I wrote this up a while back, and just finally got round to putting it in a Google Docs document so I could share it. It’s a description of how to write a small program in C++ in Linux for the EPIC using Visual Studio on a Windows computer, and have it read and write some I/O. The link should take you to a Google Docs document.
Let me know if this is any use, and also if I’ve missed anything to make it work for you. Enjoy.
I helped Todd a bit with this guide, and there was one revelation since it was written. If you only need a few scratchpads for your Groov display, you can completely bypass the need for a PAC Control strategy and just setup custom I/O Unit tags in Groov View. Groov View can read the memory map directly and access the scratchpads - the destination offset for configuring the tags will just be their location in the memory map.
Example of how to setup a few float and integer scratchpads, directly accessible from the “Local I/O” -
Just one less program to worry about. A C++ program, Groov View program, and PAC Control strategy is a lot to manage for a single unit. I will try and get this added to the guide as an option for using Groov View.