private static bool InitializeOutputSystem(AbstractOutput DesiredOutputSystem)
{
if (DesiredOutputSystem == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException ("DesiredOutputSystem", "DesiredOutputSystem must be specified to initialize the system");
bool success = false;
SkipInput = true;
System.Threading.Thread skip_input_buffer = new System.Threading.Thread (FlushKeyboard);
skip_input_buffer.IsBackground = true;
skip_input_buffer.Start ();
ActiveOutputSystem = DesiredOutputSystem;
success = ActiveOutputSystem.InitializeSystem ();
string outputType = ActiveOutputSystem.GetType ().Name.Trim ();
if (outputType == "") {
outputType = "Unknown";
}
if (success) {
Console.WriteLine ("- Connected to '{0}' via '{1}'", outputType, ActiveOutputSystem.Identifier);
// Don't allow a shorter animation time than the output system processing can manage
Light_Animation_Latency = Math.Max (ActiveOutputSystem.ProcessingLatency + 1, Light_Animation_Target_Latency);
// Update number of lights, (re-)initalize the light queues
LightSystem.SetLightCount (ActiveOutputSystem.LightCount);
CreateLightQueues (LightSystem.LIGHT_COUNT);
} else {
Console.WriteLine ("- Could not connect to '{0}'", outputType);
}
SkipInput = false;
if (skip_input_buffer.IsAlive)
skip_input_buffer.Abort ();
return success;
}