Deploy: --pipe trim -- named-pipe serials to vRIO/vPLASMA for every mode

Dev-rig policy (2026-07-17): everything on the dev machine runs named pipes
to vRIO until Real-RIO testing -- no com0com. pod-launch --pipe selects the
<mode>_pipe conf (serial1=namedpipe pipe:vrio, serial2=namedpipe
pipe:vplasma); pipe variants of all three deploy templates (auto-staged/
rendered) + a dev-tree net_loop_pipe.conf beside the existing RP one.
Requires the vRIO dist >= 20260716-68e3d1f (VRioPipeService/
VPlasmaPipeService landed there). Arcade cockpits with the physical RIO
keep the plain COM-port confs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

emulator/deploy/net_loop_pipe.conf.tmpl

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+# DEPLOY TEMPLATE -- rendered to net_loop_pipe.conf by deploy/configure.ps1 at install.
+# PIPE TRIM: serial1/2 are NAMED PIPES to vRIO (pipe:vrio) + vPLASMA
+# (pipe:vplasma) -- the dev-rig default (launch: pod-launch <mode> --pipe;
+# vRIO dist >= 20260716-68e3d1f speaks the pipe). Arcade cockpits with the
+# REAL RIO/plasma on COM ports use the non-_pipe confs.
+# Tokens (filled by postinstall): @@ROOT@@ = package dir (C:\games\<folder>),
+# @@REALNIC@@ = this pod's NIC GUID fragment, @@MACADDR@@ = stable derived MAC.
+# BattleTech, GO.BAT-style netnub loop (pod stays connected + picks up missions).
+[sdl]
+output=opengl
+priority=highest,highest
+[dosbox]
+memsize=32
+machine=svga_s3
+[cpu]
+core=dynamic
+cputype=pentium
+cycles=max
+[ne2000]
+ne2000=true
+nicbase=340
+# IRQ 10, NOT 3: COM2 (plasma) owns IRQ 3 in-game.
+nicirq=10
+macaddr=@@MACADDR@@
+backend=pcap
+[ethernet, pcap]
+realnic=@@REALNIC@@
+[sblaster]
+sbtype=sb16
+sbbase=220
+irq=5
+dma=1
+hdma=5
+[mixer]
+rate=44100
+blocksize=1024
+prebuffer=60
+[serial]
+serial1=namedpipe pipe:vrio rxpollus:100 rxburst:16
+serial2=namedpipe pipe:vplasma
+[autoexec]
+mount c "@@ROOT@@\ALPHA_1"
+mount d "@@ROOT@@\net-boot"
+d:
+echo === loading NE2000 packet-driver stack (pcap/bridge, port 340) ===
+d:\lsl
+d:\ne2000
+d:\odipkt
+c:
+cd \rel410\bt
+set VIDEOFORMAT=svga
+set BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
+c:\sb16\diagnose /s
+set BLASTER=A240 I7 D3 H6 P300 T6
+c:\sb16\diagnose /s
+set BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
+set TEMP=c:\
+set HEAPSIZE=15000000
+set L4GAUGE=640x480x16
+call setenv.bat r f s p
+echo === entering GO.BAT-style netnub loop (waits for console missions) ===
+call d:\loop.bat

emulator/deploy/net_rp_pipe.conf.tmpl

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+# DEPLOY TEMPLATE -- rendered to net_rp_pipe.conf by deploy/configure.ps1 at install.
+# PIPE TRIM: serial1/2 are NAMED PIPES to vRIO (pipe:vrio) + vPLASMA
+# (pipe:vplasma) -- the dev-rig default (launch: pod-launch <mode> --pipe;
+# vRIO dist >= 20260716-68e3d1f speaks the pipe). Arcade cockpits with the
+# REAL RIO/plasma on COM ports use the non-_pipe confs.
+# Tokens (filled by postinstall): @@ROOT@@ = package dir (C:\games\<folder>),
+# @@REALNIC@@ = this pod's NIC GUID fragment, @@MACADDR@@ = stable derived MAC.
+# Red Planet 4.10, networked pod boot (console pushes the mission egg over TCP).
+# Loops netnub (loop_rp.bat) so the pod stays connected + picks up missions;
+# runs until the supervisor (pod-launch) kills DOSBox. No single-shot in deploy.
+[sdl]
+output=opengl
+priority=highest,highest
+[dosbox]
+memsize=32
+machine=svga_s3
+[cpu]
+core=dynamic
+cputype=pentium
+cycles=max
+[ne2000]
+ne2000=true
+nicbase=340
+nicirq=10
+macaddr=@@MACADDR@@
+backend=pcap
+[ethernet, pcap]
+realnic=@@REALNIC@@
+[sblaster]
+sbtype=sb16
+sbbase=220
+irq=5
+dma=1
+hdma=5
+[mixer]
+rate=44100
+blocksize=1024
+prebuffer=60
+[serial]
+serial1=namedpipe pipe:vrio rxpollus:100 rxburst:16
+serial2=namedpipe pipe:vplasma
+[autoexec]
+mount c "@@ROOT@@\ALPHA_1"
+mount d "@@ROOT@@\net-boot"
+d:
+echo === loading NE2000 packet-driver stack (pcap/bridge, port 340) ===
+d:\lsl
+d:\ne2000
+d:\odipkt
+c:
+cd \rel410\rp
+set VIDEOFORMAT=svga
+set BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
+c:\sb16\diagnose /s
+set BLASTER=A240 I7 D3 H6 P300 T6
+c:\sb16\diagnose /s
+set BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
+set TEMP=c:\
+set HEAPSIZE=15000000
+set L4GAUGE=640x480x16
+call setenv.bat r f s p
+echo === entering netnub loop (waits for console missions; supervisor kills to stop) ===
+call d:\loop_rp.bat

emulator/deploy/vwetest_pipe.conf.tmpl

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+# DEPLOY TEMPLATE -- rendered to vwetest_pipe.conf by deploy/configure.ps1 at install.
+# PIPE TRIM: serial1/2 are NAMED PIPES to vRIO (pipe:vrio) + vPLASMA
+# (pipe:vplasma) -- the dev-rig default (launch: pod-launch <mode> --pipe;
+# vRIO dist >= 20260716-68e3d1f speaks the pipe). Arcade cockpits with the
+# REAL RIO/plasma on COM ports use the non-_pipe confs.
+# Tokens (filled by postinstall): @@ROOT@@ = package dir (C:\games\<folder>),
+# @@REALNIC@@ = this pod's NIC GUID fragment, @@MACADDR@@ = stable derived MAC.
+# VGL_LABS factory cockpit test suite: the stock C:\VWETEST\TEST.BAT chain
+# (DIAGNOSE + AWEUTIL /S on both AWE cards, SETSVGA, VGLTEST\TSTALL.EXE --
+# RIO, plasma, audio, video/Division calibration, Munga-net). Launch:
+# pod-launch test. AWEUTIL's WC-timed init needs the parity-safe EMU8000
+# sample-counter readback (vweawe.cpp, 2026-07-16) -- on older dosbox-x.exe
+# builds it hangs at AWEUTIL. Drops to a DOS prompt when the suite exits.
+[sdl]
+output=opengl
+priority=highest,highest
+[dosbox]
+memsize=32
+machine=svga_s3
+[cpu]
+core=dynamic
+cputype=pentium
+cycles=max
+[ne2000]
+ne2000=true
+nicbase=340
+# IRQ 10, NOT 3: COM2 (plasma) owns IRQ 3 in the suite, same as in-game.
+nicirq=10
+macaddr=@@MACADDR@@
+backend=pcap
+[ethernet, pcap]
+realnic=@@REALNIC@@
+[sblaster]
+sbtype=sb16
+sbbase=220
+irq=5
+dma=1
+hdma=5
+[mixer]
+rate=44100
+blocksize=1024
+prebuffer=60
+[serial]
+serial1=namedpipe pipe:vrio rxpollus:100 rxburst:16
+serial2=namedpipe pipe:vplasma
+[autoexec]
+mount c "@@ROOT@@\ALPHA_1"
+mount d "@@ROOT@@\net-boot"
+d:
+echo === loading NE2000 packet-driver stack (for the Munga-net tests) ===
+d:\lsl
+d:\ne2000
+d:\odipkt
+c:
+cd \vwetest
+echo === VGL_LABS cockpit test suite (stock TEST.BAT) ===
+call test.bat
+echo === test suite exited -- DOS prompt ===