fix for #4298 - no conflict with DMX output

[netmindz]

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• Bug Fixes
  • Removed a compile-time error that was blocking compilation when DMX output mode was enabled, allowing successful builds with DMX support.

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A compile-time guard that prevented compilation when WLED_ENABLE_DMX was defined has been removed from the audio reactive module. This eliminates the previous build-time incompatibility between audio reactive and DMX Out functionality without altering runtime logic.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Change Summary
Audio Reactive Module usermods/audioreactive/audio_reactive.cpp	Removed #ifdef WLED_ENABLE_DMX preprocessor guard that emitted a compile-time error, allowing the audio reactive module to compile when DMX Out is enabled

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• Verify the removed preprocessor guard and error message to understand the original incompatibility
• Confirm whether removing this guard introduces any hidden runtime conflicts between audio reactive and DMX functionality
• Assess whether other modules contain similar guards that may need equivalent updates

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[DedeHai]

do you know why this was added in the first place?

[softhack007]

do you know why this was added in the first place?

DMX ? no idea, DMX never made any sense to me 😝

AR vs. DMX serial out? You can find a lengthy discussion in #4298. It looks like some users had crashes when running both DMX-serial out and audioreactive on the same board, so this was added as a precaution, until we understand better what's going on.

[softhack007]

@netmindz It might be good to also try my last comment in #4298 (comment)

WLED/wled00/dmx_output.cpp

Lines 15 to 19 in 271e9ac

	void handleDMXOutput()
	{
	// don't act, when in DMX Proxy mode
	if (e131ProxyUniverse != 0) return;

handleDMXOutput() currently doesn't have any rate limiting, Its called in every loop() iteration, so might run far too often while there is actually no change to any LEDs. I think adding a rate limit right here should help to avoid Serial buffer congestion.

Something like the below snippet could help to align dmx output rates with LEDs rendering times

   static unsigned last_dmx_time = millis();
   if (millis() - last_dmx_time < strip.getFrameTime()) return;  // you can also try "10" or whatever the minumum frametime for DMX is
   last_dmx_time = millis();

Important: needs testing with real DMX hardware, to verify that DMX timing is still correct.