip<EASYBLADE(MAGENTA, WHITE), 300, 800> >(),
    StylePtr<InOutSparkTip<EASYBLADE(MAGENTA, WHITE), 300, 800> >(),
    StylePtr<InOutSparkTip<EASYBLADE(MAGENTA, WHITE), 300, 800> >(),
    StylePtr<InOutSparkTip<EASYBLADE(MAGENTA, WHITE), 300, 800> >(), "magenta"},
   { "SmthFuzz", "tracks/mars.wav",
    StyleNormalPtr<Gradient<RED, BLUE>, Gradient<CYAN, YELLOW>, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<Gradient<RED, BLUE>, Gradient<CYAN, YELLOW>, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<Gradient<RED, BLUE>, Gradient<CYAN, YELLOW>, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<Gradient<RED, BLUE>, Gradient<CYAN, YELLOW>, 300, 800>(), "gradient"},
   { "RgueCmdr", "tracks/mercury.wav",
    StyleRainbowPtr<300, 800>(),
    StyleRainbowPtr<300, 800>(),
    StyleRainbowPtr<300, 800>(),
    StyleRainbowPtr<300, 800>(), "rainbow"},
   { "TthCrstl", "tracks/uranus.wav",
    StyleStrobePtr<WHITE, Rainbow, 15, 300, 800>(),
    StyleStrobePtr<WHITE, Rainbow, 15, 300, 800>(),
    StyleStrobePtr<WHITE, Rainbow, 15, 300, 800>(),
    StyleStrobePtr<WHITE, Rainbow, 15, 300, 800>(), "strobe"},
   { "TeensySF", "tracks/venus.wav",
    &style_pov,
    StyleNormalPtr<BLACK, BLACK, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<BLACK, BLACK, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<BLACK, BLACK, 300, 800>(), "POV"},
   { "SmthJedi", "tracks/mars.wav",
    &style_charging,
    StyleNormalPtr<BLACK, BLACK, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<BLACK, BLACK, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<BLACK, BLACK, 300, 800>(), "Battery\nLevel"}
};
Preset no_blade_presets[] = {
  { "TeensySF", "tracks/mars.wav", 
   StyleFirePtr<RED, YELLOW, 0>(),
   StyleFirePtr<RED, YELLOW, 0>(),
   StyleFirePtr<RED, YELLOW, 0>(),
   StyleFirePtr<RED, YELLOW, 0>(),
  "no blade" },

};
BladeConfig blades[] = {
 { 0, WS281XBladePtr<132, bladePin, Color8::GRB, PowerPINS<bladePowerPin2, bladePowerPin3> >(),
    SubBladeWithStride(0, 15, 2, WS281XBladePtr<16, blade2Pin, Color8::GRB, PowerPINS<bladePowerPin2, bladePowerPin3> >()),
    SubBladeWithStride(1, 15, 2, NULL),
    WS281XBladePtr<1, blade3Pin, Color8::GRBw, PowerPINS<bladePowerPin4, bladePowerPin5> >()
  , CONFIGARRAY(presets) },
 { NO_BLADE, WS281XBladePtr<132, bladePin, Color8::GRB, PowerPINS<bladePowerPin2, bladePowerPin3> >(),
    SubBladeWithStride(0, 15, 2, WS281XBladePtr<16, blade2Pin, Color8::GRB, PowerPINS<bladePowerPin2, bladePowerPin3> >()),
    SubBladeWithStride(1, 15, 2, NULL),
    WS281XBladePtr<1, blade3Pin, Color8::GRBw, PowerPINS<bladePowerPin4, bladePowerPin5> >()
  , CONFIGARRAY(no_blade_presets), "nb_save" }
,
};
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_BUTTONS
Button PowerButton(BUTTON_POWER, powerButtonPin, "pow");
Button AuxButton(BUTTON_AUX, auxPin, "aux");
#endif

My SD card contents:

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I don’t see what the problem is. Can someone please guide me, here? Thanks!!

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It might be looking for a voice pack in the “common” directory, which I don’t see in your setup. Try adding one of these from the link below and see what happens. You’ll also need to direct each font to the common directory by adding “;common” to each font name. So instead of “SmthJedi” at the beginning of the preset, it would say “SmthJedi;common” to let the board know to look in the common directory as well for things like menu functions.

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So I need to add a “common” folder? In this root directory and move everything else into it?

Or make a “common” folder alongside these other folders?

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Alongside the other folders. The root directory should contain all your font directories as well as a folder named “common”. Don’t put your font folders inside the “common” directory.

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Just make sure you aren’t just creating a folder called common, rather adding a v2 voicepack. OS8 requires a voicepack with specific files (included a v2 voicepack) which by convention goes in a folder called common. It could be called anything you like (but just go with ‘common’), but the key is that you have it in the root along side the sound font folders and available for each preset as @ethertrace stated by adding the ;common after each font in every preset.

Example:

{ "TeensySF;common", "tracks/venus.wav",
    StyleNormalPtr<CYAN, WHITE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<CYAN, WHITE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<CYAN, WHITE, 300, 800>(),
    StyleNormalPtr<CYAN, WHITE, 300, 800>(), "cyan"},
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On what preset(s) is it saying it?

Just the one you boot into, or all of them?

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“common” is a red herring.
Since this is using the standard prop and no menus, a voice pack is not required.

What does the serial monitor say?
If you run “dir” in the serial monitor, do you see the same directories?
If you run “pwd” in the serial monitor, what does it say?

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I can’t run the Serial Monitor. The Arduino IDE says that the device is [not connected] and I can’t select a port for the Serial Monitor, but the IDE will program the board.

I was just starting with the basics as shown on your website and building up from there.

I got those fonts from here: Free prop sounds

Are they still compatible with this version of OS?

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It says that for all the presets.

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That’s very weird.
Do you press buttons on the board to do the programming?
Normally, Arduino needs the serial port in order to get the Proffieboard into bootloader mode, which means that if the serial monitor doesn’t work, then uploading doesn’t work either. (At least not without using the BOOT+RESET buttons on the board.)

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I do not press buttons on the board. The IDE says Download Complete, but maybe it didn’t really do anything?

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ProffieOS Documentation: Is it uploading?

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Actually, no, it wasn’t. It said Upload Complete, but when I switched to a different USB cable, I saw what it really looks like when it successfully programs. Seems to be working now.

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