Tally Arbiter M5 ATOM Matrix Listener

This version is only compatible with Tally Arbiter < 3.0. All future versions will be distributed as binaries from the master Tally Arbiter repository. This version has been archived and no future modifications will be made. Please make all feature requests, bug reports, and pull requests against the primary repository: http://github.com/josephdadams/tallyarbiter

Tally Arbiter M5 ATOM Matrix Listener is an accessory program that allows you to connect to a Tally Arbiter server and control an M5Stick-C ESP32 Arduino device from M5Stack based on the incoming tally information.

To learn more about the Tally Arbiter project, click here.

It is not sold, authorized, or associated with any other company or product.

To contact the author or for more information, please visit www.techministry.blog.

You can buy an M5 ATOM Matrix here: https://m5stack.com/collections/m5-atom/products/atom-matrix-esp32-development-kit OR https://www.adafruit.com/product/4497 (Shipped from USA)

Instructions

1. Go to https://docs.m5stack.com/en/arduino/arduino_development follow the instructions under heading "Boards Manager"
2. Open tallyarbiter-m5atom.ino in Arduino IDE https://www.arduino.cc/en/software
3. Update networkSSID, networkPass variable to match your Wifi network
4. Update tallyarbiter_host values to match your TallyArbiter installation
5. In Library Manager install FastLED, SocketIoClient, Arduino_JSON, WebSockets version 2.3.4, and MultiButton
6. Open ~/Documents/Arduino/libraries/SocketIoClient/SocketIoClient.cpp in a text editor. Find the line that says hexdump(payload, length); and comment it out by adding // to the beginning of the line. Save and close that file.
7. Go In the IDE go to Sketch -> Upload

Troubleshooting

macOS

If you receive an error similar to ImportError: No module named serial reference: https://community.m5stack.com/post/11106

Videos

• What this does when used with TallyArbiter - https://youtu.be/hNhU22OkXek
• Demo of the M5Atom Matrix code in this git - https://youtu.be/Mc_PCxg6qdc
• Demo running on 10 M5Atom Matrix units via a cloud server - https://youtu.be/TiqjmXdzPic
• RAW Step-By-Step Install on a fresh windows installation - https://youtu.be/soj1Cxv3mLY
• Video Walkthrough: https://youtu.be/WMrRKD63Jrw

Improvements and Suggestions

I welcome all improvements and suggestions. You can submit issues and pull requests, or contact me through my blog.