4.6.6.0 Suppressed F/W dialog at startup. And add the "-chip_server" …

…option to enable RPC server feature to control MAmidiMEmo chips from other applications.

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MAmidiMEmo 4.6.5.8 Itoken (c)2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 / GPL-2.0
+MAmidiMEmo 4.6.6.0 Itoken (c)2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 / GPL-2.0
 
 *** What is the MAmidiMEmo? ***
 
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ e.g.) YM2151 has 8ch FM sounds, so you can play 8 chords on MIDI 1ch or sharing
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 *** Changes ***
+4.6.6.0 Suppressed F/W dialog at startup. And add the "-chip_server" option to enable RPC server feature to control MAmidiMEmo chips from other applications.
 4.6.5.8 Supported OKI MSM6258 for VGMPlayer. OKI MSM6258 can be sounded by OPNA/OPN2 DAC
 4.6.5.7 Improved performance of G.I.M.I.C .
 4.6.5.6 Supported OPN3-L for proxy of OPNA

src/emu/emuopts.cpp

@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ const options_entry emu_options::s_option_entries[] =
 	{ OPTION_HTTP_PORT,                                  "8080",      OPTION_INTEGER,    "HTTP server port" },
 	*/
 	//mamidimemo OPTION_HTTP_PORT
-	{ OPTION_HTTP_PORT,                                  "0",      OPTION_INTEGER,    "HTTP server port" },
+	{ OPTION_HTTP_PORT,                                  "0",         OPTION_INTEGER,    "HTTP server port" },
 	{ OPTION_HTTP_ROOT,                                  "web",       OPTION_STRING,     "HTTP server document root" },
+	{ OPTION_CHIP_SERVER,                                "0",         OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "Enable accessing chips from other process" },
 
 	{ nullptr }
 };

src/emu/emuopts.h

@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@
 #define OPTION_HTTP_PORT            "http_port"
 #define OPTION_HTTP_ROOT            "http_root"
 
+#define OPTION_CHIP_SERVER        "chip_server"
+
 //**************************************************************************
 //  TYPE DEFINITIONS
 //**************************************************************************
@@ -475,6 +477,9 @@ class emu_options : public core_options
 	short http_port() const { return int_value(OPTION_HTTP_PORT); }
 	const char *http_root() const { return value(OPTION_HTTP_ROOT); }
 
+	//mamidimemo OPTION_HTTP_PORT
+	bool chip_server() const { return bool_value(OPTION_CHIP_SERVER); }
+
 	// slots and devices - the values for these are stored outside of the core_options
 	// structure
 	const ::slot_option &slot_option(const std::string &device_name) const;

src/emu/machine.cpp

@@ -562,14 +562,17 @@ int running_machine::run(bool quiet)
 			sdr->set_stream_update_callback(StreamUpdatedR);
 		}
 		else {
-			m_rpcSrv = new rpc::server(30000);
+			if (vstPort = options().chip_server())
+			{
+				m_rpcSrv = new rpc::server(30000);
 
-			m_rpcSrv->bind("DirectAccessToChip", [&](unsigned char device_id, unsigned char unit, unsigned int address, unsigned int data)
-				{
-					DirectAccessToChip(device_id, unit, address, data);
-				});
+				m_rpcSrv->bind("DirectAccessToChip", [&](unsigned char device_id, unsigned char unit, unsigned int address, unsigned int data)
+					{
+						DirectAccessToChip(device_id, unit, address, data);
+					});
 
-			m_rpcSrv->async_run();
+				m_rpcSrv->async_run();
+			}
 		}
 
 		// run the CPUs until a reset or exit

src/mamidimemo/Program.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static class Program
         /// <summary>
         /// 
         /// </summary>
-        public const string FILE_VERSION = "4.6.5.7";
+        public const string FILE_VERSION = "4.6.6.0";
 
         public const string FILE_COPYRIGHT = @"Virtual chiptune sound MIDI module ""MAmidiMEmo"" Version {0}
 Copyright(C) 2019, 2023 Itoken.All rights reserved.";