feedback: plasma box, explicit fonts, and per-position text coalescing

Three endpoint gaps, found building the Descent 3 score overlay - the boxed
place|score field the original games drew over the callsign:

plasma box <x> <y> <w> <h> draws an outlined box with a blanked interior, the
overlay chrome, as one ESC P graphics write. The wire addresses whole bytes
horizontally, so the write covers the byte-aligned span containing the box and
clears span pixels outside it; documented, with 8-px alignment the advice.
Boxes queue FIFO with rows.

plasma text gains an explicit font: a third numeric token after the position,
with text still following, so `plasma text 2 2 7` still displays "7". Auto-fit
picks the font by LENGTH - short text always rendered large, and a "1" that
must fit a 12-px box simply could not be sent before. ResolvePosText
generalizes the legacy Score-font special case: 0 = auto, nonzero honored.

Text coalescing is now per position. The global rule - any queued text
superseded every other queued text - meant the documented two-field layout
(callsign top, score bottom) could not survive its own send burst: the second
field silently ate the first whenever both were queued. A newer text now
replaces only a queued text at the same (x,y).

15 new tests; 472 pass.

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

README.md

@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ Red Planet — talk to the RIO directly and do not use this app.)
 | [`driver/`](driver/) | `RioGamepad` virtual HID driver (KMDF + VHF) — replaces vJoy |
 | [`tools/RioJoySmokeTest`](tools/RioJoySmokeTest/) | On-cabinet end-to-end check of the feeder → driver path |
 | [`tools/XcfRegionExtract`](tools/XcfRegionExtract/) | Extracts cockpit label regions from `riojoy.xcf` → `regions.json` |
-| [`docs/PLAN.md`](docs/PLAN.md) | Full modernization plan (7 phases) |
+| [`docs/PLAN.md`](docs/PLAN.md) | Full modernization plan |
 | [`docs/PROTOCOL.md`](docs/PROTOCOL.md) | RIO wire format + `iRIO` input-map reference |
+| [`docs/FEEDBACK.md`](docs/FEEDBACK.md) | Game→cockpit feedback endpoint (lamps + plasma over pipe/UDP, rumble) |
+| [`docs/INPUT-INTEGRATION.md`](docs/INPUT-INTEGRATION.md) | Integrator's guide: cockpit→game — routing kinds, pad/axis mapping, profile building |
+| [`docs/OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md`](docs/OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md) | Integrator's guide: game→cockpit — lamp address map, plasma display model, recipes |
 | _RIO board hardware & firmware_ | Moved to the [TeslaRel410 `restoration/`](https://gitea.mysticmachines.com/VWE/TeslaRel410/src/branch/main/restoration) archive — board photos, schematics, GAL decode (`restoration/rio-hardware`) and the RIO 4.3 board firmware (`restoration/rio-firmware`) |
 | [`docs/reference/`](docs/reference/) | Cockpit overlay art & the legacy labeling pipeline |
 | [`legacy/`](legacy/) | Original C++/vJoy implementation, kept as reference |
@@ -41,7 +44,12 @@ dotnet test RioJoy.sln
 
 ## Status
 
-Phases 1–5 are implemented and tested (241 unit tests). The `RioGamepad` virtual
+Phases 1–5, 9 and 10 are implemented and tested (455 unit tests). Games (or sim
+export scripts) can drive the cockpit lamps and plasma display back through the
+running app — see [`docs/FEEDBACK.md`](docs/FEEDBACK.md). For cockpit cabinets,
+RIOJoy deploys **bundled per game** (`deploy\build-pod.ps1`, portable config +
+`--exit-with` self-teardown) rather than resident — see the pod section in
+[`docs/INPUT-INTEGRATION.md`](docs/INPUT-INTEGRATION.md). The `RioGamepad` virtual
 HID driver is built (KMDF + VHF), **test-signed, installed, and verified**: it
 enumerates in `joy.cpl`, and the C# HID feeder (`DeviceIoControl` →
 `RioGamepad.sys`) drives its axes, buttons, and hat end-to-end (see

deploy/build-pod.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Build a SELF-CONTAINED pod bundle of RIOJoy for one podized game
+    (PLAN.md Phase 10): a drop-in the game's install carries inside its own
+    directory - app + portable config (the game's profile) + start script +
+    ALL prerequisites (ViGEmBus / XP driver + .NET payload) with an
+    idempotent install entry point. The game's postinstall.bat calls
+    install-riojoy.bat (safe to re-run); the game's launch script calls
+    start-riojoy.bat; RIOJoy exits by itself when the game exits
+    (--exit-with). No operator ever touches the pod to install anything.
+
+    There is deliberately NO uninstall step: drivers are abandoned in place
+    on game removal, because nothing can know whether another podized game
+    still uses them - and idle drivers are harmless.
+
+.PARAMETER ProfileJson
+    Path to the game's single-profile JSON document (must carry "Name";
+    same format as profiles\descent-d1x.json).
+.PARAMETER GameExe
+    Game executable name for --exit-with. Default: the profile's first
+    MatchExecutables entry.
+.PARAMETER Flavor
+    net48 (Windows 10/11 pods, default) or net40 (XP pods, x86). Selects
+    both the app build and which prerequisites are bundled.
+.PARAMETER VigemInstaller
+    net48 only: path to the signed ViGEmBus installer. If omitted, looks in
+    deploy\vendor\ViGEmBus*.exe.
+.PARAMETER OutDir
+    Where to write the zip (default: dist, relative to the repo root).
+.PARAMETER Configuration
+    Build configuration (default: Release).
+#>
+param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+    [string]$ProfileJson,
+    [string]$GameExe,
+    [ValidateSet('net48', 'net40')]
+    [string]$Flavor = 'net48',
+    [string]$VigemInstaller,
+    [string]$OutDir = 'dist',
+    [string]$Configuration = 'Release'
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+$repo    = Split-Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent        # deploy\ -> repo root
+$staging = Join-Path ([IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) "riojoy-pod-$([Guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))"
+
+Write-Host '== RIOJoy pod bundle (self-contained) ==' -ForegroundColor Cyan
+
+# --- profile document -----------------------------------------------------
+if (-not (Test-Path $ProfileJson)) { throw "Profile document not found: $ProfileJson" }
+$profileText = Get-Content $ProfileJson -Raw
+$profileDoc  = $profileText | ConvertFrom-Json
+if (-not $profileDoc.Name) { throw "Profile file '$ProfileJson' has no Name." }
+if (-not $GameExe) {
+    $GameExe = @($profileDoc.MatchExecutables) | Select-Object -First 1
+    if (-not $GameExe) { throw "Profile has no MatchExecutables; pass -GameExe <name>." }
+}
+
+# --- version stamp --------------------------------------------------------
+$sha = (& git -C $repo rev-parse --short HEAD 2>$null)
+if (-not $sha) { $sha = 'nogit' }
+$version = "{0}-{1}" -f (Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd'), $sha
+$safeName = $profileDoc.Name
+foreach ($c in [IO.Path]::GetInvalidFileNameChars()) { $safeName = $safeName.Replace($c, '_') }
+$safeName = $safeName -replace ' ', '-'
+
+try {
+    # The payload uses the SAME inner layout as the universal package
+    # (app / app-xp, vendor, install-core.bat, install-rio.ps1), so the
+    # idempotent install machinery is reused verbatim - no forked scripts.
+    $pkgDir = Join-Path $staging 'riojoy'
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $pkgDir | Out-Null
+    $appDirName = if ($Flavor -eq 'net48') { 'app' } else { 'app-xp' }
+    $appOut = Join-Path $pkgDir $appDirName
+
+    # 1. Publish the tray app (framework-dependent, like the universal package).
+    Write-Host "Publishing RioJoy.Tray ($Configuration, $Flavor)..."
+    & dotnet publish (Join-Path $repo 'src\RioJoy.Tray\RioJoy.Tray.csproj') `
+        -c $Configuration -f $Flavor -p:DebugType=none `
+        -o $appOut | Out-Null
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "dotnet publish ($Flavor) failed." }
+
+    if ($Flavor -eq 'net48') {
+        # Same SkiaSharp pruning as build-package.ps1.
+        foreach ($d in 'x64', 'x86', 'arm64') {
+            $nd = Join-Path $appOut $d
+            if (Test-Path $nd) { Remove-Item $nd -Recurse -Force }
+        }
+        Get-ChildItem $appOut -Filter '*.dylib' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Remove-Item -Force
+        Get-ChildItem $appOut -Filter '*.so' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Remove-Item -Force
+    }
+
+    # 2. Portable config beside the exe (ConfigLocator picks it over %APPDATA%):
+    #    an AppConfig wrapping this game's profile, verbatim, plus the app-level
+    #    settings written out explicitly. A config that carries only Profiles
+    #    leaves every app-level value to whatever this build of RIOJoy compiles
+    #    in - which happens to match today, and would drift invisibly the day a
+    #    default changes or a pod needs tuning (the FastRIO path will move
+    #    AnalogPollMs). A pod bundle should say what it runs with.
+    $configJson = @"
+{
+  "DefaultRioComPort": "COM1",
+  "DefaultPlasmaComPort": "COM2",
+  "RioBaudRate": 9600,
+  "AnalogPollMs": 55,
+  "Profiles": [
+$profileText
+  ]
+}
+"@
+    Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $appOut 'config.json') -Value $configJson -Encoding utf8
+    Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $pkgDir 'VERSION.txt') -Value "RIOJoy pod bundle $version ($Flavor) - $($profileDoc.Name)" -Encoding utf8
+
+    # 3. Prerequisites + the shared idempotent install core, per flavor.
+    Copy-Item (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'install-core.bat') $pkgDir
+    $vendorOut = Join-Path $pkgDir 'vendor'
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $vendorOut | Out-Null
+
+    if ($Flavor -eq 'net48') {
+        Copy-Item (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'install-rio.ps1') $pkgDir
+        if (-not $VigemInstaller) {
+            $VigemInstaller = Get-ChildItem -Path (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'vendor') -Filter 'ViGEmBus*.exe' `
+                                -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty FullName
+        }
+        if (-not $VigemInstaller -or -not (Test-Path $VigemInstaller)) {
+            throw "ViGEmBus installer not found. Pass -VigemInstaller <path>, or drop ViGEmBus_*.exe into deploy\vendor\."
+        }
+        $sig = Get-AuthenticodeSignature $VigemInstaller
+        if ($sig.Status -ne 'Valid') { throw "ViGEmBus installer is not validly signed ($($sig.Status)): $VigemInstaller" }
+        Copy-Item $VigemInstaller $vendorOut
+        Write-Host "Bundled prerequisite: $(Split-Path $VigemInstaller -Leaf) (signature $($sig.Status))"
+    } else {
+        $vendorXpSrc = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'vendor\xp'
+        $vendorXpOut = Join-Path $vendorOut 'xp'
+        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $vendorXpOut | Out-Null
+        $xpWanted = @(
+            'dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe', 'NDP40-KB2468871-v2-x86.exe',
+            'RioGamepadXP.inf', 'RioGamepadXP.sys', 'devcon.exe'
+        )
+        foreach ($name in $xpWanted) {
+            $src = Join-Path $vendorXpSrc $name
+            if (Test-Path $src) {
+                Copy-Item $src $vendorXpOut
+                Write-Host "Bundled XP prerequisite: $name"
+            } else {
+                Write-Warning "XP prerequisite missing from deploy\vendor\xp: $name - install will warn/skip."
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    # 4. install-riojoy.bat - the game's postinstall.bat calls this. Elevates
+    #    (modern) like the universal postinstall.bat, runs the shared core,
+    #    deletes nothing. Idempotent; there is no uninstall counterpart.
+    $installBat = @(
+        '@echo off'
+        'rem ==========================================================================='
+        "rem  RIOJoy pod install for $($profileDoc.Name) - call from the game's"
+        'rem  postinstall.bat. Idempotent: safe to run on every (re)install/update.'
+        'rem  Installs only what is absent (drivers, runtime); never removes anything.'
+        'rem  There is deliberately NO uninstall: other podized games may share the'
+        'rem  drivers, and abandoned-in-place drivers are harmless.'
+        'rem ==========================================================================='
+        'setlocal'
+        'net session >nul 2>&1'
+        'if %errorlevel% neq 0 ('
+        '    ver | findstr /C:"Version 5.1" >nul'
+        '    if not errorlevel 1 ('
+        '        echo install-riojoy.bat must run as an Administrator user.'
+        '        exit /b 1'
+        '    )'
+        '    echo Requesting administrator privileges...'
+        "    powershell -NoProfile -Command `"Start-Process -FilePath '%~f0' -Verb RunAs -Wait`""
+        '    exit /b 0'
+        ')'
+        'call "%~dp0riojoy\install-core.bat"'
+        'exit /b %errorlevel%'
+    ) -join "`r`n"
+    Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $staging 'install-riojoy.bat') -Value $installBat -Encoding Ascii
+
+    # 5. Start script: the game's launch script calls this before the game.
+    #    Everything explicit - no foreground detection: --profile activates
+    #    immediately so the virtual pad exists before the game enumerates
+    #    controllers, and --exit-with ends RIOJoy when the game exits.
+    $startBat = @(
+        '@echo off'
+        "rem RIOJoy pod companion for $($profileDoc.Name)."
+        'rem Call from the game''s launch script BEFORE starting the game:'
+        'rem the profile activates immediately (no foreground detection), so'
+        'rem the virtual controller exists before the game enumerates devices.'
+        'rem RIOJoy exits by itself when the game exits (--exit-with).'
+        "start `"`" `"%~dp0riojoy\$appDirName\RioJoy.Tray.exe`" --profile `"$($profileDoc.Name)`" --exit-with $GameExe"
+    ) -join "`r`n"
+    Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $staging 'start-riojoy.bat') -Value $startBat -Encoding Ascii
+
+    # 6. Integrator note.
+    $readme = @(
+        "RIOJoy pod bundle - $($profileDoc.Name) ($version, $Flavor)"
+        ''
+        'Self-contained: app, this game''s profile, and all RIOJoy prerequisites'
+        '(drivers/runtime). Nothing is installed on the pod by hand.'
+        ''
+        'Integrate into the game''s package:'
+        '  1. Ship the riojoy\ folder, install-riojoy.bat and start-riojoy.bat'
+        '     inside the game''s install directory.'
+        '  2. Call install-riojoy.bat from the game''s postinstall.bat.'
+        '     Idempotent - safe on every install, reinstall and update; it only'
+        '     adds what is missing and never removes anything.'
+        '  3. Call start-riojoy.bat from the game''s launch script before the'
+        '     game. The profile activates immediately and explicitly - no'
+        '     foreground detection - so the virtual controller exists before'
+        '     the game enumerates devices; RIOJoy exits by itself when the'
+        '     game exits. A launcher should wait (with a timeout) on the named'
+        '     event "RIOJoy.Tray.Ready" before starting the game: signaled ='
+        '     pad + ports ready; RIOJoy exit code 4/5 = config/activation'
+        '     failure (reason on stderr); neither = stuck, report.'
+        '  4. Put NOTHING in the game''s pre-uninstall: drivers stay in place by'
+        '     design (another podized game may use them; idle drivers are'
+        '     harmless).'
+        ''
+        "The game's profile lives in riojoy\$appDirName\config.json (portable"
+        'mode - the per-user %APPDATA% config is ignored while it exists). Edit'
+        "it there, or run riojoy\$appDirName\RioJoy.Tray.exe with no arguments"
+        'for the profile editor.'
+    ) -join "`r`n"
+    Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $staging 'README-POD.txt') -Value $readme -Encoding Ascii
+
+    # 7. Zip with forward-slash entry names (same rationale as build-package.ps1).
+    $outDirFull = if ([IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($OutDir)) { $OutDir } else { Join-Path $repo $OutDir }
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $outDirFull | Out-Null
+    $zip = Join-Path $outDirFull "RIOJoy-pod-$safeName-$version.zip"
+    if (Test-Path $zip) { Remove-Item $zip -Force }
+    Write-Host "Zipping -> $zip"
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
+    $base = (Resolve-Path $staging).Path.TrimEnd('\') + '\'
+    $fs = [System.IO.File]::Open($zip, [System.IO.FileMode]::CreateNew)
+    try {
+        $archive = New-Object System.IO.Compression.ZipArchive($fs, [System.IO.Compression.ZipArchiveMode]::Create)
+        try {
+            foreach ($file in Get-ChildItem -Path $staging -Recurse -File) {
+                $entryName = $file.FullName.Substring($base.Length) -replace '\\', '/'
+                [System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::CreateEntryFromFile(
+                    $archive, $file.FullName, $entryName,
+                    [System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel]::Optimal) | Out-Null
+            }
+        } finally { $archive.Dispose() }
+    } finally { $fs.Dispose() }
+
+    $size = '{0:N1} MB' -f ((Get-Item $zip).Length / 1MB)
+    Write-Host ''
+    Write-Host "Pod bundle built: $zip ($size)" -ForegroundColor Green
+    Write-Host "Integrate: extract into the game's folder; game postinstall.bat calls install-riojoy.bat; launch script calls start-riojoy.bat (game exe: $GameExe)."
+}
+finally {
+    if (Test-Path $staging) { Remove-Item $staging -Recurse -Force }
+}

docs/FEEDBACK.md

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+# Game feedback endpoint (game → RIOJoy → cockpit)
+
+Phase 9 lets external programs drive the cockpit's **output** hardware through
+the running RIOJoy tray app: the 72 button lamps (with board-side flash) and
+the plasma/VFD text display. Anything that can write a line of text to a named
+pipe or a UDP socket can use it — a DCS `Export.lua`, a SimHub plugin, a game
+mod, a PowerShell one-liner. XInput **rumble** is mapped separately (no client
+needed; see [Rumble → lamps](#rumble--lamps)).
+
+This page is the wire-protocol reference. For the integrator's view — which
+lamp addresses map to which physical buttons, the plasma display's geometry
+and fonts, and per-game recipes — see
+[OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md](OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md).
+
+## Endpoints
+
+| Transport | Address | Default |
+|---|---|---|
+| Named pipe | `\\.\pipe\riojoy-feedback` | **on** |
+| UDP (loopback only) | `udp://127.0.0.1:<port>` | off (`UdpPort` unset) |
+
+Both feed the same line protocol; the pipe accepts up to 4 concurrent clients.
+Configured app-wide in `%APPDATA%\RIOJoy\config.json`:
+
+```json
+{ "Feedback": { "PipeEnabled": true, "PipeName": "riojoy-feedback", "UdpPort": 19910 } }
+```
+
+Omitting the `Feedback` section entirely = pipe on under the default name, UDP
+off. Endpoint config is read once at the first profile activation; changes take
+effect on app restart.
+
+The endpoint is **app-lifetime**: clients keep their connection across profile
+switches and dormancy. Whether commands *apply* is per-profile (see
+[Gating](#gating)).
+
+## Line protocol
+
+One command per line. LF or CRLF line endings; on UDP, one datagram carries one
+or more complete lines and the end of the datagram terminates the last line
+(no trailing LF needed, no fragments across datagrams). Keywords are
+case-insensitive. Lines over 256 bytes and UDP datagrams over 4 KB are dropped.
+
+```
+# comment (also ;)
+lamp <addr> <state>              set one lamp
+lamp-all <state>                 set every lamp
+plasma text [x y [font]] <text>  write text to the plasma display
+plasma clear                     clear the plasma display
+plasma row <y> <hex32>           write one full 128-px bitmap row
+plasma box <x> <y> <w> <h>       outlined box with a blanked interior
+```
+
+- **`<addr>`** — RIO lamp address, decimal or `0x` hex. Valid: `0x00–0x47`
+  (the 72 buttons), `0x50–0x5F` (keypad 0), `0x60–0x6F` (keypad 1). See
+  [PROTOCOL.md §5](PROTOCOL.md).
+- **`<state>`** — either words: `[solid|slow|med|fast] off|dim|bright` (flash
+  defaults to `solid`), or a raw state byte `0x00–0x3F` (the `LampRequest`
+  state, [PROTOCOL.md §3](PROTOCOL.md)). `lamp 0x12 fast bright` = flash-fast
+  at full brightness. **The board sustains the blink** — one command starts a
+  flash, another (`solid dim`, `off`, …) ends it.
+- **`plasma text`** — the rest of the line is the text, or quote it
+  (`"VIPER 1-1"`; quotes stripped, no escapes). Two leading *numeric* tokens
+  are a cursor position `x y`; omitted (or `0 0`) auto-fits and centers
+  (`PlasmaPosText`). To display something that starts with two numbers, quote
+  it. A **third** numeric token after the position — with text still following
+  — is an explicit font: `0` auto (by length: ≤9 chars large, else small),
+  `2` small 5×7, `5` large 10×14. Short positioned text otherwise always
+  renders large, which cannot fit inside a `plasma box`. Encoding is
+  **Latin-1** (one byte = one char, the plasma's wire encoding) — do not send
+  UTF-8 for accented characters. Text coalesces **per position**: a newer
+  queued text replaces an older one at the same `x y` only, so multi-field
+  layouts (callsign + score) can update one field without losing the others.
+- **`plasma row`** — one full bitmap row: `<y>` 0–31 (decimal or `0x` hex),
+  then exactly **32 hex digits** = 16 bytes = 128 pixels, **MSB = leftmost**.
+  Rows are written strictly in arrival order (unlike `plasma text`, which
+  coalesces — a bitmap frame is many rows and must not tear);
+  `plasma clear` discards any queued rows/text. Up to 128 commands queue;
+  beyond that incoming rows are dropped and counted — pace full-frame pushes
+  (a 32-row frame is ~0.77 s of wire time at 9600 baud; stream changed rows,
+  as the native games did). See
+  [OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md](OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md#bitmap-graphics-esc-p).
+- **`plasma box`** — an outlined 1-px box with its interior blanked, in pixel
+  coordinates (`x` 0–127, `y` 0–31, must fit the panel). This is the overlay
+  chrome the original games drew for their rank|score field over the callsign
+  bitmap. The wire's graphics command spans whole bytes horizontally, so the
+  write covers the byte-aligned span containing the box; pixels inside the
+  span but outside the box are cleared — place boxes on 8-px boundaries when
+  that matters. Boxes queue FIFO with rows.
+
+Malformed lines are dropped and counted (first few are logged); they **never**
+cost a client its connection. The endpoint sends no replies.
+
+## Gating
+
+| RIOJoy state | Listeners | Commands |
+|---|---|---|
+| Profile active, profile has a `Feedback` section | up | applied |
+| Profile active, no `Feedback` section | up | dropped |
+| Dormant / native game owns the ports | up | dropped |
+| Editor session | up | dropped |
+
+Per-profile, in the profile's JSON:
+
+```json
+{
+  "Feedback": {
+    "AllowLampCommands": true,
+    "AllowPlasmaText": true,
+    "Rumble": { "LargeMotorLamps": [18, 19], "SmallMotorLamps": [96], "Threshold": 24 }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+A profile without `"Feedback"` never applies inbound commands. (Editor UI for
+these settings is a Phase 9 remaining item — edit the JSON for now.)
+
+**Lamp ownership:** a `lamp` write to an address the profile maps as a *lighted
+button* (`iRIO` bit `0x8000`, `HasLamp`) is dropped — the input router owns
+those lamps (bright on press / dim on release) and feedback must not fight it.
+Such drops are logged once per address. `lamp-all` silently skips owned lamps.
+
+**Rate:** lamp commands share the 9600-baud RIO link with the ~55 ms analog
+poll, so RIOJoy coalesces per-lamp state (latest wins) and sends at most one
+*changed* lamp per 25 ms. Spam freely — identical states cost nothing — but a
+`lamp-all` sweep takes ~3 s to fully land. Plasma writes are single-flight
+over a bounded queue: flooded `text` updates coalesce to the newest value,
+`clear` flushes everything queued before it, and bitmap `row`s stream in
+order.
+
+## Rumble → lamps
+
+With a `Rumble` config (above) and the ViGEm pad active, XInput vibration set
+by the game flashes the configured lamps — works with **unmodified games**:
+below `Threshold` (0–255) the lamps are off; the rest of the range maps to
+slow / med / fast flash at full brightness, per motor. Constant rumble costs
+one lamp command (the board blinks on its own). net48 flavor only (the XP
+flavor has no ViGEm).
+
+## Client snippets
+
+DCS-style `Export.lua` (a pipe opens as a file on Windows):
+
+```lua
+local rio = io.open("\\\\.\\pipe\\riojoy-feedback", "w")
+-- in your export tick:
+if masterCaution then rio:write("lamp 0x12 fast bright\n")
+else rio:write("lamp 0x12 off\n") end
+rio:write('plasma text "' .. callsign .. '"\n')
+rio:flush()
+```
+
+PowerShell, pipe (hand-testing on the cabinet):
+
+```powershell
+$p = New-Object IO.Pipes.NamedPipeClientStream '.', 'riojoy-feedback', ([IO.Pipes.PipeDirection]::Out)
+$p.Connect(2000)
+$w = New-Object IO.StreamWriter $p, ([Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding(28591))
+$w.WriteLine('lamp 0x12 fast bright'); $w.WriteLine('plasma text "VIPER 1-1"'); $w.Flush()
+```
+
+PowerShell, UDP (with `"UdpPort": 19910` configured):
+
+```powershell
+$u = New-Object Net.Sockets.UdpClient
+$b = [Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding(28591).GetBytes("lamp 0x12 fast bright`nplasma text 42 kills")
+$u.Send($b, $b.Length, '127.0.0.1', 19910) | Out-Null
+```
+
+## Implementation map
+
+`src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/`: `FeedbackLineParser` (grammar → `FeedbackCommand`),
+`FeedbackLineBuffer` (bytes → lines), `FeedbackPipeServer` / `FeedbackUdpListener`
+(transports), `CoalescingLampScheduler` (the rate governor — all feedback lamp
+traffic goes through it, never straight to `ILampSink`), `FeedbackRouter`
+(gating + ownership + plasma single-flight), `RumbleLampAdapter`, and
+`FeedbackService` (the façade `RioCoordinator` owns). Tests mirror the layout in
+`tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Feedback/`.

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+# Input integration guide (cockpit → RIOJoy → game)
+
+How a game receives the cockpit's **inputs** — the 72 lighted buttons, two
+16-key keypads, and 5 analog axes — and how to build the profile that maps
+them. This is the mirror of [OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md](OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md)
+(game → cockpit); the wire protocol lives in [PROTOCOL.md](PROTOCOL.md), the
+profile/auto-switch model in [PLAN.md](PLAN.md).
+
+## What a game sees
+
+RIOJoy translates cockpit events into ordinary Windows input, per profile,
+through three surfaces (all can be active at once — each button picks its
+route):
+
+| Surface | What the game sees | When |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Virtual Xbox 360 pad** (ViGEm) | a normal XInput controller: 11 buttons, D-pad, 2 sticks, 2 triggers | default on Windows 10/11 when ViGEmBus is installed |
+| **Keyboard / mouse** (`SendInput`) | scancode keystrokes with modifiers; relative mouse moves + clicks | any button routed to a key/mouse action |
+| **RioGamepad HID** | a native 6-axis, 96-button, 1-hat joystick | fallback when ViGEm is absent; the XP flavor |
+
+The sink is chosen at activation: ViGEm → RioGamepad feeder → none (keyboard
+and mouse always work). Most games — XInput and DirectInput alike — see the
+Xbox 360 pad as a standard controller; the practical limit is its **11
+mappable buttons**, so keyboard routing carries everything beyond that.
+
+## The input inventory
+
+- **72 lighted buttons**, RIO addresses `0x00–0x47`, grouped into five MFD
+  clusters and four columns — the physical map is in
+  [OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md](OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md#address-map-functional-groups).
+- **Two 4×4 keypads**: internal `0x50–0x5F`, external `0x60–0x6F` (key label →
+  address = base + hex digit; no lamps).
+- **5 analog inputs** — joystick X/Y, throttle, left pedal, right pedal —
+  calibrated into **6 virtual axes** (X, Y, Z, Rx, Ry, Rz), each `0..32766`
+  with center `16383`.
+
+## Per-button routing
+
+Every mapped address carries one action (the `iRIO` word, PROTOCOL.md §5).
+The editor exposes these as the **Action** kinds:
+
+| Kind | What happens on press/release |
+|---|---|
+| **Keyboard** | key down/up by **scancode** (so DOS-era and raw-input games see it), with optional Shift/Ctrl/Alt held around it and the extended-key flag for nav keys |
+| **Joystick** | virtual pad button 1–11 (or 1–96 on the RioGamepad HID) |
+| **Hat** | the POV hat / D-pad direction (up/right/down/left; release = centered) |
+| **Mouse** | relative move in clean 50-px steps (up/right/down/left) or left/right click — the legacy build's mixed-up move deltas are fixed in the port |
+| **RIO command** | internal: axis recalibrations/resets, version/check request, diagnostic toggles — useful on a spare cockpit button so recalibration never needs the desktop |
+| **Lit** flag | lamp follows the button (dim idle, bright pressed). Also marks the lamp as *profile-owned*, which shields it from the feedback endpoint (see OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md) |
+
+### The Xbox 360 button map
+
+RIO joystick buttons are assigned in this fixed order — pick low numbers for
+the game's most important actions:
+
+| RIO joy button | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| Pad button | A | B | X | Y | LB | RB | Back | Start | L3 | R3 | Guide |
+
+The hat maps to the D-pad. Buttons past 11 are dropped by the pad — route
+those to the keyboard instead. (On the RioGamepad HID all 96 buttons exist
+natively and no mapping table applies.)
+
+## Axes
+
+### Calibration (per profile)
+
+`Calibration` holds per-axis invert flags and `EnableZR`:
+
+- **Joystick X/Y** auto-range from observed travel with a small deadzone.
+- **Throttle (Z)** is the ratcheted lever; calibrated so the detent rest
+  position reads **0**, full forward `32766` — i.e. it is naturally
+  **unipolar**.
+- **Pedals** feed Rx/Ry directly, or — with `EnableZR` — mix into a single
+  rudder axis: `Rz = 16383 − left/2 + right/2` (Rx/Ry then idle).
+
+### Routing onto the pad (`AxisRouting`, JSON-only)
+
+Each of the six axes picks a `Target` and `Mode`
+(`src/RioJoy.Core/Output/AxisRoutingConfig.cs`; null section = the legacy
+default routing):
+
+| Axis | Default target | Conversion |
+|---|---|---|
+| X | LeftThumbX | Centered |
+| Y | LeftThumbY | Centered |
+| Z | LeftTrigger | trigger byte `value×255/32766` |
+| Rx | RightThumbX | Centered |
+| Ry | RightThumbY | Centered |
+| Rz | RightTrigger | trigger byte |
+
+Modes for thumb targets: **`Centered`** (`(value−16383)×2` → stick range) for
+axes that rest mid-travel, **`UnipolarPositive`** (rest 0 = stick center,
+32766 = stick max — only the upper half is used) for the ratcheted throttle.
+`Target: "None"` suppresses an axis entirely.
+
+**The triggers-are-buttons trap:** many games hard-bind the pad triggers to
+fire/actions. If the throttle rides `LeftTrigger` (the default), advancing the
+throttle *fires*. The shipped Descent profile
+([`profiles/descent-d1x.json`](../profiles/descent-d1x.json)) is the worked
+example: throttle → `RightThumbY` `UnipolarPositive`, rudder mix → 
+`RightThumbX`, pedals `None`, keeping both triggers free for the game.
+
+## Choosing a strategy per game
+
+- **Modern XInput game** — pad buttons + axes for the flight controls, keyboard
+  routing for the long tail (MFD pages, systems). Check the game's own binding
+  UI to see the pad.
+- **DOS / emulated game (DOSBox, source ports)** — mostly keyboard routing (it
+  arrives as scancodes, which DOSBox maps cleanly); axes via the pad if the
+  emulator supports a controller, else map coarse throttle steps to keys.
+- **Legacy DirectInput sim** — the x360 pad appears as a DirectInput device
+  too; if the game needs more than 11 buttons on the *stick itself*, prefer
+  keyboard routing or run the RioGamepad HID (96 native buttons).
+- **Anything with a clickable cockpit** — mouse routing gives you cursor
+  nudges and clicks from cockpit buttons.
+
+## Building the profile
+
+1. **Create/edit** from the tray: *Edit profile*. The editor shows the cockpit
+   panel in its functional groups; click a button, set its label, action,
+   modifiers, and **Lit**, then Apply. Save writes the config.
+2. **Live check**: with the RIO (or vRIO) connected, physical presses light the
+   panel and the axis gauges move — before any game is involved. The "Send
+   button output to the PC" toggle turns real keystroke injection on when you
+   want to test into an editor/notepad.
+3. **Triggers**: comma-separated executable names that auto-activate the
+   profile when their window is foreground (`d1x-rebirth, descent`). Matching
+   is basename, case-insensitive, `.exe` optional. First matching profile
+   wins; DOSBox-hosted games all share the DOSBox exe name (rename per game or
+   switch manually); native games (Firestorm, Red Planet) go in
+   `NativeGameExecutables` instead — RIOJoy releases the ports for them.
+4. **RIO port**: leave `(app default)`, or a COM name, or `pipe:vrio` for the
+   emulator.
+5. **JSON-only settings** (edit `%APPDATA%\RIOJoy\config.json`): `AxisRouting`,
+   `Calibration` fine points, `PlasmaComPort`/`PlasmaGreeting`, and the
+   `Feedback` section (see FEEDBACK.md).
+6. **Legacy import**: the `Import .ini` tray menu converts an original
+   `RIO.ini` (buttons, inverts, greeting). For programmatic install-time
+   handoff, see the next section.
+
+## Shipping a profile with your game
+
+Two models, chosen per deployment:
+
+- **Pod bundle (production — cockpit cabinets):** the game's folder carries
+  its own RIOJoy copy + profile; nothing is registered anywhere. See
+  [Pod-bundled deployment](#pod-bundled-deployment-production) below.
+- **Import into a resident RIOJoy (dev boxes):** hand a profile document to
+  the shared tray install, as follows.
+
+A game (or its installer/launcher) hands its profile to RIOJoy as a
+**single-profile JSON document** plus one command:
+
+```
+RioJoy.Tray.exe --import-profile <your-game-riojoy-profile.json>
+```
+
+The document is one `RioProfile` object — the shipped
+[`profiles/descent-d1x.json`](../profiles/descent-d1x.json) is the reference
+example. It must carry a `"Name"` (imports without one are rejected), and it
+bundles everything in one payload: `Buttons`, `MatchExecutables` (the
+triggers), `Calibration`, `AxisRouting`, `PlasmaGreeting`, `Feedback`,
+overlay labels. Author it in the profile editor, then lift the profile object
+out of `%APPDATA%\RIOJoy\config.json` into your distribution.
+
+The import merges into the user's `%APPDATA%\RIOJoy\config.json` — created
+with defaults if absent, all other content preserved. A profile with the
+same name (case-insensitive) is **replaced in place**, so re-running the
+import on a game update is idempotent and never disturbs other games'
+profiles.
+
+Contract for installers:
+
+- **Check the exit code, not stdout** (the tray is a GUI-subsystem exe;
+  console output only appears when redirected): `0` imported, `1` failed,
+  `2` usage, `3` **RIOJoy is running**.
+- **The tray must not be running** during import — a running tray holds the
+  config in memory and its own saves would silently discard the merge, so
+  the import refuses (exit 3) instead. Sequence: quit/skip the tray →
+  import → (re)launch. On launcher-managed cabinets (TeslaConsole owns the
+  RIOJoy lifecycle) a game's install step can import safely before the next
+  boot.
+- **Per-user, per-session**: the config lives under the user's `%APPDATA%`
+  and the running-instance check is per-session — run the import in the
+  user's session, not as an elevated SYSTEM step.
+
+Nothing else needs registering: once the tray starts with the merged config,
+the profile's `MatchExecutables` auto-activates it whenever the game's window
+is foreground (tray in Auto mode).
+
+For games you control end-to-end, keep the profile document in the *game's*
+repo as the source of truth — dxx-rebirth does this, and a RIOJoy test
+(`ShippedDescentProfile_MatchesDxxRebirthReferenceCopy`) asserts the two
+checkouts stay byte-identical so drift is caught in CI.
+
+## Pod-bundled deployment (production)
+
+On the pods (the cockpit cabinets) no resident RIOJoy runs at all. Each
+podized game's install carries its own copy, built by:
+
+```
+deploy\build-pod.ps1 -ProfileJson <your-game-profile.json>
+```
+
+That emits a **self-contained** drop-in (~8 MB on net48): `riojoy\` — the app,
+a **portable** `config.json` beside the exe holding just this game's profile
+(it wins over the per-user `%APPDATA%` store), and all RIOJoy prerequisites
+(ViGEmBus; on the XP flavor .NET 4.0 + the RioGamepadXP driver) — plus two
+entry points the game's package wires up:
+
+- **`install-riojoy.bat`** — call from the game's `postinstall.bat`.
+  Self-elevating and **idempotent**: safe on every install, reinstall, and
+  update; it installs only what's absent and never removes anything. Put
+  **nothing** in the game's pre-uninstall — drivers stay in place by design,
+  since another podized game may share them and idle drivers are harmless.
+- **`start-riojoy.bat`** — call from the game's launch script before the
+  game:
+
+```
+start "" "...\riojoy\app\RioJoy.Tray.exe" --profile "<Name>" --exit-with <game exe>
+```
+
+In pod mode **everything is explicit — there is no detection on either
+side**. `--profile` activates the named profile immediately at startup, so
+the virtual controller and the ports exist *before* the game launches and
+enumerates input devices (foreground detection activates ~1 s after the
+window appears — too late for startup enumeration, and the auto-switch
+watcher never runs in this mode). On success RIOJoy signals the named event
+**`RIOJoy.Tray.Ready`** — a launcher waits on that (with a timeout) instead
+of guessing from device enumeration, and the failure modes stay legible:
+
+| Launcher observes | Meaning |
+|---|---|
+| `RIOJoy.Tray.Ready` signaled | profile active; pad + ports exist — start the game |
+| RIOJoy exited, code 4 | profile name not in the config (script typo) |
+| RIOJoy exited, code 5 | activation failed — reason on stderr (port busy, bad endpoint) |
+| no signal, still running | genuinely stuck — timeout and report |
+
+The event is process-lifetime (it can never go stale); either side may create
+it first — same name, manual-reset, both converge on one object. Batch-only
+integrations without a launcher can simply order the script: `start`
+RIOJoy, then the game — but a real launcher should wait on the event.
+
+`--exit-with` handles the other end: once the game process has run and then
+exited, RIOJoy tears itself down completely (ports released, wallpaper
+restored, plasma blanked) and quits. If the game never appears within 60 s it
+also quits, so a failed launch can't strand it. Back-to-back launches hand
+over cleanly: a starting pod instance waits up to 15 s for the previous
+game's copy to release the single-instance lock.
+
+Properties that matter on a cabinet: each game pins the RIOJoy build it was
+verified with (updating RIOJoy for a new game can't regress an old one);
+native games simply don't bundle RIOJoy, so the COM ports are free for them
+by construction; and every bundle is fully self-sufficient — drivers install
+through the game's own postinstall, so a fresh pod needs no separate RIOJoy
+provisioning pass. The bundled exe is still the full tray app: run it with no
+arguments on the pod and you have the profile editor.
+
+## Testing without hardware or game
+
+- **vRIO** (`pipe:vrio`): click buttons on the emulator's panel and watch them
+  arrive — the editor lights up, the pad reacts.
+- **joy.cpl** (Game Controllers): shows the virtual pad's axes/buttons moving.
+- Keyboard routes: open Notepad, enable the editor's output toggle, press
+  cockpit buttons.
+
+## Checklist for a new game
+
+1. Find the game's real executable name (foreground window process) → Triggers.
+2. Decide the axis story first: does the game hard-use triggers? If yes, route
+   the throttle to a thumb axis `UnipolarPositive` (copy the Descent pattern).
+3. Map the few primary actions to pad buttons 1–11, everything else to
+   keyboard; mark cockpit-lit buttons **Lit**.
+4. Set `EnableZR` if the game wants one rudder axis rather than two pedals.
+5. Live-check in the editor, then in-game; bind a spare cockpit button to
+   *RIO command → recalibrate* for the cabinet.
+6. Add the `Feedback` section if the game will drive lamps/plasma back
+   (OUTPUT-INTEGRATION.md).

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+# Plasma & output integration guide
+
+How to make a game, sim, or companion tool drive the cockpit's **outputs**
+through RIOJoy: the lighted buttons (lamps) and the plasma/VFD text display.
+This is the integrator's view — what the hardware can show, which addresses
+mean what, and how to feed them. The exact wire grammar lives in
+[FEEDBACK.md](FEEDBACK.md); the RIO serial protocol in
+[PROTOCOL.md](PROTOCOL.md); the mirror direction (cockpit inputs → game) in
+[INPUT-INTEGRATION.md](INPUT-INTEGRATION.md).
+
+## The four output channels
+
+| Channel | Trigger | Effort | Good for |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **Automatic lamp feedback** | button press/release | none — built in | lighting the button the player just pressed |
+| **Feedback endpoint** (`lamp` / `plasma` lines) | your code writes a text line to a pipe or UDP | small script | warning lights, status flashes, callsigns, scores |
+| **Rumble → lamps** | game sets XInput vibration | config only, no code | damage/fire effects from **unmodified** games |
+| **Plasma greeting** | profile activation | config only | a static per-game banner |
+
+All four apply only while a profile is **active**; the profile opts into the
+endpoint and rumble channels with its `"Feedback"` JSON section (see
+[Gating in FEEDBACK.md](FEEDBACK.md#gating)). When RIOJoy is dormant or a
+native game owns the ports, endpoint clients stay connected but commands drop.
+
+## The lamp model
+
+### What a lamp is
+
+Each of the **72 cockpit buttons** (RIO addresses `0x00–0x47`) has a built-in
+lamp. A lamp is set with a single state byte combining a **flash mode**
+(solid / slow / med / fast) and a **brightness** (off / dim / bright). The
+**board runs the blink itself** — one command starts a sustained flash, another
+ends it. There is no per-frame cost to a flashing lamp.
+
+The two 4×4 keypads (`0x50–0x5F` internal, `0x60–0x6F` external) are valid
+protocol addresses but have **no physical lamps** — writes to them are
+accepted and do nothing visible.
+
+### Address map (functional groups)
+
+From the panel model (`RioJoy.Core.Editing.CockpitPanel`, mirrored in the
+profile editor):
+
+| Group | Addresses | Layout |
+|---|---|---|
+| Lower Right MFD | `0x00–0x07` | 4×2; top row `07 06 05 04`, bottom `03 02 01 00` |
+| Lower Left MFD | `0x08–0x0F` | 4×2; top `0F 0E 0D 0C`, bottom `0B 0A 09 08` |
+| Secondary column | `0x10–0x17` | vertical 8 |
+| Screen column | `0x18–0x1F` | vertical 8 |
+| Upper Middle MFD | `0x20–0x27` | 4×2; top `27 26 25 24`, bottom `23 22 21 20` |
+| Upper Left MFD | `0x28–0x2F` | 4×2; top `2F 2E 2D 2C`, bottom `2B 2A 29 28` |
+| Upper Right MFD | `0x30–0x37` | 4×2; top `37 36 35 34`, bottom `33 32 31 30` |
+| Throttle column | `0x38–0x3F` | vertical 8 (`3D` Panic, `3F` Throttle) |
+| Joystick cluster | `0x40–0x47` | `40` Main, `41–44` hat B/U/R/L, `45` Pinky, `46` Middle, `47` Upper |
+| Internal keypad | `0x50–0x5F` | 4×4, **no lamps** |
+| External keypad | `0x60–0x6F` | 4×4, **no lamps** |
+
+(`0x48–0x4F` is a gap — not valid addresses.)
+
+### Ownership: pick lamps the profile doesn't use
+
+Lamps on buttons the active profile maps as *lighted* (`Lit` in the editor,
+`iRIO` bit `0x8000`) belong to the automatic press/release feedback — endpoint
+writes to them are **dropped** (logged once per address) so your effect can't
+fight the built-in behavior. Design your effects on buttons the profile leaves
+unlit — a dedicated "warning" MFD cluster the game doesn't bind, for example —
+or deliberately leave the target buttons un-Lit in the profile.
+
+### Rate budget
+
+The RIO link is 9600 baud, shared with the ~55 ms analog poll. RIOJoy
+coalesces lamp state per address (latest wins) and sends **at most one changed
+lamp per 25 ms** (~40/s). Practical consequences:
+
+- Send *state changes*, not periodic refreshes. Repeating the current state
+  costs nothing but also does nothing.
+- A whole-panel effect (`lamp-all`, or sweeping many addresses) takes ~25 ms ×
+  changed-lamp-count to fully land — a 104-lamp sweep is ~3 s. Fine for an
+  attract mode; wrong for a fast strobe. For fast effects, use the board's own
+  flash modes on a few lamps instead.
+
+## The plasma display model
+
+The plasma is a **128 × 32 dot-matrix panel** on its own serial port at 9600
+8N1 (so display updates never contend with the input link). It is fully
+dot-addressable: it has a text mode (cursor + fonts + attributes) **and a raw
+bitmap mode** (`ESC P` graphics write — see
+[Bitmap graphics](#bitmap-graphics-esc-p)). The command set is documented in
+vRIO's `VPlasma.Core/Protocol/PlasmaProtocol.cs`, recovered from the Tesla
+4.10 sources and the display firmware dump.
+
+Text mode has two glyph sizes:
+
+| Font | Cell | Fits per line | Auto-selected when |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| large (font 5) | 10×14 px | ~12 chars | text ≤ 9 chars |
+| small (font 2) | 5×7 px | ~25 chars | text 10–20 chars (longer is truncated to 20) |
+
+What the endpoint exposes (v1):
+
+- **`plasma text <text>`** — auto-fit: short text renders large, longer text
+  small, centered on the display (the `PlasmaPosText` behavior the original
+  games used; its pivot is x=56, faithfully a touch left of the true 128-px
+  center). This is the right default for callsigns, scores, and status words.
+- **`plasma text <x> <y> <text>`** — explicit cursor position in **pixels**,
+  top-left origin; the firmware accepts x 0–127, y 0–31. You choose the
+  position; the font still auto-fits by length. Use this to keep two fields on
+  screen at once (e.g. callsign top line, score bottom line:
+  `plasma text 2 2 "VIPER 1-1"` + `plasma text 2 18 "SCORE 4200"`).
+- **`plasma text <x> <y> <font> <text>`** — as above with an explicit font
+  (`2` small 5×7, `5` large 10×14, `0` auto). Auto picks the font by LENGTH,
+  so short positioned text always renders large; the explicit form is how a
+  short field ("1", "1000") fits inside a score box.
+- **`plasma clear`** — blank the display.
+- **`plasma row <y> <hex32>`** — one full 128-px bitmap row; see
+  [Bitmap graphics](#bitmap-graphics-esc-p).
+- **`plasma box <x> <y> <w> <h>`** — outlined box, interior blanked: the
+  overlay chrome for a field drawn on top of other content (the original
+  games' rank|score box over the callsign). Byte-aligned horizontally — put
+  box edges on 8-px boundaries where neighbors matter.
+
+Text is **Latin-1** (one byte per char) — don't send UTF-8.
+
+Not exposed through the endpoint yet (small extensions when needed): text
+attribute selection (intensity/underline/reverse/flash) and filled-only boxes.
+
+### Bitmap graphics (`ESC P`)
+
+The display accepts **raw bitmap rows** — this is how the native Red Planet
+game draws everything (it renders into a local 1-bpp buffer and streams the
+*changed* rows). The wire command:
+
+```
+ESC P s y x w h data…
+```
+
+`s` = screen (single-screen hardware, ignored), `y` = top row (0–31),
+`x` = left **byte column** (0–15), `w` = bytes per row, `h` = rows, followed
+by `w×h` data bytes, **MSB = leftmost pixel**. The native game always sends
+whole rows: `x=0, w=16, h=1` — 16 bytes covering one full 128-px row.
+
+Budget the bandwidth: a full-frame repaint is 32 rows × (7-byte header +
+16 data bytes) ≈ 740 bytes ≈ **0.77 s** at 9600 baud. That's why the native
+game diffs and streams only changed rows — an animation that touches a few
+rows per tick is smooth; full-frame repaints are ~1 fps. Text mode is far
+cheaper for text; reserve bitmaps for logos, custom gauges, and icons.
+
+The endpoint exposes whole-row writes as a line command:
+
+```
+plasma row <y> <32 hex digits>
+```
+
+`y` is 0–31; the 32 hex digits are the row's 16 bytes left-to-right, MSB =
+leftmost pixel. Rows stream strictly in arrival order (up to 128 queued;
+overflow drops the incoming row and counts it), so push a frame as rows 0–31
+and it lands intact. Example — a horizontal rule across row 16 and a lit
+top-left corner block:
+
+```
+plasma row 16 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
+plasma row 0 F0000000000000000000000000000000
+```
+
+For animation, keep a 1-bpp frame buffer client-side and send only the rows
+that changed since the last tick — exactly what the native game does. The
+partial-span form of `ESC P` (arbitrary `x/w/h`) exists in
+`PlasmaCommands.GraphicsWrite` for host-side code but is not exposed as a
+line command.
+
+### Update semantics
+
+Plasma writes are **single-flight over a bounded queue** whose rules follow
+what each command means: flooded `text` updates coalesce to the newest value
+(safe to spam a score — the display shows the latest), `clear` discards
+everything queued before it, and bitmap `row`s stream strictly in order
+(never coalesced — a frame is many rows). Still: update fields on change, not
+on a timer.
+
+Lifecycle: on profile activation the display clears and shows the profile's
+`PlasmaGreeting` (if set); your first `plasma` command replaces it. On
+teardown (profile switch, dormancy, native-game yield) RIOJoy blanks the
+display and releases the port.
+
+`plasma text` does **not** clear the rest of the display — it draws at a
+position. When a new value is shorter than the old one (`SCORE 900` after
+`SCORE 1200`), stale pixels can remain; pad the text to a fixed width or
+`plasma clear` first when the layout changes.
+
+## Recipes
+
+### Any XInput game — rumble, zero code
+
+Add to the profile's JSON (`%APPDATA%\RIOJoy\config.json`):
+
+```json
+"Feedback": { "Rumble": { "LargeMotorLamps": [32, 33], "SmallMotorLamps": [34], "Threshold": 24 } }
+```
+
+Vibration now flashes Upper-Middle-MFD lamps `0x20–0x22`: off below the
+threshold, slow/med/fast flash as intensity rises, per motor. Works with any
+game that rumbles the ViGEm pad (net48 flavor only).
+
+### DCS World — Export.lua
+
+A pipe opens as a file on Windows; write lines, flush, done:
+
+```lua
+local rio = io.open("\\\\.\\pipe\\riojoy-feedback", "w")
+local wasCaution = nil
+
+function LuaExportAfterNextFrame()
+    if not rio then return end
+    local caution = LoGetMCPState and LoGetMCPState().MasterWarning
+    if caution ~= wasCaution then            -- send changes, not frames
+        wasCaution = caution
+        rio:write(caution and "lamp 0x12 fast bright\n" or "lamp 0x12 off\n")
+        rio:flush()
+    end
+end
+
+function LuaExportStart()
+    if rio then
+        rio:write('plasma text "' .. (LoGetPilotName() or "PILOT") .. '"\n')
+        rio:flush()
+    end
+end
+```
+
+(Or configure `"UdpPort"` and use DCS's `socket` library — same lines over
+UDP, one or more per datagram.)
+
+### SimHub / other telemetry hubs
+
+Any plugin that can emit custom TCP/UDP/serial output can target the UDP
+endpoint (`127.0.0.1:<UdpPort>`) with protocol lines. Map telemetry properties
+to `lamp` lines (e.g. shift light → `lamp 0x3D fast bright`) and text
+properties to `plasma text`.
+
+### Games with no API — log tailing
+
+```powershell
+$p = New-Object IO.Pipes.NamedPipeClientStream '.', 'riojoy-feedback', ([IO.Pipes.PipeDirection]::Out)
+$p.Connect(2000)
+$w = New-Object IO.StreamWriter $p, ([Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding(28591))
+Get-Content 'C:\games\thegame\events.log' -Wait -Tail 0 | ForEach-Object {
+    if ($_ -match 'PLAYER_HIT')  { $w.WriteLine('lamp 0x24 fast bright'); $w.Flush() }
+    if ($_ -match 'SCORE=(\d+)') { $w.WriteLine("plasma text SCORE $($Matches[1])"); $w.Flush() }
+}
+```
+
+## Testing without hardware
+
+Both output ports accept `pipe:` endpoints, so the [vRIO](https://gitea.mysticmachines.com/VWE/VRIO)
+emulators stand in for the cabinet:
+
+- Profile `RioComPort: "pipe:vrio"` → vRIO's board emulator; its panel shows
+  lamp states, including flash.
+- Profile `PlasmaComPort: "pipe:vplasma"` → the vPlasma display emulator
+  renders the 112×32 output. On a machine with neither display nor COM2, set
+  `PlasmaComPort: "off"` instead (the app default is `COM2`).
+
+Then drive the feedback pipe from PowerShell (snippets in
+[FEEDBACK.md](FEEDBACK.md#client-snippets)) and watch the emulators.
+
+## Checklist for a new integration
+
+1. Give the game's profile a `"Feedback"` section (it's off otherwise).
+2. Choose effect lamps that the profile does **not** mark Lit; note their
+   addresses from the map above.
+3. Decide plasma layout: one auto-centered field, or fixed pixel positions for
+   multiple fields (pad to fixed width).
+4. Emit on **state change** only; let the board do the blinking.
+5. Reconnect logic: on pipe write failure, close, reopen, retry — RIOJoy's
+   endpoint accepts reconnects forever, and commands sent while dormant are
+   dropped by design (your client doesn't need to track RIOJoy's state).
+6. Bench-test against `pipe:vrio` / `pipe:vplasma` before touching the cabinet.

docs/PLAN.md

@@ -183,8 +183,11 @@ Implemented in `src/RioJoy.Core/Calibration` + `Plasma` (105 xUnit tests total):
 - `PlasmaCommands` ports the `CPlasma` ESC command set (clear/cursor/font/attr/box
   draw+fill/text) + `GetFontSize` + the `PlasmaPosText` auto-fit/centering;
   `PlasmaDisplay` writes them over the secondary COM transport.
-- ⏳ **Remaining:** hardware verification of axis feel + plasma output; the
-  game-specific `PlasmaScoreDraw` layout is profile content (Phase 5/7).
+- ⏳ **Remaining:** hardware verification of axis feel + plasma output. Runtime
+  plasma wiring (secondary port open, greeting, teardown) landed in **Phase 9**;
+  the legacy game-specific `PlasmaScoreDraw` layout is superseded by the Phase 9
+  feedback endpoint (external clients draw score/status content —
+  [`docs/FEEDBACK.md`](FEEDBACK.md)).
 
 ### Phase 5 — Tray app + profiles — code-complete ✅
 Core logic in `src/RioJoy.Core/Profiles` + `RioRuntime`; UI/OS in `src/RioJoy.Tray`
@@ -431,6 +434,123 @@ XP consumes pre-rendered wallpapers.
      computers, adds shortcuts); the single dist zip carries everything
      needed for both XP and 10/11, including offline redistributables.
 
+### Phase 9 — Game feedback (game → cockpit) — code-complete ✅
+Inbound feedback endpoint + plasma runtime wiring + rumble→lamp mapping, in
+`src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback` (442 xUnit tests total across the suite); protocol
+spec + client snippets in [`docs/FEEDBACK.md`](FEEDBACK.md). Delivers the
+§Profiles promises "Lamp behavior" and "Plasma/VFD content (or 'off')".
+- **Endpoint**: `FeedbackPipeServer` serves `\\.\pipe\riojoy-feedback`
+  (read-only — no replies ever, which sidesteps the 0-buffer pipe write
+  deadlock class; ≤4 concurrent clients; reconnect forever; vRIO's
+  `VRioPipeService` server pattern incl. the poke-connect stop) and
+  `FeedbackUdpListener` binds loopback-only UDP (off by default,
+  `AppConfig.Feedback.UdpPort` — the transport sim export scripts speak
+  natively). One shared text line protocol: `FeedbackLineParser` +
+  `FeedbackLineBuffer` (Latin-1, LF/CRLF, forgiving — malformed lines drop and
+  log, never the connection), including `plasma row <y> <hex32>` **bitmap
+  streaming** (`PlasmaCommands.GraphicsWrite` ports the display's `ESC P`
+  graphics command per vRIO's recovered `PlasmaProtocol`; the router queues
+  rows strictly FIFO while texts coalesce and clear flushes, bounded at 128).
+  `FeedbackService` façades the lot; it lives in
+  `RioCoordinator` for the **app lifetime**, so clients keep their connection
+  across profile switches and dormancy — only command *application* is gated.
+- **Rate governor**: `CoalescingLampScheduler` — per-address desired/last-sent
+  shadow state, at most one *changed* lamp per 25 ms tick, round-robin. All
+  feedback lamp traffic (pipe/UDP and rumble) posts here; nothing feedback-side
+  calls `ILampSink` directly, because every lamp command crosses the link's
+  stop-and-wait command gate (~150 ms worst case) shared with the ~55 ms
+  analog poll.
+- **Routing/precedence**: `FeedbackRouter` — per-profile gating
+  (`RioProfile.Feedback`, null = feedback off; `AllowLampCommands`/
+  `AllowPlasmaText`), profile-owned lamps (`HasLamp`) protected from
+  press/release fights (dropped, logged once per address per attach), plasma
+  writes single-flight with a latest-pending-wins slot.
+- **Plasma wired at last** (closes the Phase 4 ⏳ wiring): `RioCoordinator.
+  Activate` opens `PlasmaComPort ?? DefaultPlasmaComPort` via the transport
+  factory (`pipe:` endpoints work for benchless testing; `"off"`/empty skips;
+  failure becomes a status suffix and never breaks activation), shows
+  `PlasmaGreeting` auto-centered, blanks + releases the port on teardown (the
+  native games open this port too). `PlasmaDisplay` gained its missing write
+  lock — `PosTextAsync` is five transport writes, and concurrent callers used
+  to interleave ESC fragments (`PlasmaDisplayTests` pins both the sequence and
+  the no-interleave guarantee).
+- **Rumble → lamps** (net48 only): `ViGEmJoystickSink.RumbleChanged` (plain
+  byte delegate over ViGEm's `FeedbackReceived`; fires on a ViGEm-owned
+  thread) → `RumbleLampAdapter`: off below `Threshold`, then slow/med/fast
+  thirds at full brightness per motor, posting only state **changes** so
+  XInput's identical-value spam costs nothing — the board sustains the blink
+  from the state byte. Works with unmodified games that set XInput vibration.
+- Config: `FeedbackEndpointConfig` (app-wide) + `ProfileFeedbackConfig` /
+  `RumbleLampConfig` (per-profile); nullable sections = off/defaults, keeping
+  pre-Phase-9 JSON byte-compatible (round-trip, unset-stays-null, and
+  shipped-profile cases in `ConfigStoreTests`).
+- ⏳ **Remaining:** on-cabinet verification (real lamps + plasma glass, link
+  feel under game load); timed flash-then-restore effects (the scheduler's
+  shadow state is the designed hook); editor UI for the per-profile feedback
+  settings (JSON-only today); shipped client examples (SimHub plugin / DCS
+  export script) beyond the FEEDBACK.md snippets.
+
+### Phase 10 — Pod-bundled deployment — code-complete ✅
+Deployment topology decision (2026-07-31): RIO hardware exists only on **pods**
+(the cockpit cabinets) and dev boxes — no freestanding end-user PCs. Production
+model is therefore **one RIOJoy copy bundled inside each podized game's
+folder**, started by the game's launch script and exiting with the game; no
+resident RIOJoy runs on a pod, and the native games simply don't bundle one
+(making the COM-port yield machinery vestigial in production). The resident
+tray + auto-switch reclassifies as the development harness. 455 xUnit tests
+total across the suite.
+- **Portable config**: `ConfigLocator.Resolve` — a `config.json` beside the
+  exe wins over `%APPDATA%\RIOJoy\config.json`; `TrayApplicationContext.
+  ConfigPath` resolves through it, so `--import-profile` targets the same
+  store. A pod bundle needs no import step: its config *is* the profile.
+- **`--profile <name>`** — explicit immediate activation, **no detection**:
+  in pod mode the auto-switch watcher never runs. The rationale is
+  enumeration timing: games enumerate controllers at startup, and foreground
+  detection activates ~1 s after the window appears — too late, so the pod
+  launch script activates the profile *before* starting the game and the
+  ViGEm pad already exists when the game looks. On success RIOJoy signals the
+  named event `RIOJoy.Tray.Ready` (process-lifetime — never stale) so a pod
+  launcher waits on the signal instead of counting input devices. Exit code 4
+  for an unknown profile name (validated up front so a pod-script typo is
+  scriptable, not a silently idle tray) and 5 for failed activation (reason
+  on stderr) — the launcher can always tell "failed with reason" from
+  "hung". Closing the editor re-activates the explicit profile.
+- **`--exit-with <exe|pid>`** (`CompanionTarget.Parse` — pid, or a name
+  normalized like auto-switch triggers): the tray polls the companion on its
+  existing 1 s timer and quits through the normal teardown (ports released,
+  wallpaper restored, plasma blanked) once the game has run and then gone.
+  `CompanionExit` holds the pure decision — launch order isn't guaranteed, so
+  a never-seen companion only triggers exit after a 60 s startup grace
+  (also covers "game failed to launch"). Clock-free and unit-tested
+  (`tests/.../Hosting/CompanionExitTests`).
+- **Instance handoff**: with `--exit-with`, a starting instance waits up to
+  15 s for the predecessor's single-instance mutex (game A's copy tearing
+  down while game B's starts) instead of the historical silent exit-0; plain
+  launches keep the instant-exit behavior. Abandoned mutex (predecessor
+  crash) counts as acquired.
+- **`deploy/build-pod.ps1`**: emits the **self-contained** per-game drop-in —
+  nothing is ever installed on a pod by hand. Inner layout mirrors the
+  universal package (`app`/`app-xp`, `vendor`, `install-core.bat`,
+  `install-rio.ps1` reused **verbatim** — no forked install logic), plus the
+  portable `config.json` beside the exe (the game's profile document
+  verbatim), `start-riojoy.bat` (`--exit-with` prefilled from the profile's
+  first trigger), and `install-riojoy.bat`: called from the **game's
+  `postinstall.bat`**, self-elevating, **idempotent** (installs only what's
+  absent — ViGEmBus on net48; .NET 4.0 + KB2468871 + RioGamepadXP via devcon
+  on net40 — and never removes anything). There is deliberately **no
+  uninstall step**: drivers are abandoned in place on game removal, since
+  nothing can know whether another podized game still uses them and idle
+  drivers are harmless. Zipped as `RIOJoy-pod-<name>-<stamp>.zip` (~8.4 MB
+  net48 incl. ViGEmBus). Verified by building the Descent bundle and
+  round-tripping its emitted config through `ConfigStore.Load`.
+  Gotcha for future edits: PS 5.1 reads BOM-less scripts as ANSI, where a
+  UTF-8 em dash decodes into a smart quote that *terminates strings* — keep
+  deploy scripts pure ASCII.
+- ⏳ **Remaining:** on-pod verification of the full launch/handoff cycle
+  (launcher → game A → quit → game B); podize a first real game with the
+  bundle; revisit the universal zip's `install.bat` framing (dev-setup only)
+  once pod deploys are routine.
+
 ---
 
 ## Open items / risks

profiles/descent3.json

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+{
+  "Name": "Tesla",
+  "MatchExecutables": [ "Descent3" ],
+  "RioComPort": "COM1",
+  "PlasmaComPort": "COM2",
+  "PlasmaGreeting": null,
+  "WallpaperPath": null,
+  "Calibration": {
+    "InvertX": false,
+    "InvertY": false,
+    "InvertZ": false,
+    "InvertXR": false,
+    "InvertYR": false,
+    "InvertZR": false,
+    "EnableZR": true
+  },
+  "AxisRouting": {
+    "X": { "Target": "LeftThumbX", "Mode": "Centered" },
+    "Y": { "Target": "LeftThumbY", "Mode": "Centered" },
+    "Z": { "Target": "RightThumbY", "Mode": "UnipolarPositive" },
+    "Rx": { "Target": "None", "Mode": "Centered" },
+    "Ry": { "Target": "None", "Mode": "Centered" },
+    "Rz": { "Target": "RightThumbX", "Mode": "Centered" }
+  },
+  "Feedback": {
+    "AllowLampCommands": true,
+    "AllowPlasmaText": true,
+    "Rumble": null
+  },
+  "Buttons": {
+    "47": 32817,
+    "46": 32818,
+    "45": 32819,
+    "44": 32820,
+    "43": 32821,
+    "42": 32822,
+    "41": 32823,
+    "40": 32824,
+
+    "39": 32825,
+    "38": 32816,
+
+    "18": 32840,
+    "17": 32850,
+    "16": 32777,
+
+    "15": 32954,
+    "14": 32990,
+    "13": 32989,
+    "12": 32987,
+    "11": 32956,
+    "10": 32958,
+    "8": 32988,
+
+    "61": 32781,
+    "63": 32858,
+
+    "64": 36865,
+    "65": 40962,
+    "66": 40960,
+    "67": 40961,
+    "68": 40963,
+    "69": 36868,
+    "70": 36867,
+    "71": 36866
+  },
+  "OverlayLabels": {
+    "b-2F": "WPN 1",
+    "b-2E": "WPN 2",
+    "b-2D": "WPN 3",
+    "b-2C": "WPN 4",
+    "b-2B": "WPN 5",
+    "b-2A": "WPN 6",
+    "b-29": "WPN 7",
+    "b-28": "WPN 8",
+
+    "b-27": "WPN 9",
+    "b-26": "WPN 10",
+    "b-10": "AUTOMAP",
+    "b-11": "REAR VIEW",
+    "b-12": "HEADLIGHT",
+
+    "b-0F": "CM PREV",
+    "b-0E": "CM NEXT",
+    "b-0D": "INV NEXT",
+    "b-0C": "INV PREV",
+    "b-0B": "CYCLE PRI",
+    "b-0A": "CYCLE SEC",
+    "b-08": "INV USE",
+
+    "b-3D": "PANIC / CM",
+    "b-3F": "REVERSE",
+
+    "b-40": "FIRE",
+    "b-41": "SLIDE DN",
+    "b-42": "SLIDE UP",
+    "b-43": "SLIDE R",
+    "b-44": "SLIDE L",
+    "b-45": "AFTERBURN",
+    "b-46": "FLARE",
+    "b-47": "MISSILE"
+  }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Calibration/AxisCalibrator.cs

@@ -200,7 +200,19 @@ public sealed class AxisCalibrator
             // 16838 (not 16383) and a +2 nudge are deliberate legacy anti-snap tweaks.
             _joystickXLast = lJx > 0 ? 16838 - ((lJx + 2) * sRightRate) : AxisOutputs.Center;
         }
-        // lJx == 0 leaves _joystickXLast unchanged (legacy behavior).
+        else
+        {
+            // Deliberate divergence from the legacy port, same reasoning as the
+            // throttle detent above: the legacy held the previous output on a raw
+            // of exactly 0. A real pot jitters and never rests at exact 0, so the
+            // hold was invisible on hardware - but vRIO's pad deadzone emits
+            // sustained exact zeros on release, and the hold latched the last
+            // in-motion output indefinitely: the ship kept turning at whatever
+            // rate the stick commanded the instant before release (bench
+            // 2026-08-01, Descent 3 drifting on yaw/pitch with the stick
+            // centered). Exact center in must be exact center out.
+            _joystickXLast = AxisOutputs.Center;
+        }
 
         return _config.InvertX ? AxisOutputs.Max - _joystickXLast : _joystickXLast;
     }
@@ -223,7 +235,12 @@ public sealed class AxisCalibrator
             lJy -= DeadzoneJoystick;
             _joystickYLast = lJy > 0 ? AxisOutputs.Center - (lJy * sDownRate) : AxisOutputs.Center;
         }
-        // lJy == 0 leaves _joystickYLast unchanged (legacy behavior).
+        else
+        {
+            // Exact 0 centers rather than holding the previous output - see the
+            // matching branch in JoystickX for the full story.
+            _joystickYLast = AxisOutputs.Center;
+        }
 
         return _config.InvertY ? AxisOutputs.Max - _joystickYLast : _joystickYLast;
     }

src/RioJoy.Core/Compat/TaskCompat.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ namespace RioJoy.Core.Compat;
 internal static class TaskCompat
 {
 #if NET40
+    /// <summary>net40 has no <c>Task.CompletedTask</c>.</summary>
+    public static Task CompletedTask { get; } = TaskEx.FromResult(true);
+
     public static Task Run(Action action) => TaskEx.Run(action);
 
     public static Task Delay(TimeSpan delay, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@ internal static class TaskCompat
         return TaskEx.FromResult(true);
     }
 #else
+    public static Task CompletedTask => Task.CompletedTask;
+
     public static Task Run(Action action) => Task.Run(action);
 
     public static Task Delay(TimeSpan delay, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/CoalescingLampScheduler.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+using RioJoy.Core.Compat;
+using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The rate governor between feedback lamp traffic and the 9600-baud RIO link.
+/// Every lamp command crosses the link's stop-and-wait command gate (worst case
+/// ~150 ms with retransmits) shared with the ~55 ms analog poll, and nothing
+/// downstream coalesces — so feedback paths must post here, never call
+/// <see cref="ILampSink"/> directly. Keeps a desired/last-sent shadow of all
+/// 112 addresses; the pump sends at most one <i>changed</i> lamp per tick
+/// (round-robin for fairness), so bursts of identical states collapse to
+/// nothing and a flooding client cannot starve the analog poll. One instance
+/// per profile activation, so shadow state never leaks across profiles.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class CoalescingLampScheduler
+{
+    /// <summary>Default pump tick: ≤40 lamp commands/s at 9600 baud stays polite.</summary>
+    public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultSendInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(25);
+
+    private readonly ILampSink _sink;
+    private readonly TimeSpan _sendInterval;
+    private readonly object _gate = new();
+    private readonly byte?[] _desired = new byte?[RioAddress.TableSize];
+    private readonly byte?[] _lastSent = new byte?[RioAddress.TableSize];
+    private int _cursor;
+
+    public CoalescingLampScheduler(ILampSink sink, TimeSpan? sendInterval = null)
+    {
+        _sink = sink ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sink));
+        TimeSpan interval = sendInterval ?? DefaultSendInterval;
+        // Floor at 1 ms: Task.Delay(0) completes synchronously, which would turn
+        // RunAsync into an infinite synchronous loop that never yields.
+        _sendInterval = interval > TimeSpan.Zero ? interval : TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Set the desired state for one lamp. Thread-safe and non-blocking (safe
+    /// from the ViGEm callback thread and pipe reader threads). Invalid
+    /// addresses are ignored — rumble config addresses arrive here unvalidated.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Post(int address, byte state)
+    {
+        if (!RioAddress.IsValid(address))
+            return;
+        lock (_gate)
+            _desired[address] = state;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Set the desired state for every valid lamp address.</summary>
+    public void PostAll(byte state)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            for (int a = 0; a < RioAddress.TableSize; a++)
+            {
+                if (RioAddress.IsValid(a))
+                    _desired[a] = state;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The pump loop: send one changed lamp, sleep a tick, repeat until
+    /// cancelled. Exits cleanly on cancellation (started fire-and-forget, so it
+    /// must never fault).
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task RunAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            while (!ct.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                SendNextChanged();
+                await TaskCompat.Delay(_sendInterval, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            // Normal shutdown.
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void SendNextChanged()
+    {
+        int address = -1;
+        byte state = 0;
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < _desired.Length; i++)
+            {
+                int a = (_cursor + i) % _desired.Length;
+                if (_desired[a] is byte want && _lastSent[a] != want)
+                {
+                    address = a;
+                    state = want;
+                    _lastSent[a] = want;
+                    _cursor = a + 1; // resume after this one — round-robin fairness
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Outside the lock: SetLamp is fire-and-forget but no reason to hold it.
+        if (address >= 0)
+            _sink.SetLamp(address, state);
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/FeedbackCommand.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>What a parsed feedback line asks the cockpit to do.</summary>
+public enum FeedbackCommandKind
+{
+    /// <summary>Set one lamp to a state (<c>lamp &lt;addr&gt; &lt;state&gt;</c>).</summary>
+    Lamp,
+
+    /// <summary>Set every valid lamp address to a state (<c>lamp-all &lt;state&gt;</c>).</summary>
+    LampAll,
+
+    /// <summary>Write text to the plasma display (<c>plasma text [x y] &lt;text&gt;</c>).</summary>
+    PlasmaText,
+
+    /// <summary>Clear the plasma display (<c>plasma clear</c>).</summary>
+    PlasmaClear,
+
+    /// <summary>One full 128-px bitmap row (<c>plasma row &lt;y&gt; &lt;32 hex digits&gt;</c>).</summary>
+    PlasmaRow,
+
+    /// <summary>Outlined box with a blanked interior (<c>plasma box &lt;x&gt; &lt;y&gt; &lt;w&gt; &lt;h&gt;</c>).</summary>
+    PlasmaBox,
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// One inbound cockpit-feedback command, produced by
+/// <see cref="FeedbackLineParser"/> from a protocol line (docs/FEEDBACK.md) and
+/// consumed by the feedback router. Addresses are already validated against the
+/// RIO address space; lamp states are complete state bytes
+/// (<see cref="Protocol.RioLampState"/>).
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record FeedbackCommand
+{
+    public FeedbackCommandKind Kind { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>RIO lamp address (<see cref="FeedbackCommandKind.Lamp"/> only).</summary>
+    public int Address { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Lamp state byte (<see cref="FeedbackCommandKind.Lamp"/>/<see cref="FeedbackCommandKind.LampAll"/>).</summary>
+    public byte LampState { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Display text (<see cref="FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText"/> only).</summary>
+    public string? Text { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Plasma cursor position; (0,0) = auto-fit/center (<c>PlasmaPosText</c>).
+    /// For <see cref="FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaRow"/>, <see cref="Y"/> is the row.</summary>
+    public byte X { get; init; }
+
+    public byte Y { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Row pixel bytes (<see cref="FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaRow"/> only; 16 bytes, MSB leftmost).</summary>
+    public byte[]? Data { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Explicit font id for <see cref="FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText"/>;
+    /// 0 = auto-fit by length (the default, and the only pre-font behavior).</summary>
+    public byte Font { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Box width in pixels (<see cref="FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaBox"/> only).</summary>
+    public byte Width { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Box height in pixels (<see cref="FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaBox"/> only).</summary>
+    public byte Height { get; init; }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/FeedbackConfig.cs

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+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// App-level inbound-feedback endpoint settings
+/// (<see cref="Profiles.AppConfig.Feedback"/>; null there = these defaults:
+/// named pipe on under <see cref="DefaultPipeName"/>, UDP off). The endpoint is
+/// app-lifetime — clients keep their connection across profile switches and
+/// dormancy; per-profile settings only gate what gets applied
+/// (<see cref="ProfileFeedbackConfig"/>). Serialized into config.json, so no
+/// vendor types.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record FeedbackEndpointConfig
+{
+    public const string DefaultPipeName = "riojoy-feedback";
+
+    /// <summary>Listen on <c>\\.\pipe\&lt;PipeName&gt;</c> for feedback lines.</summary>
+    public bool PipeEnabled { get; init; } = true;
+
+    public string PipeName { get; init; } = DefaultPipeName;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// UDP loopback port to also listen on; null = UDP off. Datagrams carry one
+    /// or more complete protocol lines (docs/FEEDBACK.md).
+    /// </summary>
+    public int? UdpPort { get; init; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Per-profile feedback application settings
+/// (<see cref="Profiles.RioProfile.Feedback"/>; null there = inbound feedback
+/// is not applied for this profile — commands are dropped).
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record ProfileFeedbackConfig
+{
+    /// <summary>Apply inbound <c>lamp</c>/<c>lamp-all</c> commands.</summary>
+    public bool AllowLampCommands { get; init; } = true;
+
+    /// <summary>Apply inbound <c>plasma</c> commands.</summary>
+    public bool AllowPlasmaText { get; init; } = true;
+
+    /// <summary>XInput rumble → lamp flash mapping; null = off.</summary>
+    public RumbleLampConfig? Rumble { get; init; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Maps ViGEm pad vibration onto cockpit lamps: each motor drives its listed
+/// RIO lamp addresses through flash states scaled by intensity (off below
+/// <see cref="Threshold"/>, then slow/med/fast thirds — the board sustains the
+/// blink, so constant rumble costs one lamp command).
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record RumbleLampConfig
+{
+    /// <summary>RIO lamp addresses driven by the large (low-frequency) motor.</summary>
+    public List<int> LargeMotorLamps { get; init; } = new();
+
+    /// <summary>RIO lamp addresses driven by the small (high-frequency) motor.</summary>
+    public List<int> SmallMotorLamps { get; init; } = new();
+
+    /// <summary>Motor value (0-255) below which the lamps turn off.</summary>
+    public byte Threshold { get; init; } = 24;
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/FeedbackLineBuffer.cs

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+using System.Text;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Assembles raw endpoint bytes into protocol lines for
+/// <see cref="FeedbackLineParser"/>: LF terminates a line, a preceding CR is
+/// stripped (CRLF and LF both work), and bytes decode as Latin-1 (one byte =
+/// one char — the plasma wire encoding, so every byte 0x20-0xFF round-trips).
+/// A line longer than <see cref="MaxLineLength"/> is discarded through its next
+/// LF, which keeps a binary client that connected by mistake from ballooning
+/// the buffer. Not thread-safe; each connection/datagram reader owns one.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FeedbackLineBuffer
+{
+    public const int MaxLineLength = 256;
+
+    private readonly StringBuilder _line = new();
+    private bool _discarding;
+
+    /// <summary>Feed <paramref name="count"/> bytes; returns the completed lines.</summary>
+    public IEnumerable<string> Feed(byte[] buffer, int count)
+    {
+        List<string>? lines = null;
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+            byte b = buffer[i];
+            if (b == (byte)'\n')
+            {
+                if (!_discarding)
+                {
+                    if (_line.Length > 0 && _line[_line.Length - 1] == '\r')
+                        _line.Length--;
+                    (lines ??= new List<string>()).Add(_line.ToString());
+                }
+                _line.Length = 0;
+                _discarding = false;
+            }
+            else if (!_discarding)
+            {
+                if (_line.Length >= MaxLineLength)
+                {
+                    _line.Length = 0;
+                    _discarding = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _line.Append((char)b); // Latin-1: byte == code point
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return lines ?? Enumerable.Empty<string>(); // net40: no Array.Empty
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// End-of-datagram flush (UDP): the remaining buffered content is one final
+    /// line even without a trailing LF. Returns <see langword="null"/> when
+    /// there is nothing buffered. Pipe readers never flush — they wait for LF.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? Flush()
+    {
+        if (_discarding)
+        {
+            _discarding = false;
+            _line.Length = 0;
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (_line.Length == 0)
+            return null;
+        if (_line[_line.Length - 1] == '\r')
+            _line.Length--;
+        string s = _line.ToString();
+        _line.Length = 0;
+        return s.Length == 0 ? null : s;
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/FeedbackLineParser.cs

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+using System.Globalization;
+using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
+using RioJoy.Core.Protocol;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Parses one line of the inbound feedback protocol (docs/FEEDBACK.md) into a
+/// <see cref="FeedbackCommand"/>. Pure and forgiving: keywords are
+/// case-insensitive, malformed lines produce an error string (the caller logs
+/// and drops them — a bad line must never cost a client its connection).
+/// This is also the validation boundary for lamp addresses:
+/// <c>SerialLampSink</c> casts to <c>byte</c> unchecked, so out-of-range
+/// addresses are rejected here.
+/// </summary>
+public static class FeedbackLineParser
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parse one line. Returns <see langword="true"/> with a command when the
+    /// line is actionable. Returns <see langword="false"/> with
+    /// <paramref name="error"/> <see langword="null"/> for blank/comment lines
+    /// (skip silently) or an error message for malformed ones (log + drop).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static bool TryParse(string line, out FeedbackCommand? command, out string? error)
+    {
+        command = null;
+        error = null;
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(line))
+            return false;
+
+        string s = line.Trim();
+        if (s.Length == 0 || s[0] == '#' || s[0] == ';')
+            return false; // blank or comment
+
+        int pos = 0;
+        string keyword = NextToken(s, ref pos)!;
+        switch (keyword.ToLowerInvariant())
+        {
+            case "lamp":
+                return TryParseLamp(s, pos, all: false, out command, out error);
+            case "lamp-all":
+                return TryParseLamp(s, pos, all: true, out command, out error);
+            case "plasma":
+                return TryParsePlasma(s, pos, out command, out error);
+            default:
+                error = $"unknown command '{keyword}'";
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryParseLamp(
+        string s, int pos, bool all, out FeedbackCommand? command, out string? error)
+    {
+        command = null;
+        error = null;
+        int address = 0;
+
+        if (!all)
+        {
+            string? addrToken = NextToken(s, ref pos);
+            if (addrToken is null)
+            {
+                error = "lamp needs an address and a state";
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (!TryParseNumber(addrToken, out address))
+            {
+                error = $"bad lamp address '{addrToken}'";
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (!RioAddress.IsValid(address))
+            {
+                error = $"lamp address 0x{address:X2} out of range " +
+                        "(valid: 0x00-0x47, 0x50-0x5F, 0x60-0x6F)";
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        string? first = NextToken(s, ref pos);
+        if (first is null)
+        {
+            error = "missing lamp state";
+            return false;
+        }
+        string? second = NextToken(s, ref pos);
+        if (NextToken(s, ref pos) is string extra)
+        {
+            error = $"unexpected token '{extra}'";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        byte state;
+        if (second is null)
+        {
+            // Single token: a raw state byte, or a brightness word (flash = solid).
+            if (TryParseNumber(first, out int raw))
+            {
+                if (raw is < 0 or > 0x3F)
+                {
+                    error = $"raw lamp state must be 0x00-0x3F, got '{first}'";
+                    return false;
+                }
+                state = (byte)raw;
+            }
+            else if (TryBrightness(first, out LampField1 f1, out LampField2 f2))
+            {
+                state = RioLampState.Compose(LampFlash.Solid, f1, f2);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                error = $"unrecognized lamp state '{first}'";
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (!TryFlash(first, out LampFlash flash))
+            {
+                error = $"unrecognized flash mode '{first}' (solid|slow|med|fast)";
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (!TryBrightness(second, out LampField1 f1, out LampField2 f2))
+            {
+                error = $"unrecognized brightness '{second}' (off|dim|bright)";
+                return false;
+            }
+            state = RioLampState.Compose(flash, f1, f2);
+        }
+
+        command = new FeedbackCommand
+        {
+            Kind = all ? FeedbackCommandKind.LampAll : FeedbackCommandKind.Lamp,
+            Address = address,
+            LampState = state,
+        };
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryParsePlasma(
+        string s, int pos, out FeedbackCommand? command, out string? error)
+    {
+        command = null;
+        error = null;
+
+        string? sub = NextToken(s, ref pos);
+        if (sub is null)
+        {
+            error = "plasma needs a subcommand (text|clear|row)";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        switch (sub.ToLowerInvariant())
+        {
+            case "clear":
+                if (NextToken(s, ref pos) is string extra)
+                {
+                    error = $"unexpected token '{extra}'";
+                    return false;
+                }
+                command = new FeedbackCommand { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaClear };
+                return true;
+
+            case "text":
+                return TryParsePlasmaText(s, pos, out command, out error);
+
+            case "row":
+                return TryParsePlasmaRow(s, pos, out command, out error);
+
+            case "box":
+                return TryParsePlasmaBox(s, pos, out command, out error);
+
+            default:
+                error = $"unknown plasma subcommand '{sub}'";
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // plasma row <y> <32 hex digits>: one full 128-px bitmap row (16 bytes,
+    // MSB = leftmost pixel), matching the native game's whole-row streaming.
+    private static bool TryParsePlasmaRow(
+        string s, int pos, out FeedbackCommand? command, out string? error)
+    {
+        command = null;
+        error = null;
+
+        string? yToken = NextToken(s, ref pos);
+        if (yToken is null || !TryParseNumber(yToken, out int y))
+        {
+            error = "plasma row needs a row number and 32 hex digits";
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (y is < 0 or > 31)
+        {
+            error = $"plasma row {y} out of range (0-31)";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        string? hex = NextToken(s, ref pos);
+        if (hex is null)
+        {
+            error = "plasma row needs 32 hex digits of row data";
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (NextToken(s, ref pos) is string extra)
+        {
+            error = $"unexpected token '{extra}'";
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (hex.Length != 32)
+        {
+            error = $"plasma row data must be exactly 32 hex digits (16 bytes), got {hex.Length}";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var data = new byte[16];
+        for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
+        {
+            int hi = HexNibble(hex[i * 2]);
+            int lo = HexNibble(hex[i * 2 + 1]);
+            if (hi < 0 || lo < 0)
+            {
+                error = $"plasma row data has a non-hex character ('{hex[hi < 0 ? i * 2 : i * 2 + 1]}')";
+                return false;
+            }
+            data[i] = (byte)((hi << 4) | lo);
+        }
+
+        command = new FeedbackCommand
+        {
+            Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaRow,
+            Y = (byte)y,
+            Data = data,
+        };
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // plasma box <x> <y> <w> <h>: outlined box with a blanked interior, pixel
+    // coordinates. The wire's graphics command spans whole bytes, so the write
+    // covers the byte-aligned span containing x..x+w-1; pixels inside that
+    // span but outside the box are cleared (see PlasmaDisplay.BoxAsync).
+    private static bool TryParsePlasmaBox(
+        string s, int pos, out FeedbackCommand? command, out string? error)
+    {
+        command = null;
+        error = null;
+
+        int[] v = new int[4];
+        string[] names = { "x", "y", "w", "h" };
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+        {
+            string? tok = NextToken(s, ref pos);
+            if (tok is null || !TryParseNumber(tok, out v[i]))
+            {
+                error = "plasma box needs four numbers: x y w h";
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        if (NextToken(s, ref pos) is string extra)
+        {
+            error = $"unexpected token '{extra}'";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (v[0] is < 0 or > 127 || v[1] is < 0 or > 31)
+        {
+            error = $"plasma box position ({v[0]},{v[1]}) out of range (x 0-127, y 0-31)";
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (v[2] < 1 || v[0] + v[2] > 128 || v[3] < 1 || v[1] + v[3] > 32)
+        {
+            error = $"plasma box {v[2]}x{v[3]} at ({v[0]},{v[1]}) exceeds the 128x32 panel";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        command = new FeedbackCommand
+        {
+            Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaBox,
+            X = (byte)v[0],
+            Y = (byte)v[1],
+            Width = (byte)v[2],
+            Height = (byte)v[3],
+        };
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static int HexNibble(char c) => c switch
+    {
+        >= '0' and <= '9' => c - '0',
+        >= 'a' and <= 'f' => c - 'a' + 10,
+        >= 'A' and <= 'F' => c - 'A' + 10,
+        _ => -1,
+    };
+
+    private static bool TryParsePlasmaText(
+        string s, int pos, out FeedbackCommand? command, out string? error)
+    {
+        command = null;
+        error = null;
+
+        // Optional "x y" position: taken only when the first TWO tokens are both
+        // numeric (so `plasma text 42` displays "42"; use quotes to force text).
+        // A THIRD numeric token after a position, with text still following, is
+        // an explicit font id (0 = auto-fit by length; 2 small 5x7, 5 large
+        // 10x14) - short positioned text otherwise always renders large, which
+        // cannot fit inside a score box. Unpositioned text takes no font (the
+        // auto-center math chooses it); quote text that starts with numbers.
+        byte x = 0, y = 0, font = 0;
+        int textStart = pos;
+        int peek = pos;
+        string? t1 = NextToken(s, ref peek);
+        if (t1 is not null && TryParseNumber(t1, out int xv))
+        {
+            string? t2 = NextToken(s, ref peek);
+            if (t2 is not null && TryParseNumber(t2, out int yv))
+            {
+                if (xv is < 0 or > 255 || yv is < 0 or > 255)
+                {
+                    error = $"plasma position ({xv},{yv}) out of range (0-255)";
+                    return false;
+                }
+                x = (byte)xv;
+                y = (byte)yv;
+                textStart = peek;
+
+                int fontPeek = peek;
+                string? t3 = NextToken(s, ref fontPeek);
+                if (t3 is not null && TryParseNumber(t3, out int fv))
+                {
+                    // Only a font when text still follows - `plasma text 2 2 7`
+                    // keeps displaying "7" as it always has.
+                    if (TryTakeText(s, fontPeek, out string? peekText, out _) &&
+                        !string.IsNullOrEmpty(peekText))
+                    {
+                        if (fv is < 0 or > 7)
+                        {
+                            error = $"plasma font {fv} out of range (0-7; 0 = auto)";
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        font = (byte)fv;
+                        textStart = fontPeek;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // t1 numeric but t2 not: the whole remainder (from textStart) is text
+        }
+
+        if (!TryTakeText(s, textStart, out string? text, out error))
+            return false;
+        if (text is null)
+        {
+            error = "plasma text needs text to display";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        command = new FeedbackCommand
+        {
+            Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText,
+            Text = text,
+            X = x,
+            Y = y,
+            Font = font,
+        };
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Rest-of-line text: quoted (quotes stripped, no escapes, nothing may follow
+    // the closing quote) or the trimmed remainder. Null = nothing there.
+    private static bool TryTakeText(string s, int pos, out string? text, out string? error)
+    {
+        text = null;
+        error = null;
+
+        while (pos < s.Length && char.IsWhiteSpace(s[pos]))
+            pos++;
+        if (pos >= s.Length)
+            return true;
+
+        if (s[pos] == '"')
+        {
+            int close = s.IndexOf('"', pos + 1);
+            if (close < 0)
+            {
+                error = "unterminated quote in plasma text";
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (close + 1 < s.Length && s.Substring(close + 1).Trim().Length != 0)
+            {
+                error = "unexpected content after closing quote";
+                return false;
+            }
+            text = s.Substring(pos + 1, close - pos - 1);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        text = s.Substring(pos).TrimEnd();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static string? NextToken(string s, ref int pos)
+    {
+        while (pos < s.Length && char.IsWhiteSpace(s[pos]))
+            pos++;
+        if (pos >= s.Length)
+            return null;
+        int start = pos;
+        while (pos < s.Length && !char.IsWhiteSpace(s[pos]))
+            pos++;
+        return s[start..pos];
+    }
+
+    // Decimal, or hex with an 0x/0X prefix.
+    private static bool TryParseNumber(string token, out int value)
+    {
+        if (token.StartsWith("0x", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            return int.TryParse(
+                token.Substring(2), NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out value);
+        return int.TryParse(token, NumberStyles.None, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out value);
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryFlash(string token, out LampFlash flash)
+    {
+        switch (token.ToLowerInvariant())
+        {
+            case "solid": flash = LampFlash.Solid; return true;
+            case "slow": flash = LampFlash.FlashSlow; return true;
+            case "med": flash = LampFlash.FlashMed; return true;
+            case "fast": flash = LampFlash.FlashFast; return true;
+            default: flash = LampFlash.Solid; return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Brightness words set both fields, matching SolidOff/SolidDim/SolidBright.
+    private static bool TryBrightness(string token, out LampField1 f1, out LampField2 f2)
+    {
+        switch (token.ToLowerInvariant())
+        {
+            case "off": f1 = LampField1.Off; f2 = LampField2.Off; return true;
+            case "dim": f1 = LampField1.Dim; f2 = LampField2.Dim; return true;
+            case "bright": f1 = LampField1.Bright; f2 = LampField2.Bright; return true;
+            default: f1 = LampField1.Off; f2 = LampField2.Off; return false;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/FeedbackPipeServer.cs

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+using System.IO.Pipes;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Named-pipe listener for the inbound feedback protocol: serves
+/// <c>\\.\pipe\&lt;name&gt;</c>, reassembles lines
+/// (<see cref="FeedbackLineBuffer"/>), and hands each to the owner — parsing
+/// and routing live in <see cref="FeedbackService"/>, so this class is pure
+/// transport. Modeled on vRIO's <c>VRioPipeService</c> (dedicated background
+/// threads — net40 has no <c>WaitForConnectionAsync</c>; throwaway poke-connect
+/// on stop because a pending <c>WaitForConnection</c> can survive Dispose on
+/// net48), with two deliberate differences: the pipe is
+/// <see cref="PipeDirection.In"/> — the server never writes, so the 0-byte
+/// pipe-buffer write deadlock class cannot occur and no reply path exists — and
+/// up to <see cref="MaxClients"/> clients may stay connected at once (a sim
+/// export script and a SimHub plugin both live here). Clients reconnect
+/// forever; a malformed or overlong line never costs a client its connection.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FeedbackPipeServer : IDisposable
+{
+    /// <summary>Concurrent client cap (pipe instances of the served name).</summary>
+    public const int MaxClients = 4;
+
+    private readonly string _pipeName;
+    private readonly Action<string> _onLine;
+    private readonly Action<string>? _log;
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _slots = new(MaxClients, MaxClients);
+    private readonly object _stateGate = new();
+    private readonly List<NamedPipeServerStream> _open = new();
+    private readonly List<Thread> _readers = new();
+    private Thread? _accept;
+    private volatile bool _running;
+
+    public FeedbackPipeServer(string pipeName, Action<string> onLine, Action<string>? log = null)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pipeName))
+            throw new ArgumentException("Pipe name is required.", nameof(pipeName));
+        _pipeName = pipeName;
+        _onLine = onLine ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(onLine));
+        _log = log;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>The served pipe name (without the <c>\\.\pipe\</c> prefix).</summary>
+    public string PipeName => _pipeName;
+
+    /// <summary>Start listening (idempotent). Clients may come and go forever.</summary>
+    public void Start()
+    {
+        if (_running)
+            return;
+        _running = true;
+
+        _accept = new Thread(AcceptLoop)
+        {
+            IsBackground = true,
+            Name = $"RIOJoy feedback pipe ({_pipeName})",
+        };
+        _accept.Start();
+        _log?.Invoke($@"feedback: listening on \\.\pipe\{_pipeName}");
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (!_running)
+            return;
+        _running = false;
+
+        // A WaitForConnection pending on a disposed stream can survive the
+        // Dispose on net48; a throwaway client connect releases it either way.
+        try
+        {
+            using var poke = new NamedPipeClientStream(".", _pipeName, PipeDirection.Out);
+            poke.Connect(100);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is IOException or TimeoutException or UnauthorizedAccessException) { }
+
+        NamedPipeServerStream[] open;
+        Thread[] readers;
+        lock (_stateGate)
+        {
+            open = _open.ToArray();
+            _open.Clear();
+            readers = _readers.ToArray();
+            _readers.Clear();
+        }
+        foreach (NamedPipeServerStream pipe in open)
+        {
+            try { pipe.Dispose(); }
+            catch (IOException) { }
+        }
+
+        _accept?.Join(1000);
+        _accept = null;
+        foreach (Thread reader in readers)
+            reader.Join(1000);
+    }
+
+    private void AcceptLoop()
+    {
+        bool busyLogged = false; // log a name collision once, not per retry
+
+        while (_running)
+        {
+            // At capacity, park until a reader frees its slot (timed, so
+            // shutdown can't wedge on a missed release).
+            if (!_slots.Wait(200))
+                continue;
+            if (!_running)
+            {
+                _slots.Release();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            NamedPipeServerStream pipe;
+            try
+            {
+                pipe = new NamedPipeServerStream(_pipeName, PipeDirection.In, MaxClients,
+                    PipeTransmissionMode.Byte, PipeOptions.Asynchronous);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is IOException or UnauthorizedAccessException)
+            {
+                // Name already served — most likely a second RIOJoy instance.
+                _slots.Release();
+                if (!busyLogged)
+                {
+                    busyLogged = true;
+                    _log?.Invoke($@"feedback: \\.\pipe\{_pipeName} is busy ({ex.Message.TrimEnd('.')}) — retrying");
+                }
+                for (int i = 0; i < 20 && _running; i++)
+                    Thread.Sleep(100);
+                continue;
+            }
+            busyLogged = false;
+            lock (_stateGate)
+                _open.Add(pipe);
+
+            try
+            {
+                pipe.WaitForConnection();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is IOException or ObjectDisposedException or InvalidOperationException)
+            {
+                Drop(pipe);
+                continue; // disposed by Dispose(), or the client vanished mid-connect
+            }
+
+            if (!_running)
+            {
+                Drop(pipe);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var reader = new Thread(() => ReadUntilDisconnect(pipe))
+            {
+                IsBackground = true,
+                Name = $"RIOJoy feedback pipe reader ({_pipeName})",
+            };
+            lock (_stateGate)
+                _readers.Add(reader);
+            reader.Start(); // the reader owns the slot + stream from here
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void ReadUntilDisconnect(NamedPipeServerStream pipe)
+    {
+        var buffer = new byte[512];
+        var lines = new FeedbackLineBuffer();
+        try
+        {
+            while (_running)
+            {
+                int n;
+                try
+                {
+                    n = pipe.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex) when (
+                    ex is IOException or ObjectDisposedException or InvalidOperationException)
+                {
+                    return; // client gone or shutdown
+                }
+
+                if (n == 0)
+                    return; // client closed its end
+
+                foreach (string line in lines.Feed(buffer, n))
+                    Handle(line);
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Drop(pipe);
+            lock (_stateGate)
+                _readers.Remove(Thread.CurrentThread);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void Handle(string line)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            _onLine(line);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            // The line sink must never kill a reader; log and keep serving.
+            _log?.Invoke($"feedback: line handler failed: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void Drop(NamedPipeServerStream pipe)
+    {
+        lock (_stateGate)
+            _open.Remove(pipe);
+        try { pipe.Dispose(); }
+        catch (IOException) { }
+        _slots.Release();
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/FeedbackRouter.cs

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+using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
+using RioJoy.Core.Plasma;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Applies inbound <see cref="FeedbackCommand"/>s to the active profile's
+/// outputs. The listeners dispatch here from their reader threads; the target
+/// (scheduler + map + plasma + per-profile config) is attached on profile
+/// activation and detached on teardown — detached, everything drops silently
+/// (dormancy and native-game yield are normal, not errors).
+///
+/// Precedence: a <c>lamp</c> write to an address whose map entry has
+/// <see cref="RioMapEntry.HasLamp"/> is dropped — the <see cref="InputRouter"/>
+/// owns those lamps (bright on press / dim on release) and feedback must not
+/// fight it. Such drops are logged once per address per attach so a
+/// misconfigured client is diagnosable. <c>lamp-all</c> silently skips
+/// profile-owned lamps for the same reason.
+///
+/// Plasma writes are single-flight over a small bounded queue whose rules
+/// match what each command means: <c>text</c> coalesces per position (only the
+/// newest queued text at the same (x,y) survives — a flooding score updater
+/// shows the latest value, while other fields on the glass keep theirs),
+/// <c>clear</c> flushes everything queued before it, and bitmap <c>row</c>s
+/// and <c>box</c>es are FIFO in arrival order (a frame is many rows;
+/// coalescing would tear it). The bound caps what a flooding client can queue
+/// against the 9600-baud display port.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FeedbackRouter
+{
+    private sealed class Target
+    {
+        public Target(CoalescingLampScheduler lamps, RioInputMap map,
+                      PlasmaDisplay? plasma, ProfileFeedbackConfig config)
+        {
+            Lamps = lamps;
+            Map = map;
+            Plasma = plasma;
+            Config = config;
+        }
+
+        public CoalescingLampScheduler Lamps { get; }
+        public RioInputMap Map { get; }
+        public PlasmaDisplay? Plasma { get; }
+        public ProfileFeedbackConfig Config { get; }
+        public HashSet<int> LoggedOwnedDrops { get; } = new();
+    }
+
+    // ~4 full bitmap frames; beyond this an incoming row is dropped (counted).
+    private const int MaxPlasmaQueue = 128;
+
+    private readonly object _gate = new();
+    private readonly List<FeedbackCommand> _plasmaQueue = new();
+    private Target? _target;
+    private bool _plasmaBusy;
+    private long _dropped;
+
+    /// <summary>Diagnostics (dropped profile-owned lamp writes, plasma faults).</summary>
+    public event Action<string>? Logged;
+
+    /// <summary>Commands dropped for any reason (detached, disallowed, profile-owned).</summary>
+    public long DroppedCommands => Interlocked.Read(ref _dropped);
+
+    /// <summary>Point feedback at the just-activated profile's outputs.</summary>
+    public void Attach(CoalescingLampScheduler lamps, RioInputMap map,
+                       PlasmaDisplay? plasma, ProfileFeedbackConfig config)
+    {
+        if (lamps is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(lamps));
+        if (map is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(map));
+        if (config is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(config));
+
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            _target = new Target(lamps, map, plasma, config);
+            _plasmaQueue.Clear(); // queued content belonged to the previous profile
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Drop the target; subsequent commands are dropped (counted).</summary>
+    public void Detach()
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            _target = null;
+            _plasmaQueue.Clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Apply one command. Thread-safe, non-blocking.</summary>
+    public void Dispatch(FeedbackCommand command)
+    {
+        if (command is null)
+            return;
+
+        Target? target;
+        lock (_gate)
+            target = _target;
+        if (target is null)
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        switch (command.Kind)
+        {
+            case FeedbackCommandKind.Lamp:
+                DispatchLamp(target, command);
+                break;
+            case FeedbackCommandKind.LampAll:
+                DispatchLampAll(target, command);
+                break;
+            case FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText:
+            case FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaClear:
+            case FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaRow:
+            case FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaBox:
+                DispatchPlasma(target, command);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void DispatchLamp(Target target, FeedbackCommand command)
+    {
+        if (!target.Config.AllowLampCommands)
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (target.Map[command.Address].HasLamp)
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped);
+            bool firstTime;
+            lock (_gate)
+                firstTime = target.LoggedOwnedDrops.Add(command.Address);
+            if (firstTime)
+                Logged?.Invoke(
+                    $"feedback: lamp 0x{command.Address:X2} is profile-mapped (HasLamp) — dropped");
+            return;
+        }
+        target.Lamps.Post(command.Address, command.LampState);
+    }
+
+    private void DispatchLampAll(Target target, FeedbackCommand command)
+    {
+        if (!target.Config.AllowLampCommands)
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped);
+            return;
+        }
+        for (int a = 0; a < RioAddress.TableSize; a++)
+        {
+            if (RioAddress.IsValid(a) && !target.Map[a].HasLamp)
+                target.Lamps.Post(a, command.LampState);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void DispatchPlasma(Target target, FeedbackCommand command)
+    {
+        if (target.Plasma is null || !target.Config.AllowPlasmaText)
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            switch (command.Kind)
+            {
+                case FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaClear:
+                    // A clear supersedes everything queued before it.
+                    for (int i = 0; i < _plasmaQueue.Count; i++)
+                        Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped);
+                    _plasmaQueue.Clear();
+                    _plasmaQueue.Add(command);
+                    break;
+
+                case FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText:
+                    // Only the newest text FOR THE SAME POSITION survives (a
+                    // score updater shows the latest value). Texts at other
+                    // positions are other fields - the documented multi-field
+                    // layout (callsign top, score bottom) sends several in a
+                    // burst, and the original global coalescing ate all but
+                    // the last of them. Queued rows/boxes keep their place.
+                    for (int i = _plasmaQueue.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+                    {
+                        if (_plasmaQueue[i].Kind == FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText &&
+                            _plasmaQueue[i].X == command.X && _plasmaQueue[i].Y == command.Y)
+                        {
+                            _plasmaQueue.RemoveAt(i);
+                            Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped); // superseded before it ran
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (_plasmaQueue.Count >= MaxPlasmaQueue)
+                    {
+                        Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    _plasmaQueue.Add(command);
+                    break;
+
+                default: // PlasmaRow/PlasmaBox: strict FIFO — a bitmap frame is many rows
+                    if (_plasmaQueue.Count >= MaxPlasmaQueue)
+                    {
+                        Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped); // client outran the display
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    _plasmaQueue.Add(command);
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            if (_plasmaBusy)
+                return;
+            _plasmaBusy = true;
+            command = TakeQueuedPlasma()!;
+        }
+        StartPlasmaWrite(target, command);
+    }
+
+    // Caller holds _gate.
+    private FeedbackCommand? TakeQueuedPlasma()
+    {
+        if (_plasmaQueue.Count == 0)
+            return null;
+        FeedbackCommand head = _plasmaQueue[0];
+        _plasmaQueue.RemoveAt(0);
+        return head;
+    }
+
+    private void StartPlasmaWrite(Target target, FeedbackCommand command)
+    {
+        Task write = command.Kind switch
+        {
+            FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaClear => target.Plasma!.ClearAsync(),
+            FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaRow => target.Plasma!.RowAsync(command.Y, command.Data!),
+            FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaBox =>
+                target.Plasma!.BoxAsync(command.X, command.Y, command.Width, command.Height),
+            _ => target.Plasma!.PosTextAsync(command.Text ?? string.Empty, command.X, command.Y,
+                                             0, command.Font),
+        };
+
+        write.ContinueWith(w =>
+        {
+            if (w.Exception is not null) // observe: an unobserved fault kills net40
+                Logged?.Invoke($"feedback: plasma write failed: {w.Exception.GetBaseException().Message}");
+
+            FeedbackCommand? next;
+            Target? current;
+            lock (_gate)
+            {
+                current = _target; // queued content applies to the *current* profile's display
+                if (current?.Plasma is null || !current.Config.AllowPlasmaText)
+                {
+                    for (int i = 0; i < _plasmaQueue.Count; i++)
+                        Interlocked.Increment(ref _dropped);
+                    _plasmaQueue.Clear();
+                    _plasmaBusy = false;
+                    return;
+                }
+                next = TakeQueuedPlasma();
+                if (next is null)
+                {
+                    _plasmaBusy = false; // queue drained; a racing Dispatch starts fresh
+                    return;
+                }
+                // Busy stays true across the chained write, so queue ordering
+                // holds — concurrent dispatches keep appending behind us.
+            }
+            StartPlasmaWrite(current, next);
+        }, TaskContinuationOptions.ExecuteSynchronously);
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/FeedbackService.cs

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+using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
+using RioJoy.Core.Plasma;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The inbound game-feedback endpoint, assembled: pipe + UDP listeners feed
+/// protocol lines here; lines parse into <see cref="FeedbackCommand"/>s and
+/// route to the active profile's outputs. App-lifetime by design — the
+/// coordinator creates one lazily and keeps it across profile switches, so
+/// external clients hold their connection through switches and dormancy;
+/// <see cref="Attach"/>/<see cref="Detach"/> only swap where commands land
+/// (detached = dropped). <see cref="Attach"/> owns the per-activation
+/// <see cref="CoalescingLampScheduler"/> (creates it, runs its pump, cancels it
+/// on detach) and returns it so the rumble adapter can share the one rate
+/// governor.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FeedbackService : IDisposable
+{
+    // A misbehaving client can emit garbage at line rate; log the first few and
+    // go quiet instead of flooding the tray status/log.
+    private const int MaxMalformedLogs = 5;
+
+    private readonly FeedbackEndpointConfig _config;
+    private readonly FeedbackRouter _router = new();
+    private FeedbackPipeServer? _pipe;
+    private FeedbackUdpListener? _udp;
+    private CancellationTokenSource? _schedulerCts;
+    private bool _started;
+    private long _malformed;
+
+    public FeedbackService(FeedbackEndpointConfig? config)
+    {
+        _config = config ?? new FeedbackEndpointConfig();
+        _router.Logged += message => Logged?.Invoke(message);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Diagnostics: listener lifecycle, malformed lines, dropped lamp writes.</summary>
+    public event Action<string>? Logged;
+
+    /// <summary>Total lines that failed to parse (all clients).</summary>
+    public long MalformedLines => Interlocked.Read(ref _malformed);
+
+    /// <summary>Commands dropped (detached, disallowed, or profile-owned lamps).</summary>
+    public long DroppedCommands => _router.DroppedCommands;
+
+    /// <summary>Start the configured listeners (idempotent).</summary>
+    public void Start()
+    {
+        if (_started)
+            return;
+        _started = true;
+
+        if (_config.PipeEnabled)
+        {
+            _pipe = new FeedbackPipeServer(_config.PipeName, HandleLine, OnLog);
+            _pipe.Start();
+        }
+
+        if (_config.UdpPort is int port)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _udp = new FeedbackUdpListener(port, HandleLine, OnLog);
+                _udp.Start();
+            }
+            catch (System.Net.Sockets.SocketException ex)
+            {
+                // Port taken — feedback still works over the pipe; say so and go on.
+                OnLog($"feedback: UDP port {port} unavailable ({ex.Message}) — pipe only");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Point inbound feedback at a just-activated profile's outputs. Returns the
+    /// live lamp scheduler (share it with the rumble adapter — one governor for
+    /// all feedback lamp traffic).
+    /// </summary>
+    public CoalescingLampScheduler Attach(
+        ILampSink lamps, RioInputMap map, PlasmaDisplay? plasma, ProfileFeedbackConfig config)
+    {
+        Detach();
+
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(lamps);
+        _schedulerCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        _ = scheduler.RunAsync(_schedulerCts.Token); // exits cleanly on cancel, never faults
+        _router.Attach(scheduler, map, plasma, config);
+        return scheduler;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Drop the profile target; subsequent commands are dropped (counted).</summary>
+    public void Detach()
+    {
+        _router.Detach();
+        _schedulerCts?.Cancel();
+        _schedulerCts?.Dispose();
+        _schedulerCts = null;
+    }
+
+    private void HandleLine(string line)
+    {
+        if (FeedbackLineParser.TryParse(line, out FeedbackCommand? command, out string? error))
+        {
+            _router.Dispatch(command!);
+        }
+        else if (error is not null)
+        {
+            long count = Interlocked.Increment(ref _malformed);
+            if (count <= MaxMalformedLogs)
+                OnLog($"feedback: bad line ({error})" +
+                      (count == MaxMalformedLogs ? " — further malformed lines suppressed" : string.Empty));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void OnLog(string message) => Logged?.Invoke(message);
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        Detach();
+        _pipe?.Dispose();
+        _pipe = null;
+        _udp?.Dispose();
+        _udp = null;
+        _started = false;
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/FeedbackUdpListener.cs

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+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// UDP loopback listener for the inbound feedback protocol — the transport sim
+/// export scripts speak natively (DCS Export.lua, SimHub, X-Plane). Binds
+/// <see cref="IPAddress.Loopback"/> only, so nothing off-machine can inject
+/// commands and no firewall prompt appears. Each datagram carries one or more
+/// complete protocol lines; end-of-datagram terminates the final line even
+/// without a trailing LF, and nothing fragments across datagrams. Blocking
+/// <c>Receive</c> on a background thread (net40 has no <c>ReceiveAsync</c> —
+/// one code path for both flavors); <c>Close</c> unblocks it on dispose.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FeedbackUdpListener : IDisposable
+{
+    /// <summary>Datagrams larger than this are dropped (guards a hostile/broken sender).</summary>
+    public const int MaxDatagramBytes = 4096;
+
+    private readonly UdpClient _udp;
+    private readonly Action<string> _onLine;
+    private readonly Action<string>? _log;
+    private Thread? _thread;
+    private volatile bool _running;
+
+    /// <summary>Binds immediately; throws <see cref="SocketException"/> if the port is taken.</summary>
+    public FeedbackUdpListener(int port, Action<string> onLine, Action<string>? log = null)
+    {
+        _onLine = onLine ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(onLine));
+        _log = log;
+        _udp = new UdpClient(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Loopback, port));
+        Port = ((IPEndPoint)_udp.Client.LocalEndPoint!).Port;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>The bound port (resolves a requested port of 0 to the ephemeral one).</summary>
+    public int Port { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Start receiving (idempotent).</summary>
+    public void Start()
+    {
+        if (_running)
+            return;
+        _running = true;
+
+        _thread = new Thread(ReceiveLoop)
+        {
+            IsBackground = true,
+            Name = $"RIOJoy feedback UDP (:{Port})",
+        };
+        _thread.Start();
+        _log?.Invoke($"feedback: listening on udp://127.0.0.1:{Port}");
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (!_running)
+        {
+            _udp.Close();
+            return;
+        }
+        _running = false;
+        _udp.Close(); // unblocks the pending Receive with a SocketException
+        _thread?.Join(1000);
+        _thread = null;
+    }
+
+    private void ReceiveLoop()
+    {
+        var lines = new FeedbackLineBuffer(); // reset per datagram via Flush
+        while (_running)
+        {
+            IPEndPoint? remote = null;
+            byte[] datagram;
+            try
+            {
+                datagram = _udp.Receive(ref remote!);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is SocketException or ObjectDisposedException)
+            {
+                if (!_running)
+                    return; // closed by Dispose
+                continue; // e.g. ICMP port-unreachable reflected as SocketException
+            }
+
+            if (datagram.Length > MaxDatagramBytes)
+            {
+                _log?.Invoke($"feedback: dropped oversize {datagram.Length}-byte datagram");
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            foreach (string line in lines.Feed(datagram, datagram.Length))
+                Handle(line);
+            if (lines.Flush() is string tail) // datagram end terminates the last line
+                Handle(tail);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void Handle(string line)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            _onLine(line);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _log?.Invoke($"feedback: line handler failed: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Feedback/RumbleLampAdapter.cs

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+using RioJoy.Core.Protocol;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Maps XInput vibration onto cockpit lamp flash: each motor's intensity
+/// becomes off / slow / med / fast (bright) on that motor's configured lamp
+/// addresses. Subscribed to <c>ViGEmJoystickSink.RumbleChanged</c>, which fires
+/// on a ViGEm-owned thread at XInput rates — <see cref="OnRumble"/> therefore
+/// only computes a state byte and posts to the shared
+/// <see cref="CoalescingLampScheduler"/> when it changed. The board sustains
+/// the blink from the state byte, so a game holding constant rumble costs one
+/// lamp command, and XInput's stream of identical values costs nothing.
+/// (TFM-neutral; only the ViGEm hookup is net48-only.)
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class RumbleLampAdapter
+{
+    private readonly RumbleLampConfig _config;
+    private readonly CoalescingLampScheduler _lamps;
+    private readonly object _gate = new();
+    private int _lastLarge = -1; // last posted state byte; -1 = none yet
+    private int _lastSmall = -1;
+
+    public RumbleLampAdapter(RumbleLampConfig config, CoalescingLampScheduler lamps)
+    {
+        _config = config ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(config));
+        _lamps = lamps ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(lamps));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Vibration update from the pad. Thread-safe, non-blocking.</summary>
+    public void OnRumble(byte large, byte small)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            Apply(large, _config.LargeMotorLamps, ref _lastLarge);
+            Apply(small, _config.SmallMotorLamps, ref _lastSmall);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void Apply(byte value, List<int> addresses, ref int lastState)
+    {
+        byte state = MapMotor(value, _config.Threshold);
+        if (state == lastState)
+            return;
+        lastState = state;
+        foreach (int address in addresses)
+            _lamps.Post(address, state); // invalid config addresses drop in Post
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Motor byte → lamp state: below <paramref name="threshold"/> is off; the
+    /// remaining range splits into thirds of slow / med / fast flash, bright.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static byte MapMotor(byte value, byte threshold)
+    {
+        if (value < threshold)
+            return RioLampState.SolidOff;
+
+        int span = 256 - threshold;
+        int offset = value - threshold;
+        LampFlash flash = offset < span / 3 ? LampFlash.FlashSlow
+            : offset < span * 2 / 3 ? LampFlash.FlashMed
+            : LampFlash.FlashFast;
+        return RioLampState.Compose(flash, LampField1.Bright, LampField2.Bright);
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Hosting/CompanionExit.cs

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+using System.Globalization;
+using RioJoy.Core.Profiles;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Hosting;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The process a pod-bundled RIOJoy lives alongside (<c>--exit-with</c>):
+/// either a PID or an executable name, normalized the same way auto-switch
+/// triggers are (basename, no <c>.exe</c>, lower-case) so launch scripts can
+/// pass whatever they have.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record CompanionTarget
+{
+    public int? Pid { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Normalized executable name (when <see cref="Pid"/> is null).</summary>
+    public string? Name { get; init; }
+
+    public static CompanionTarget Parse(string value)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+            throw new ArgumentException("Companion target is required.", nameof(value));
+
+        return int.TryParse(value.Trim(), NumberStyles.None, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out int pid)
+            ? new CompanionTarget { Pid = pid }
+            : new CompanionTarget { Name = AutoSwitchResolver.Normalize(value) };
+    }
+
+    public override string ToString() => Pid is int p ? $"pid {p}" : Name ?? "?";
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Pure decision core of <c>--exit-with</c>: RIOJoy should exit once its
+/// companion game has run and then gone away. Launch order is not guaranteed
+/// (the pod start script fires both), so a companion that has <i>never</i>
+/// been seen only triggers exit after a startup grace — covering both "game
+/// still loading" and "game failed to launch, don't linger forever". The
+/// caller polls (the tray's 1 s timer) and supplies elapsed time, so this
+/// stays clock-free and unit-testable.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class CompanionExit
+{
+    public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultStartupGrace = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60);
+
+    private readonly TimeSpan _grace;
+    private bool _seen;
+
+    public CompanionExit(TimeSpan? startupGrace = null)
+    {
+        _grace = startupGrace ?? DefaultStartupGrace;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>True once RIOJoy should tear down and exit.</summary>
+    public bool ShouldExit(bool companionRunning, TimeSpan elapsed)
+    {
+        if (companionRunning)
+        {
+            _seen = true;
+            return false;
+        }
+        return _seen || elapsed >= _grace;
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Mapping/RioAddress.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ public static class RioAddress
     /// <summary>Size of the <c>iRIO</c> table (addresses 0x00..0x6F inclusive).</summary>
     public const int TableSize = MaxAddress + 1; // 112
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// True when <paramref name="address"/> is a real input/lamp address: the 72
+    /// buttons or one of the two keypads. The 0x48–0x4F gap is unused.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static bool IsValid(int address) =>
+        (address >= 0 && address < ButtonCount) ||
+        (address >= Keypad0Base && address <= Keypad0Base + 0x0F) ||
+        (address >= Keypad1Base && address <= MaxAddress);
+
     /// <summary>Address for a digital button event (<paramref name="index"/> 0x00–0x47).</summary>
     public static int FromButton(byte index)
     {

src/RioJoy.Core/Output/ViGEmJoystickSink.cs

@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ public sealed class ViGEmJoystickSink : IJoystickSink, IDisposable
         _pad = pad;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// XInput vibration set by the game, as (large, small) motor bytes — the
+    /// feedback channel that works with unmodified games (rumble → cockpit lamp
+    /// flash, Phase 9). Raised on a ViGEm-owned thread at XInput rates:
+    /// handlers must not block (compute + post to a rate-limited scheduler
+    /// only). Plain byte delegate so consumers stay free of ViGEm types.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event Action<byte, byte>? RumbleChanged;
+
+    private void OnFeedback(object sender, Xbox360FeedbackReceivedEventArgs e) =>
+        RumbleChanged?.Invoke(e.LargeMotor, e.SmallMotor);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Apply a per-profile axis routing (<see langword="null"/> = the default
     /// legacy routing) and neutralize the pad's axis state — all four thumb axes
@@ -83,6 +95,7 @@ public sealed class ViGEmJoystickSink : IJoystickSink, IDisposable
             pad.AutoSubmitReport = false; // submit once per logical update
             pad.Connect();
             sink = new ViGEmJoystickSink(client, pad);
+            pad.FeedbackReceived += sink.OnFeedback; // game rumble → RumbleChanged
             return true;
         }
         catch
@@ -140,6 +153,7 @@ public sealed class ViGEmJoystickSink : IJoystickSink, IDisposable
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
+        _pad.FeedbackReceived -= OnFeedback;
         try { _pad.Disconnect(); } catch { /* already disconnected / bus gone */ }
         _client.Dispose();
     }

src/RioJoy.Core/Plasma/PlasmaCommands.cs

@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ public static class PlasmaCommands
     /// <summary>Select font (<c>ESC K font</c>).</summary>
     public static byte[] Font(byte font) => new[] { Esc, (byte)'K', font };
 
+    /// <summary>Panel width in pixels (columns 0–127).</summary>
+    public const int Columns = 128;
+
+    /// <summary>Panel height in pixel rows (0–31).</summary>
+    public const int Rows = 32;
+
+    /// <summary>Bytes per full bitmap row (128 px / 8, byte columns 0–15).</summary>
+    public const int RowBytes = Columns / 8;
+
     /// <summary>Draw a box outline (<c>ESC X l t r b</c>).</summary>
     public static byte[] BoxDraw(byte left, byte top, byte right, byte bottom) =>
         new[] { Esc, (byte)'X', left, top, right, bottom };
@@ -45,6 +54,45 @@ public static class PlasmaCommands
     public static byte[] BoxFill(byte left, byte top, byte right, byte bottom) =>
         new[] { Esc, (byte)'x', (byte)0, left, top, right, bottom };
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Bitmap graphics write (<c>ESC P s y x w h data…</c>): 1-bpp pixels,
+    /// MSB = leftmost, starting at row <paramref name="y"/> (0–31) and byte
+    /// column <paramref name="x"/> (0–15), <paramref name="bytesPerRow"/> bytes
+    /// across <paramref name="rows"/> rows. Command set recovered in vRIO's
+    /// <c>PlasmaProtocol.cs</c> (Tesla 4.10 sources + firmware dump); the
+    /// native game streams whole changed rows (<c>x=0, w=16, h=1</c> —
+    /// <see cref="GraphicsRow"/>).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static byte[] GraphicsWrite(byte y, byte x, byte bytesPerRow, byte rows, byte[] data)
+    {
+        if (data is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(data));
+        if (y >= Rows)
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(y), $"Row must be 0..{Rows - 1}.");
+        if (x >= RowBytes)
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(x), $"Byte column must be 0..{RowBytes - 1}.");
+        if (bytesPerRow == 0 || x + bytesPerRow > RowBytes)
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(bytesPerRow), "Row span exceeds the panel width.");
+        if (rows == 0 || y + rows > Rows)
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(rows), "Row span exceeds the panel height.");
+        if (data.Length != bytesPerRow * rows)
+            throw new ArgumentException($"Expected {bytesPerRow * rows} data bytes, got {data.Length}.", nameof(data));
+
+        var command = new byte[7 + data.Length];
+        command[0] = Esc;
+        command[1] = (byte)'P';
+        command[2] = 0; // screen — single-screen hardware
+        command[3] = y;
+        command[4] = x;
+        command[5] = bytesPerRow;
+        command[6] = rows;
+        Array.Copy(data, 0, command, 7, data.Length);
+        return command;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>One full 128-px bitmap row at <paramref name="y"/> (16 bytes, MSB leftmost).</summary>
+    public static byte[] GraphicsRow(byte y, byte[] row) =>
+        GraphicsWrite(y, 0, (byte)RowBytes, 1, row);
+
     /// <summary>Encode display text as raw bytes (Latin-1, one byte per char).</summary>
     public static byte[] Text(string text)
     {
@@ -65,10 +113,13 @@ public static class PlasmaCommands
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Compute the auto-fit font and centered (x, y) for positioned text, porting
-    /// the <c>PlasmaPosText</c> layout logic (riovjoy2.cpp#L2235). For non-score
-    /// text (<paramref name="font"/> ≠ 2), the font is chosen from the length
-    /// (≤9 → font 5, else font 2, capping length at 20). When the caller passes
-    /// (0, 0), the text is centered around cell (56, 15) for the chosen font.
+    /// the <c>PlasmaPosText</c> layout logic (riovjoy2.cpp#L2235). Font 0 = auto:
+    /// chosen from the length (≤9 → font 5, else font 2, capping length at 20).
+    /// A nonzero <paramref name="font"/> is honored as given — the legacy code
+    /// special-cased only its Score font (2); generalizing lets short text
+    /// render small, e.g. digits inside a score box, which auto-fit never
+    /// would. When the caller passes (0, 0), the text is centered around cell
+    /// (56, 15) for the chosen font.
     /// </summary>
     public static (byte x, byte y, byte font, int length) ResolvePosText(
         string text, byte x, byte y, byte font)
@@ -76,7 +127,7 @@ public static class PlasmaCommands
         if (text is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(text));
         int len = text.Length;
 
-        if (font != 2) // not the Score font
+        if (font == 0) // auto-fit by length
         {
             if (len <= 9) font = 5;
             else { font = 2; if (len > 20) len = 20; }

src/RioJoy.Core/Plasma/PlasmaDisplay.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using RioJoy.Core.Compat;
 using RioJoy.Core.Serial;
 
 namespace RioJoy.Core.Plasma;
@@ -6,11 +7,15 @@ namespace RioJoy.Core.Plasma;
 /// Drives the plasma / VFD text display over its (secondary) serial transport,
 /// writing the ESC sequences built by <see cref="PlasmaCommands"/>. Thin async
 /// wrapper around an <see cref="IRioTransport"/>; the display is write-only. The
-/// content shown is per-profile (Phase 5+).
+/// content shown is per-profile (Phase 5+). A write lock keeps each command's
+/// ESC sequence contiguous on the wire — <see cref="PosTextAsync"/> is five
+/// separate writes, and concurrent callers (greeting vs. feedback text) would
+/// otherwise interleave fragments and corrupt the display.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class PlasmaDisplay
 {
     private readonly IRioTransport _transport;
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _writeLock = new(1, 1);
 
     public PlasmaDisplay(IRioTransport transport)
     {
@@ -18,35 +23,105 @@ public sealed class PlasmaDisplay
     }
 
     public Task ClearAsync(CancellationToken ct = default) =>
-        WriteAsync(PlasmaCommands.Clear(), ct);
+        WriteLockedAsync(new[] { PlasmaCommands.Clear() }, ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Set the cursor mode (<c>ESC G n</c>): 0 hidden, 1 steady, 3 flashing.
+    /// The native games send <c>ESC G 0</c> once at startup
+    /// (<c>L4PLASMA.CPP</c>) — without it the firmware's cursor artifact sits
+    /// wherever text last ended.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task CursorAsync(byte mode, CancellationToken ct = default) =>
+        WriteLockedAsync(new[] { PlasmaCommands.Cursor(mode) }, ct);
 
     public Task CursorHomeAsync(CancellationToken ct = default) =>
-        WriteAsync(PlasmaCommands.CursorHome(), ct);
+        WriteLockedAsync(new[] { PlasmaCommands.CursorHome() }, ct);
 
     public Task TextAsync(string text, CancellationToken ct = default) =>
-        WriteAsync(PlasmaCommands.Text(text), ct);
+        WriteLockedAsync(new[] { PlasmaCommands.Text(text) }, ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Write one full 128-px bitmap row at <paramref name="y"/> (0–31):
+    /// 16 bytes, MSB = leftmost pixel (<see cref="PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow"/>).
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task RowAsync(byte y, byte[] row, CancellationToken ct = default) =>
+        WriteLockedAsync(new[] { PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(y, row) }, ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Draw an outlined box with a blanked interior — the overlay chrome the
+    /// original games drew for their rank|score field over the callsign
+    /// (L4GAUGE.cpp's outlined 63×12 box). Pixel coordinates; a single
+    /// graphics write (<c>ESC P</c>).
+    ///
+    /// <para>The wire's graphics command addresses whole bytes horizontally,
+    /// so the write covers the byte-aligned span containing
+    /// <paramref name="x"/>..<paramref name="x"/>+<paramref name="w"/>-1;
+    /// pixels inside that span but outside the box are cleared. Callers who
+    /// care should place boxes on 8-px boundaries.</para>
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task BoxAsync(byte x, byte y, byte w, byte h, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        if (w == 0 || h == 0 || x + w > PlasmaCommands.Columns || y + h > PlasmaCommands.Rows)
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(w), "Box exceeds the 128x32 panel.");
+
+        int right = x + w - 1;
+        int firstByte = x / 8;
+        int lastByte = right / 8;
+        int spanBytes = lastByte - firstByte + 1;
+
+        var data = new byte[spanBytes * h];
+        for (int r = 0; r < h; r++)
+        {
+            bool edgeRow = r == 0 || r == h - 1;
+            for (int px = firstByte * 8; px <= lastByte * 8 + 7; px++)
+            {
+                if (px < x || px > right)
+                    continue; // inside the byte span, outside the box: stays 0
+                bool lit = edgeRow || px == x || px == right;
+                if (lit)
+                    data[r * spanBytes + (px / 8 - firstByte)] |= (byte)(0x80 >> (px % 8));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return WriteLockedAsync(
+            new[] { PlasmaCommands.GraphicsWrite(y, (byte)firstByte, (byte)spanBytes, h, data) }, ct);
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Position the cursor, set attribute + font, and write text — the
     /// <c>PlasmaPosText</c> sequence (auto-fit via
     /// <see cref="PlasmaCommands.ResolvePosText"/>). Pass (0,0) to auto-center.
     /// </summary>
-    public async Task PosTextAsync(
+    public Task PosTextAsync(
         string text, byte x = 0, byte y = 0, byte attr = 0, byte font = 0,
         CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
-            return;
+            return TaskCompat.CompletedTask;
 
         (byte rx, byte ry, byte rfont, int len) = PlasmaCommands.ResolvePosText(text, x, y, font);
 
-        await WriteAsync(PlasmaCommands.CursorX(rx), ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await WriteAsync(PlasmaCommands.CursorY(ry), ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await WriteAsync(PlasmaCommands.FontAttr(attr), ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await WriteAsync(PlasmaCommands.Font(rfont), ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await WriteAsync(PlasmaCommands.Text(text[..len]), ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        return WriteLockedAsync(new[]
+        {
+            PlasmaCommands.CursorX(rx),
+            PlasmaCommands.CursorY(ry),
+            PlasmaCommands.FontAttr(attr),
+            PlasmaCommands.Font(rfont),
+            PlasmaCommands.Text(text[..len]),
+        }, ct);
     }
 
-    private Task WriteAsync(byte[] data, CancellationToken ct) =>
-        _transport.WriteAsync(data, ct);
+    private async Task WriteLockedAsync(byte[][] chunks, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        await TaskCompat.WaitAsync(_writeLock, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            foreach (byte[] chunk in chunks)
+                await _transport.WriteAsync(chunk, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _writeLock.Release();
+        }
+    }
 }

src/RioJoy.Core/Profiles/AppConfig.cs

@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ public sealed class AppConfig
     /// </summary>
     public string? OverlayTemplatePath { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Inbound game-feedback endpoint settings (Phase 9); null = the
+    /// <see cref="Feedback.FeedbackEndpointConfig"/> defaults (named pipe on,
+    /// UDP off).
+    /// </summary>
+    public Feedback.FeedbackEndpointConfig? Feedback { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>Find a profile by name (case-insensitive), or null.</summary>
     public RioProfile? FindProfile(string? name) =>
         name is null

src/RioJoy.Core/Profiles/ConfigLocator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Profiles;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Resolves which config file the app uses: a <b>portable</b>
+/// <c>config.json</c> sitting beside the executable wins over the per-user
+/// roaming store. Portable mode is how a pod-bundled RIOJoy (one copy shipped
+/// inside each podized game's folder, PLAN.md §Phase 10) carries its own
+/// profile with no shared state and no import step; the roaming store remains
+/// the resident/dev-box default.
+/// </summary>
+public static class ConfigLocator
+{
+    /// <summary>The portable config's file name, looked for beside the exe.</summary>
+    public const string PortableConfigFileName = "config.json";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The portable config path for <paramref name="exeDirectory"/> if one
+    /// exists there, else <paramref name="roamingConfigPath"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string Resolve(string? exeDirectory, string roamingConfigPath)
+    {
+        if (roamingConfigPath is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(roamingConfigPath));
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(exeDirectory))
+            return roamingConfigPath;
+
+        string portable = Path.Combine(exeDirectory, PortableConfigFileName);
+        return File.Exists(portable) ? portable : roamingConfigPath;
+    }
+}

src/RioJoy.Core/Profiles/RioProfile.cs

@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ public sealed class RioProfile
     /// <summary>Plasma greeting text shown on load (null = leave display as-is).</summary>
     public string? PlasmaGreeting { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// How inbound game feedback (lamp/plasma commands, rumble) is applied while
+    /// this profile is active; null = feedback is not applied (commands dropped).
+    /// </summary>
+    public Feedback.ProfileFeedbackConfig? Feedback { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>Cockpit wallpaper image path (generated in Phase 7).</summary>
     public string? WallpaperPath { get; set; }
 

src/RioJoy.Core/RioRuntime.cs

@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ public sealed class RioRuntime : IRioCommandSink, IDisposable
     /// </summary>
     public bool EchoAllLamps { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This runtime's serial lamp sink — the target the inbound feedback
+    /// endpoint's scheduler drives (Phase 9). Feedback paths must rate-limit
+    /// through a <see cref="Feedback.CoalescingLampScheduler"/>, never call
+    /// <see cref="ILampSink.SetLamp"/> directly (see its remarks).
+    /// </summary>
+    public ILampSink Lamps => _lamp;
+
     /// <summary>Raised when a diagnostic toggle RIO command fires (raw-axes / poll-rate).</summary>
     public event Action<RioCommandCode>? DiagnosticToggle;
 

src/RioJoy.Tray/Editor/ProfileEditorForm.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using RioJoy.Core.Output;
 using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
 using RioJoy.Core.Profiles;
 using RioJoy.Core.Protocol;
+using RioJoy.Core.Serial;
 
 namespace RioJoy.Tray.Editor;
 
@@ -30,26 +31,32 @@ public sealed class ProfileEditorForm : Form
 
     private readonly TextBox _nameBox = new() { Location = new Point(66, 12), Width = 234 };
     private readonly TextBox _matchBox = new() { Location = new Point(66, 40), Width = 234 };
-    private readonly Label _info = new() { AutoSize = true, Location = new Point(12, 68), MaximumSize = new Size(310, 0) };
-    private readonly TextBox _labelBox = new() { Location = new Point(70, 100), Width = 230 };
-    private readonly ComboBox _kindBox = new() { Location = new Point(70, 134), Width = 150, DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList };
-    private readonly Label _valueLabel = new() { Text = "Key:", Location = new Point(12, 171), AutoSize = true };
-    private readonly ComboBox _valueCombo = new() { Location = new Point(70, 168), Width = 230, DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList };
-    private readonly CheckBox _shift = new() { Text = "Shift", Location = new Point(70, 200), AutoSize = true };
-    private readonly CheckBox _ctrl = new() { Text = "Ctrl", Location = new Point(140, 200), AutoSize = true };
-    private readonly CheckBox _alt = new() { Text = "Alt", Location = new Point(200, 200), AutoSize = true };
-    private readonly CheckBox _ext = new() { Text = "Ext", Location = new Point(250, 200), AutoSize = true };
-    private readonly CheckBox _lit = new() { Text = "Lit", Location = new Point(70, 228), AutoSize = true };
-    private readonly Button _apply = new() { Text = "Apply to cell", Location = new Point(70, 262), Width = 110 };
-    private readonly Button _unassign = new() { Text = "Unassign", Location = new Point(190, 262), Width = 110 };
-    private readonly Button _save = new() { Text = "Save profile", Location = new Point(70, 296), Width = 110 };
-    private readonly Button _close = new() { Text = "Close", Location = new Point(190, 296), Width = 80 };
-    private readonly CheckBox _outputToggle = new() { Text = "Send button output to the PC", Location = new Point(12, 328), AutoSize = true };
+
+    // RIO endpoint: editable so any COM name or pipe:name goes; the drop-down
+    // offers the app default, the machine's COM ports, and the vRIO pipe.
+    private readonly ComboBox _portBox = new() { Location = new Point(66, 68), Width = 234, DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDown };
+    private readonly string _defaultPortItem;
+
+    private readonly Label _info = new() { AutoSize = true, Location = new Point(12, 96), MaximumSize = new Size(310, 0) };
+    private readonly TextBox _labelBox = new() { Location = new Point(70, 128), Width = 230 };
+    private readonly ComboBox _kindBox = new() { Location = new Point(70, 162), Width = 150, DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList };
+    private readonly Label _valueLabel = new() { Text = "Key:", Location = new Point(12, 199), AutoSize = true };
+    private readonly ComboBox _valueCombo = new() { Location = new Point(70, 196), Width = 230, DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList };
+    private readonly CheckBox _shift = new() { Text = "Shift", Location = new Point(70, 228), AutoSize = true };
+    private readonly CheckBox _ctrl = new() { Text = "Ctrl", Location = new Point(140, 228), AutoSize = true };
+    private readonly CheckBox _alt = new() { Text = "Alt", Location = new Point(200, 228), AutoSize = true };
+    private readonly CheckBox _ext = new() { Text = "Ext", Location = new Point(250, 228), AutoSize = true };
+    private readonly CheckBox _lit = new() { Text = "Lit", Location = new Point(70, 256), AutoSize = true };
+    private readonly Button _apply = new() { Text = "Apply to cell", Location = new Point(70, 290), Width = 110 };
+    private readonly Button _unassign = new() { Text = "Unassign", Location = new Point(190, 290), Width = 110 };
+    private readonly Button _save = new() { Text = "Save profile", Location = new Point(70, 324), Width = 110 };
+    private readonly Button _close = new() { Text = "Close", Location = new Point(190, 324), Width = 80 };
+    private readonly CheckBox _outputToggle = new() { Text = "Send button output to the PC", Location = new Point(12, 356), AutoSize = true };
 
     private readonly TextBox _statusBox = new()
     {
-        Location = new Point(12, 646),
-        Size = new Size(306, 145),
+        Location = new Point(12, 674),
+        Size = new Size(306, 140),
         Multiline = true,
         ReadOnly = true,
         ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Vertical,
@@ -104,13 +111,38 @@ public sealed class ProfileEditorForm : Form
     /// <summary>Raised when the "send output to the PC" toggle changes (true = send).</summary>
     public event Action<bool>? OutputsEnabledChanged;
 
-    public ProfileEditorForm(RioProfile profile)
+    /// <param name="profile">The profile to edit (mutated in place; Save persists).</param>
+    /// <param name="defaultEndpoint">
+    /// The app-wide RIO endpoint (<see cref="AppConfig.DefaultRioComPort"/>), shown
+    /// on the port picker's "(app default)" entry. Null just hides the value.
+    /// </param>
+    public ProfileEditorForm(RioProfile profile, string? defaultEndpoint = null)
     {
         _profile = profile ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(profile));
 
         Text = $"RIOJoy — Edit profile: {profile.Name}";
         _nameBox.Text = profile.Name;
         _matchBox.Text = string.Join(", ", profile.MatchExecutables);
+
+        // Endpoint suggestions: app default, the machine's COM ports, the vRIO
+        // pipe. Free text stays allowed — any COM name or pipe:name works.
+        _defaultPortItem = defaultEndpoint is null ? "(app default)" : $"(app default: {defaultEndpoint})";
+        _portBox.Items.Add(_defaultPortItem);
+        try
+        {
+            foreach (string port in System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.GetPortNames()
+                         .Distinct().OrderBy(p => p, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                _portBox.Items.Add(port);
+        }
+        catch (Exception)
+        {
+            // Enumerating ports is best-effort (registry read) — typing still works.
+        }
+        _portBox.Items.Add(RioTransportFactory.PipeScheme + "vrio");
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(profile.RioComPort))
+            _portBox.SelectedIndex = 0;
+        else
+            _portBox.Text = profile.RioComPort;
         ClientSize = new Size(1320, 820);
         StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
         MinimumSize = new Size(900, 500);
@@ -162,16 +194,18 @@ public sealed class ProfileEditorForm : Form
         panel.Controls.Add(_nameBox);
         panel.Controls.Add(new Label { Text = "Triggers:", Location = new Point(12, 43), AutoSize = true });
         panel.Controls.Add(_matchBox);
+        panel.Controls.Add(new Label { Text = "RIO port:", Location = new Point(12, 71), AutoSize = true });
+        panel.Controls.Add(_portBox);
         panel.Controls.Add(_info);
-        panel.Controls.Add(new Label { Text = "Label:", Location = new Point(12, 103), AutoSize = true });
+        panel.Controls.Add(new Label { Text = "Label:", Location = new Point(12, 131), AutoSize = true });
         panel.Controls.Add(_labelBox);
-        panel.Controls.Add(new Label { Text = "Action:", Location = new Point(12, 137), AutoSize = true });
+        panel.Controls.Add(new Label { Text = "Action:", Location = new Point(12, 165), AutoSize = true });
         panel.Controls.Add(_kindBox);
         panel.Controls.Add(_valueLabel);
         panel.Controls.Add(_valueCombo);
         panel.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] { _shift, _ctrl, _alt, _ext, _lit, _apply, _unassign, _save, _close, _outputToggle });
         panel.Controls.Add(BuildCommandGroup());
-        panel.Controls.Add(new Label { Text = "RIO reply:", Location = new Point(12, 628), AutoSize = true });
+        panel.Controls.Add(new Label { Text = "RIO reply:", Location = new Point(12, 656), AutoSize = true });
         panel.Controls.Add(_statusBox);
 
         return panel;
@@ -180,7 +214,7 @@ public sealed class ProfileEditorForm : Form
     // A button per RIO device command, fired against the live RIO via CommandRequested.
     private GroupBox BuildCommandGroup()
     {
-        var group = new GroupBox { Text = "RIO commands (live)", Location = new Point(12, 358), Size = new Size(306, 262) };
+        var group = new GroupBox { Text = "RIO commands (live)", Location = new Point(12, 386), Size = new Size(306, 262) };
 
         int y = 24;
         foreach ((string label, RioCommandCode code) in RioCommands)
@@ -359,6 +393,11 @@ public sealed class ProfileEditorForm : Form
             .Where(s => s.Length > 0)
             .ToList();
 
+        // RIO endpoint: a COM name or pipe:name (e.g. pipe:vrio); blank or the
+        // "(app default)" entry stores null = follow DefaultRioComPort.
+        string port = _portBox.Text.Trim();
+        _profile.RioComPort = port.Length == 0 || port == _defaultPortItem ? null : port;
+
         ApplyToCell();
         try
         {

src/RioJoy.Tray/Program.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using RioJoy.Core.Hosting;
 using RioJoy.Core.Profiles;
 
 namespace RioJoy.Tray;
@@ -10,6 +11,11 @@ internal static class Program
     // so a crash never leaves a stale lock.
     private const string SingleInstanceMutex = "RIOJoy.Tray.SingleInstance";
 
+    // Pod handoff (game A's copy tearing down while game B's starts): how long a
+    // --exit-with launch waits for the predecessor to release the mutex before
+    // giving up. Plain launches keep the historical instant silent exit.
+    private static readonly TimeSpan PredecessorWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Entry point. RIOJoy runs as a background tray application with no main
     /// window: an ApplicationContext owns the NotifyIcon and the runtime, so the
@@ -20,6 +26,24 @@ internal static class Program
     /// exits without starting the tray. Output goes to stdout/stderr, which a
     /// GUI-subsystem exe only delivers when redirected — check the exit code
     /// (0 ok, 1 failed, 2 usage, 3 tray running) when scripting it.</para>
+    ///
+    /// <para><c>--exit-with &lt;exe|pid&gt;</c> runs as a pod-bundled companion
+    /// (PLAN.md §Phase 10): RIOJoy exits by itself — full teardown, ports
+    /// released, wallpaper restored — once the named game process has run and
+    /// then gone away (or never appeared within the startup grace). Also makes
+    /// startup wait briefly for a predecessor instance instead of exiting, so
+    /// back-to-back game launches hand the cockpit over cleanly.</para>
+    ///
+    /// <para><c>--profile &lt;name&gt;</c> activates that profile immediately
+    /// and explicitly — <b>no foreground detection at all</b>. Pod launch
+    /// scripts pass it so the ViGEm pad and the ports exist <i>before</i> the
+    /// game starts and enumerates controllers; the auto-switch watcher never
+    /// runs. On success the named event
+    /// <see cref="TrayApplicationContext.ReadyEventName"/> is signaled — a pod
+    /// launcher waits on it (with a timeout) instead of counting input
+    /// devices. Exit code 4 when the named profile is not in the config; 5
+    /// when explicit activation fails (reason on stderr) — distinguishable
+    /// from a hang, so launcher failures stay legible.</para>
     /// </summary>
     [STAThread]
     private static int Main(string[] args)
@@ -27,18 +51,79 @@ internal static class Program
         if (args.Length >= 1 && string.Equals(args[0], "--import-profile", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             return ImportProfile(args);
 
+        CompanionTarget? exitWith;
+        string? profileName;
+        try
+        {
+            exitWith = ParseValue(args, "--exit-with", "a process name or pid") is string target
+                ? CompanionTarget.Parse(target)
+                : null;
+            profileName = ParseValue(args, "--profile", "a profile name");
+        }
+        catch (ArgumentException ex)
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"usage: RioJoy.Tray [--profile <name>] [--exit-with <exe|pid>] ({ex.Message})");
+            return 2;
+        }
+
+        // Validate the explicit profile up front so a pod script's typo is a
+        // scriptable failure, not a silently idle tray.
+        if (profileName is not null &&
+            ConfigStore.Load(TrayApplicationContext.ConfigPath).FindProfile(profileName) is null)
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine(
+                $"profile '{profileName}' not found in {TrayApplicationContext.ConfigPath}");
+            return 4;
+        }
+
         using var instance = new Mutex(initiallyOwned: true, SingleInstanceMutex, out bool createdNew);
-        if (!createdNew)
+        bool podMode = exitWith is not null || profileName is not null;
+        if (!createdNew && !WaitForPredecessor(instance, wait: podMode))
             return 0; // another RIOJoy is already running in this session
 
         // net48 has no source-generated ApplicationConfiguration.Initialize();
         // do the equivalent setup directly.
         Application.EnableVisualStyles();
         Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
-        Application.Run(new TrayApplicationContext());
+        var context = new TrayApplicationContext(exitWith, profileName);
+        if (!context.TryActivateExplicitProfile())
+        {
+            context.Dispose(); // failure reason already on stderr
+            return 5;
+        }
+        Application.Run(context);
         return 0;
     }
 
+    private static string? ParseValue(string[] args, string flag, string what)
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
+        {
+            if (!string.Equals(args[i], flag, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                continue;
+            if (i + 1 >= args.Length)
+                throw new ArgumentException($"{flag} needs {what}");
+            return args[i + 1];
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    // The predecessor's mutex is released by the OS when its process exits; an
+    // abandoned wait means it crashed while owning it — either way we own it now.
+    private static bool WaitForPredecessor(Mutex instance, bool wait)
+    {
+        if (!wait)
+            return false;
+        try
+        {
+            return instance.WaitOne(PredecessorWait);
+        }
+        catch (AbandonedMutexException)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     private static int ImportProfile(string[] args)
     {
         if (args.Length != 2)

src/RioJoy.Tray/RioCoordinator.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 using RioJoy.Core;
 using RioJoy.Core.Calibration;
+using RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
 using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
 using RioJoy.Core.Output;
 using RioJoy.Core.Overlay;
+using RioJoy.Core.Plasma;
 using RioJoy.Core.Profiles;
 using RioJoy.Core.Serial;
 #if !NET40
@@ -44,6 +46,21 @@ public sealed class RioCoordinator : IDisposable
     private IDisposable? _joystick;
     private string? _activeProfileName;
 
+    // The plasma display's own transport (null when the profile runs without one).
+    // Released on every teardown — the native games open this port too.
+    private IRioTransport? _plasmaTransport;
+    private PlasmaDisplay? _plasma;
+
+    // The inbound feedback endpoint (Phase 9). Created lazily on first
+    // activation and kept for the app's lifetime, so external clients hold
+    // their pipe/UDP connection across profile switches and dormancy — only
+    // Attach/Detach swings where (whether) commands land.
+    private FeedbackService? _feedback;
+    private CoalescingLampScheduler? _feedbackScheduler; // per-activation (rumble shares it)
+#if !NET40
+    private Action? _rumbleUnhook; // detaches the rumble adapter from the pad
+#endif
+
     // The user's own desktop wallpaper, captured the first time we override it with
     // a cockpit wallpaper. null = we are not currently overriding (nothing to
     // restore). "" is a valid captured value (the user had no wallpaper).
@@ -59,6 +76,12 @@ public sealed class RioCoordinator : IDisposable
     /// <summary>Raised (with a short status string) whenever the active state changes.</summary>
     public event Action<string>? StatusChanged;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Feedback-endpoint diagnostics (malformed lines, dropped profile-owned
+    /// lamp writes, listener lifecycle). Also mirrored to the debugger output.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event Action<string>? FeedbackLog;
+
     /// <summary>Current status line for the tray.</summary>
     public string Status { get; private set; } = "Dormant";
 
@@ -229,9 +252,10 @@ public sealed class RioCoordinator : IDisposable
                 AnalogPollInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(
                     Math.Max(10, config.AnalogPollMs)), // floor guards a typo'd config
             });
+            RioInputMap map = profile.ToInputMap(); // shared: runtime routing + feedback precedence
             _runtime = new RioRuntime(
                 _link,
-                profile.ToInputMap(),
+                map,
                 input,
                 joystick,
                 new AxisCalibrator(profile.Calibration));
@@ -241,6 +265,28 @@ public sealed class RioCoordinator : IDisposable
             _cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
             _ = _link.RunAsync(_cts.Token);
             _runtime.Start();
+
+            if (routeInput)
+            {
+                // Plasma + inbound feedback are live-profile concerns; editor
+                // sessions run without them (commands drop at the endpoint).
+                note += OpenPlasma(profile, config);
+                AttachFeedback(profile, map, config);
+
+#if !NET40 // rumble arrives via ViGEm, so the XP flavor has no source for it
+                if (realJoystick is ViGEmJoystickSink rumblePad &&
+                    profile.Feedback?.Rumble is RumbleLampConfig rumbleConfig &&
+                    _feedbackScheduler is not null)
+                {
+                    // Game rumble → lamp flash, through the same rate governor
+                    // as the pipe/UDP lamp commands.
+                    var adapter = new RumbleLampAdapter(rumbleConfig, _feedbackScheduler);
+                    rumblePad.RumbleChanged += adapter.OnRumble;
+                    _rumbleUnhook = () => rumblePad.RumbleChanged -= adapter.OnRumble;
+                }
+#endif
+            }
+
             _activeProfileName = profile.Name;
             SetStatus($"{(routeInput ? "Active" : "Editing")}: {profile.Name} ({_link.Description}){note}");
         }
@@ -255,6 +301,82 @@ public sealed class RioCoordinator : IDisposable
             ApplyWallpaper(profile);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Open the plasma display for <paramref name="profile"/> and show its
+    /// greeting (Phase 9 — closes Phase 4's dangling wiring). The port is the
+    /// profile's <see cref="RioProfile.PlasmaComPort"/>, falling back to
+    /// <see cref="AppConfig.DefaultPlasmaComPort"/>; null/empty/<c>"off"</c>
+    /// disables (the default is "COM2", so plasma-less machines want "off").
+    /// Best-effort: returns a status suffix on failure — a missing display must
+    /// never break activation.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string OpenPlasma(RioProfile profile, AppConfig config)
+    {
+        string? plasmaPort = profile.PlasmaComPort ?? config.DefaultPlasmaComPort;
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(plasmaPort) ||
+            string.Equals(plasmaPort!.Trim(), "off", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            return string.Empty;
+
+        try
+        {
+            _plasmaTransport = _transportFactory(plasmaPort);
+            _plasma = new PlasmaDisplay(_plasmaTransport);
+            FireAndForget(ShowGreetingAsync(_plasma, profile.PlasmaGreeting));
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _plasmaTransport?.Dispose();
+            _plasmaTransport = null;
+            _plasma = null;
+            return $" [plasma: {ex.Message}]";
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static async Task ShowGreetingAsync(PlasmaDisplay plasma, string? greeting)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // Hide the cursor before anything draws, as the native games did
+            // once at startup (ESC G 0, L4PLASMA.CPP): the firmware otherwise
+            // leaves its cursor artifact wherever text last ended, which reads
+            // as a stray block parked in the nameplate.
+            await plasma.CursorAsync(0).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await plasma.ClearAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(greeting))
+                await plasma.PosTextAsync(greeting!).ConfigureAwait(false); // (0,0) = auto-center
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Best-effort: a wedged display port must not surface anywhere.
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Point the (app-lifetime) feedback endpoint at the new runtime's outputs.
+    /// A profile with no <see cref="RioProfile.Feedback"/> section leaves the
+    /// endpoint detached — clients stay connected, commands drop.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void AttachFeedback(RioProfile profile, RioInputMap map, AppConfig config)
+    {
+        if (_feedback is null)
+        {
+            _feedback = new FeedbackService(config.Feedback);
+            _feedback.Logged += message =>
+            {
+                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(message);
+                FeedbackLog?.Invoke(message);
+            };
+            _feedback.Start();
+        }
+
+        if (profile.Feedback is ProfileFeedbackConfig fb && _runtime is not null)
+            _feedbackScheduler = _feedback.Attach(_runtime.Lamps, map, _plasma, fb);
+    }
+
+    private static void FireAndForget(Task task) =>
+        task.ContinueWith(static t => _ = t.Exception, TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Generate the profile's cockpit wallpaper from the configured overlay template
     /// and apply it. Best-effort and opt-in (only when <see cref="AppConfig.OverlayTemplatePath"/>
@@ -345,6 +467,16 @@ public sealed class RioCoordinator : IDisposable
 
     private void Teardown()
     {
+        // Feedback first: detach the router and stop the lamp-scheduler pump so
+        // nothing races the disposal below (the endpoint itself stays up —
+        // clients keep their connections; their commands now drop).
+        _feedback?.Detach();
+        _feedbackScheduler = null;
+#if !NET40
+        _rumbleUnhook?.Invoke();
+        _rumbleUnhook = null;
+#endif
+
         _runtime?.Dispose();
         _runtime = null;
 
@@ -359,6 +491,17 @@ public sealed class RioCoordinator : IDisposable
         _editorInput = null;
         _editorJoystick = null;
 
+        if (_plasma is not null)
+        {
+            // Best-effort blank before releasing the display (2 bytes at 9600
+            // baud ≈ 2 ms; the bound only bites on a wedged port).
+            try { _plasma.ClearAsync().Wait(200); }
+            catch { /* best-effort */ }
+            _plasma = null;
+        }
+        _plasmaTransport?.Dispose(); // releases the plasma COM port (native games open it too)
+        _plasmaTransport = null;
+
         _transport?.Dispose(); // releases the COM port
         _transport = null;
 
@@ -374,6 +517,8 @@ public sealed class RioCoordinator : IDisposable
     public void Dispose()
     {
         Teardown();
+        _feedback?.Dispose(); // now the endpoint itself: drop clients, stop listening
+        _feedback = null;
         RestoreWallpaper(); // clean exit shouldn't leave a cockpit wallpaper behind
     }
 }

src/RioJoy.Tray/TrayApplicationContext.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using RioJoy.Core;
+using RioJoy.Core.Hosting;
 using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
 using RioJoy.Core.Overlay;
 using RioJoy.Core.Profiles;
@@ -11,34 +13,53 @@ namespace RioJoy.Tray;
 /// Owns the tray icon, menu, and the RIOJoy runtime. The menu mirrors the legacy
 /// console menu (axis resets, version/status, diagnostic toggles, quit) and adds
 /// profile selection (auto vs. manual). The app's start/stop lifecycle is owned by
-/// the TeslaConsole launcher, so there is no "start with Windows" toggle. The
-/// auto-switch watcher is polled on a UI timer so menu/status updates stay on the
-/// UI thread.
+/// the TeslaConsole launcher (or, pod-bundled, by <c>--exit-with</c>), so there is
+/// no "start with Windows" toggle. The auto-switch watcher is polled on a UI timer
+/// so menu/status updates stay on the UI thread.
 /// </summary>
 internal sealed class TrayApplicationContext : ApplicationContext
 {
     // Internal so Program's --import-profile writes the same store the tray reads.
-    internal static readonly string ConfigPath =
-        Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), "RIOJoy", "config.json");
+    // A portable config.json beside the exe (pod-bundled deploys) wins over the
+    // per-user roaming store (resident/dev-box mode) — see ConfigLocator.
+    internal static readonly string ConfigPath = ConfigLocator.Resolve(
+        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory,
+        Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), "RIOJoy", "config.json"));
 
     private static readonly TimeSpan PollInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
 
     private readonly AppConfig _config;
     private readonly RioCoordinator _coordinator;
-    private readonly AutoSwitchWatcher _watcher;
+    private readonly AutoSwitchWatcher? _watcher; // null = explicit (--profile) mode
     private readonly System.Windows.Forms.Timer _pollTimer;
     private readonly NotifyIcon _trayIcon;
     private readonly ToolStripMenuItem _statusItem;
 
-    public TrayApplicationContext()
+    // --exit-with companion state (null = resident mode).
+    private readonly CompanionTarget? _exitWith;
+    private readonly CompanionExit _companionExit = new();
+    private readonly Stopwatch _sinceStart = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+    private readonly string? _explicitProfile;
+
+    public TrayApplicationContext(CompanionTarget? exitWith = null, string? explicitProfile = null)
     {
+        _exitWith = exitWith;
+        _explicitProfile = explicitProfile;
         _config = ConfigStore.Load(ConfigPath);
 
         _coordinator = new RioCoordinator(() => _config);
         _coordinator.StatusChanged += _ => RefreshOnUiThread();
 
-        _watcher = new AutoSwitchWatcher(new ForegroundProcessProvider(), () => _config);
-        _watcher.DecisionChanged += d => _coordinator.ApplyDecision(d);
+        // Explicit (--profile) mode runs NO foreground detection at all: pod
+        // launch scripts activate the profile before the game starts, so the
+        // ViGEm pad and the ports already exist when the game enumerates
+        // controllers — a watcher activating ~1 s after the window appears is
+        // too late for startup enumeration.
+        if (explicitProfile is null)
+        {
+            _watcher = new AutoSwitchWatcher(new ForegroundProcessProvider(), () => _config);
+            _watcher.DecisionChanged += d => _coordinator.ApplyDecision(d);
+        }
 
         _statusItem = new ToolStripMenuItem("Status: starting…") { Enabled = false };
 
@@ -50,11 +71,90 @@ internal sealed class TrayApplicationContext : ApplicationContext
             ContextMenuStrip = BuildMenu(),
         };
 
-        // Poll the foreground app on the UI thread.
+        // Poll the foreground app (and the --exit-with companion) on the UI thread.
         _pollTimer = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer { Interval = (int)PollInterval.TotalMilliseconds };
-        _pollTimer.Tick += (_, _) => _watcher.Poll();
+        _pollTimer.Tick += (_, _) =>
+        {
+            _watcher?.Poll();
+            CheckCompanion();
+        };
         _pollTimer.Start();
-        _watcher.Poll();
+
+        if (explicitProfile is null)
+            _watcher!.Poll();
+        // Explicit activation runs via TryActivateExplicitProfile (called by
+        // Program between construction and the message loop, so a failure can
+        // become an exit code the launcher chain can read).
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The named event a pod launcher waits on instead of guessing from device
+    /// enumeration: signaled once the explicit profile is active (ports
+    /// acquired; virtual pad present when ViGEmBus is installed). Dies with
+    /// the process, so it can never go stale.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal const string ReadyEventName = "RIOJoy.Tray.Ready";
+
+    private EventWaitHandle? _readyEvent;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Explicit (--profile) activation: activate now, and signal
+    /// <see cref="ReadyEventName"/> on success so the launcher can start the
+    /// game knowing the virtual pad already exists. False = activation failed
+    /// (port busy, bad endpoint, …) — the caller reports and exits.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal bool TryActivateExplicitProfile()
+    {
+        if (_explicitProfile is null)
+            return true; // resident mode — nothing to do
+
+        // Program.Main validated the name against the same store already.
+        RioProfile profile = _config.FindProfile(_explicitProfile)!;
+        _coordinator.SetManualProfile(profile);
+        if (_coordinator.Runtime is null)
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"RioJoy: explicit activation failed: {_coordinator.Status}");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Either side may create the event first (launcher-waits-then-start or
+        // start-then-wait); ManualReset + same name converge on one object.
+        _readyEvent = new EventWaitHandle(
+            initialState: false, EventResetMode.ManualReset, ReadyEventName);
+        _readyEvent.Set();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Pod-bundled mode: quit (full teardown — ports released, wallpaper restored,
+    // plasma blanked) once the companion game has run and then exited, or never
+    // appeared within the startup grace.
+    private void CheckCompanion()
+    {
+        if (_exitWith is null)
+            return;
+        if (_companionExit.ShouldExit(IsCompanionRunning(_exitWith), _sinceStart.Elapsed))
+            Quit();
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsCompanionRunning(CompanionTarget target)
+    {
+        if (target.Pid is int pid)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using Process process = Process.GetProcessById(pid);
+                return !process.HasExited;
+            }
+            catch (ArgumentException)
+            {
+                return false; // no such process
+            }
+        }
+
+        Process[] matches = Process.GetProcessesByName(target.Name);
+        foreach (Process process in matches)
+            process.Dispose();
+        return matches.Length > 0;
     }
 
     private ContextMenuStrip BuildMenu()
@@ -231,36 +331,76 @@ internal sealed class TrayApplicationContext : ApplicationContext
         // is suppressed (no keystrokes); the editor only shows which button is pressed.
         _coordinator.BeginEditorSession(profile);
 
-        var editor = new ProfileEditorForm(profile);
+        var editor = new ProfileEditorForm(profile, _config.DefaultRioComPort);
         editor.IsNameAvailable = name => !_config.Profiles.Any(
             p => !ReferenceEquals(p, profile) && string.Equals(p.Name, name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
-        editor.Saved += _ => ConfigStore.Save(_config, ConfigPath);
-        editor.CommandRequested += cmd => _coordinator.Runtime?.Trigger(cmd);
-        editor.OutputsEnabledChanged += enabled => _coordinator.SetEditorOutputs(enabled);
 
-        RioRuntime? runtime = _coordinator.Runtime;
-        Action<int, bool>? activity = null;
-        if (runtime is not null)
+        // The editor's live wiring targets the CURRENT runtime, which is replaced
+        // when the session re-arms (endpoint change below) — so hook/unhook by pair.
+        Action? unhook = null;
+        void HookRuntime()
         {
-            activity = editor.ShowLiveActivity;
-            runtime.ButtonActivity += activity;
+            RioRuntime? runtime = _coordinator.Runtime;
+            if (runtime is null)
+            {
+                unhook = null;
+                return;
+            }
+            runtime.ButtonActivity += editor.ShowLiveActivity;
             runtime.AxesUpdated += editor.ShowAxes;
             runtime.VersionReceived += editor.ShowVersion;
             runtime.CheckReceived += editor.AddCheckStatus;
-        }
-
-        editor.FormClosed += (_, _) =>
-        {
-            if (runtime is not null && activity is not null)
+            unhook = () =>
             {
-                runtime.ButtonActivity -= activity;
+                runtime.ButtonActivity -= editor.ShowLiveActivity;
                 runtime.AxesUpdated -= editor.ShowAxes;
                 runtime.VersionReceived -= editor.ShowVersion;
                 runtime.CheckReceived -= editor.AddCheckStatus;
+            };
+        }
+
+        bool outputsOn = false;
+        string armedEndpoint = profile.RioComPort ?? _config.DefaultRioComPort;
+
+        editor.Saved += _ =>
+        {
+            ConfigStore.Save(_config, ConfigPath);
+
+            // A saved port/pipe change takes effect immediately: re-arm the held
+            // session on the new endpoint so the live RIO buttons follow it.
+            string endpoint = profile.RioComPort ?? _config.DefaultRioComPort;
+            if (!string.Equals(endpoint, armedEndpoint, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                unhook?.Invoke();
+                _coordinator.BeginEditorSession(profile);
+                HookRuntime();
+                _coordinator.SetEditorOutputs(outputsOn); // new gates start closed
+                armedEndpoint = endpoint;
             }
+        };
+        editor.CommandRequested += cmd => _coordinator.Runtime?.Trigger(cmd);
+        editor.OutputsEnabledChanged += enabled =>
+        {
+            outputsOn = enabled;
+            _coordinator.SetEditorOutputs(enabled);
+        };
+
+        HookRuntime();
+
+        editor.FormClosed += (_, _) =>
+        {
+            unhook?.Invoke();
             _coordinator.EndEditorSession();
-            _watcher.Reset();   // re-sync with the foreground app (may re-activate a game)
-            _watcher.Poll();
+            if (_watcher is not null)
+            {
+                _watcher.Reset();   // re-sync with the foreground app (may re-activate a game)
+                _watcher.Poll();
+            }
+            else if (_explicitProfile is not null &&
+                     _config.FindProfile(_explicitProfile) is RioProfile explicitProfile)
+            {
+                _coordinator.SetManualProfile(explicitProfile); // back to the explicit pod profile
+            }
         };
         editor.Show();
     }
@@ -360,6 +500,7 @@ internal sealed class TrayApplicationContext : ApplicationContext
             _pollTimer.Dispose();
             _coordinator.Dispose();
             _trayIcon.Dispose();
+            _readyEvent?.Dispose();
         }
 
         base.Dispose(disposing);

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Calibration/AxisCalibratorTests.cs

@@ -163,4 +163,31 @@ public class AxisCalibratorTests
         cal.Update(Report(throttle: -400)); // power-on with lever pushed: becomes the start
         Assert.Equal(0, cal.Update(Report(throttle: -100)).Z); // above max → re-based, rest
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Joystick_ReleaseToExactZero_Centers_NotHeld()
+    {
+        // Regression: the legacy left the output unchanged on a raw of exactly 0,
+        // which a jittering pot never produces - but vRIO's pad deadzone does,
+        // sustained, on every release. The held output latched the last in-motion
+        // value and the ship kept turning with the stick centered (bench
+        // 2026-08-01). A fast release goes straight from deflected to exact 0
+        // with no intermediate sample; both axes must land on center.
+        var cal = new AxisCalibrator();
+        cal.Update(Report(x: -3000, y: 2000)); // hard over
+        AxisOutputs o = cal.Update(Report(x: 0, y: 0)); // released, deadzoned to exact 0
+        Assert.Equal(AxisOutputs.Center, o.X);
+        Assert.Equal(AxisOutputs.Center, o.Y);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Joystick_ExactZero_StaysCentered_AcrossRepeatedPolls()
+    {
+        // The latch fed forward: once held off-center, every subsequent exact-0
+        // poll (one per 55 ms, forever) kept it there. Center must be stable.
+        var cal = new AxisCalibrator();
+        cal.Update(Report(x: 5000));
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+            Assert.Equal(AxisOutputs.Center, cal.Update(Report(x: 0)).X);
+    }
 }

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Feedback/CoalescingLampSchedulerTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
+using RioJoy.Core.Protocol;
+using RioJoy.Core.Tests.Mapping;
+using RioJoy.Core.Tests.Serial;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Feedback;
+
+public class CoalescingLampSchedulerTests
+{
+    private static readonly TimeSpan Fast = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1); // pump as fast as timers allow
+
+    private static Task WaitFor(Func<bool> condition, int timeoutMs = 5000) =>
+        FeedbackWait.For(condition, timeoutMs);
+
+    // "Lamp(0x12,0x3C)" → (0x12, 0x3C)
+    private static (int Address, byte State) ParseLamp(string entry)
+    {
+        string[] parts = entry["Lamp(0x".Length..^1].Split(new[] { ",0x" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
+        return (int.Parse(parts[0], NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
+                byte.Parse(parts[1], NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Post_SameAddressRepeatedly_SendsOnlyTheLatestState()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(sink, Fast);
+        for (byte s = 0; s <= 0x30; s++)
+            scheduler.Post(0x12, s); // a burst of updates while nothing pumps
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task pump = scheduler.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+        await WaitFor(() => sink.Snapshot().Length >= 1);
+        await Task.Delay(50); // give a buggy scheduler time to send the rest
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await pump.WithTimeout();
+
+        string entry = Assert.Single(sink.Snapshot());
+        Assert.Equal((0x12, (byte)0x30), ParseLamp(entry)); // burst collapsed to the last state
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Post_UnchangedState_IsNotResent()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(sink, Fast);
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task pump = scheduler.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+
+        scheduler.Post(0x05, RioLampState.SolidBright);
+        await WaitFor(() => sink.Snapshot().Length >= 1);
+
+        scheduler.Post(0x05, RioLampState.SolidBright); // same state again
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await pump.WithTimeout();
+
+        Assert.Single(sink.Snapshot()); // no resend for an unchanged lamp
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Pump_SendsAtMostOneLampPerTick()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(sink, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200));
+        scheduler.Post(0x01, RioLampState.SolidBright);
+        scheduler.Post(0x02, RioLampState.SolidBright);
+        scheduler.Post(0x03, RioLampState.SolidBright);
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task pump = scheduler.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+        await WaitFor(() => sink.Snapshot().Length >= 1);
+
+        // The next tick is ~200 ms out; three pending lamps must not burst.
+        Assert.Single(sink.Snapshot());
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await pump.WithTimeout();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PostAll_CoversExactlyTheValidAddressSet()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(sink, Fast);
+        scheduler.PostAll(RioLampState.SolidOff);
+
+        int validCount = Enumerable.Range(0, RioAddress.TableSize).Count(RioAddress.IsValid);
+        Assert.Equal(104, validCount); // 72 buttons + 2×16 keypad keys; 0x48-0x4F is a gap
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task pump = scheduler.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+        await WaitFor(() => sink.Snapshot().Length >= validCount);
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await pump.WithTimeout();
+
+        var sent = sink.Snapshot().Select(ParseLamp).ToArray();
+        Assert.Equal(validCount, sent.Length); // nothing sent twice, no gap addresses
+        Assert.All(sent, s => Assert.Equal(RioLampState.SolidOff, s.State));
+        Assert.Equal(
+            Enumerable.Range(0, RioAddress.TableSize).Where(RioAddress.IsValid),
+            sent.Select(s => s.Address).OrderBy(a => a));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Post_InvalidAddress_Ignored()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(sink, Fast);
+        scheduler.Post(0x48, RioLampState.SolidBright); // gap address (rumble config is unvalidated)
+        scheduler.Post(0x70, RioLampState.SolidBright);
+        scheduler.Post(-1, RioLampState.SolidBright);
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task pump = scheduler.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+        await Task.Delay(100);
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await pump.WithTimeout();
+
+        Assert.Empty(sink.Snapshot());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Cancel_StopsThePump()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(sink, Fast);
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task pump = scheduler.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await pump.WithTimeout(); // exits cleanly, no OperationCanceledException
+
+        scheduler.Post(0x01, RioLampState.SolidBright);
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+        Assert.Empty(sink.Snapshot()); // a stopped pump sends nothing
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Feedback/FeedbackLineParserTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,344 @@
+using System.Text;
+using RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+using RioJoy.Core.Protocol;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Feedback;
+
+public class FeedbackLineParserTests
+{
+    private static FeedbackCommand Parse(string line)
+    {
+        bool ok = FeedbackLineParser.TryParse(line, out FeedbackCommand? command, out string? error);
+        Assert.True(ok, $"expected '{line}' to parse, got error: {error}");
+        return command!;
+    }
+
+    private static string ParseError(string line)
+    {
+        bool ok = FeedbackLineParser.TryParse(line, out _, out string? error);
+        Assert.False(ok);
+        Assert.NotNull(error);
+        return error!;
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 bright", 0x12, 0x3C)]     // solid implied; = SolidBright
+    [InlineData("lamp 18 bright", 18, 0x3C)]         // decimal address
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 dim", 0x12, 0x14)]        // = SolidDim
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 off", 0x12, 0x00)]        // = SolidOff
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 fast bright", 0x12, 0x3F)]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 slow dim", 0x12, 0x15)]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 med bright", 0x12, 0x3E)]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 solid bright", 0x12, 0x3C)]
+    [InlineData("LAMP 0x12 FAST BRIGHT", 0x12, 0x3F)] // keywords case-insensitive
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 0x36", 0x12, 0x36)]        // raw state byte
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 20", 0x12, 20)]            // raw state, decimal
+    public void Lamp_Forms_ComposeTheDocumentedStateByte(string line, int address, int state)
+    {
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse(line);
+        Assert.Equal(FeedbackCommandKind.Lamp, cmd.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(address, cmd.Address);
+        Assert.Equal((byte)state, cmd.LampState);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Lamp_WordStates_MatchRioLampStateCompose()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(RioLampState.SolidBright, Parse("lamp 0 bright").LampState);
+        Assert.Equal(RioLampState.SolidDim, Parse("lamp 0 dim").LampState);
+        Assert.Equal(RioLampState.SolidOff, Parse("lamp 0 off").LampState);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            RioLampState.Compose(LampFlash.FlashFast, LampField1.Bright, LampField2.Bright),
+            Parse("lamp 0 fast bright").LampState);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0x00)]
+    [InlineData(0x47)]
+    [InlineData(0x50)]
+    [InlineData(0x5F)]
+    [InlineData(0x60)]
+    [InlineData(0x6F)]
+    public void Lamp_AddressRangeEdges_Accepted(int address)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(address, Parse($"lamp 0x{address:X2} dim").Address);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x48 dim")]  // gap between buttons and keypad 0
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x4F dim")]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x70 dim")]  // beyond MaxAddress
+    [InlineData("lamp 200 dim")]
+    public void Lamp_AddressOutOfRange_Rejected(string line)
+    {
+        Assert.Contains("out of range", ParseError(line));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 0x40")] // raw state above 6 lamp-state bits
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 64")]
+    public void Lamp_RawStateAboveSixBits_Rejected(string line)
+    {
+        Assert.Contains("0x00-0x3F", ParseError(line));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("lamp")]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12")]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 blinky")]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 fast blinky")]
+    [InlineData("lamp 0x12 fast bright extra")]
+    [InlineData("lamp banana dim")]
+    [InlineData("bogus 1 2")]
+    public void Lamp_Malformed_ReturnsErrorText(string line)
+    {
+        Assert.NotEmpty(ParseError(line));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void LampAll_ParsesStateWithoutAddress()
+    {
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse("lamp-all off");
+        Assert.Equal(FeedbackCommandKind.LampAll, cmd.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(RioLampState.SolidOff, cmd.LampState);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData("   ")]
+    [InlineData("# a comment")]
+    [InlineData("; also a comment")]
+    [InlineData("  # indented comment")]
+    public void BlankAndComment_SkippedWithoutError(string line)
+    {
+        bool ok = FeedbackLineParser.TryParse(line, out FeedbackCommand? command, out string? error);
+        Assert.False(ok);
+        Assert.Null(command);
+        Assert.Null(error);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaClear_Parses()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaClear, Parse("plasma clear").Kind);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_Quoted_StripsQuotes()
+    {
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse("plasma text \"VIPER 1-1\"");
+        Assert.Equal(FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText, cmd.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal("VIPER 1-1", cmd.Text);
+        Assert.Equal(0, cmd.X); // (0,0) = auto-center
+        Assert.Equal(0, cmd.Y);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_Unquoted_TakesRestOfLine()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal("VIPER 1-1", Parse("plasma text VIPER 1-1").Text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_TwoLeadingNumbers_ArePosition()
+    {
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse("plasma text 12 3 \"FUEL LOW\"");
+        Assert.Equal(12, cmd.X);
+        Assert.Equal(3, cmd.Y);
+        Assert.Equal("FUEL LOW", cmd.Text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_OneLeadingNumber_IsText()
+    {
+        // Only two consecutive numeric tokens form a position; a single one is text.
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse("plasma text 42 kills");
+        Assert.Equal(0, cmd.X);
+        Assert.Equal(0, cmd.Y);
+        Assert.Equal("42 kills", cmd.Text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_QuotedNumber_IsText()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal("42", Parse("plasma text \"42\"").Text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_Latin1Chars_Preserved()
+    {
+        // Latin-1 range survives the parser untouched (plasma wire encoding).
+        Assert.Equal("CAFÉ ÜBER", Parse("plasma text \"CAFÉ ÜBER\"").Text);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("plasma")]
+    [InlineData("plasma bogus")]
+    [InlineData("plasma clear extra")]
+    [InlineData("plasma text")]
+    [InlineData("plasma text \"unterminated")]
+    [InlineData("plasma text \"done\" trailing")]
+    [InlineData("plasma text 300 1 \"X\"")] // position out of byte range
+    public void Plasma_Malformed_ReturnsErrorText(string line)
+    {
+        Assert.NotEmpty(ParseError(line));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaRow_ParsesRowAndHexData()
+    {
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse("plasma row 5 80000000000000000000000000000001");
+        Assert.Equal(FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaRow, cmd.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(5, cmd.Y);
+        Assert.NotNull(cmd.Data);
+        Assert.Equal(16, cmd.Data!.Length);
+        Assert.Equal(0x80, cmd.Data[0]); // leftmost pixel lit (MSB-first)
+        Assert.Equal(0x01, cmd.Data[15]);
+        Assert.All(cmd.Data.Skip(1).Take(14), b => Assert.Equal(0, b));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaRow_HexRowNumber_AndMixedCaseHex()
+    {
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse("PLASMA ROW 0x1F AaBbCcDdEeFf00112233445566778899");
+        Assert.Equal(31, cmd.Y);
+        Assert.Equal(0xAA, cmd.Data![0]);
+        Assert.Equal(0x99, cmd.Data[15]);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("plasma row")]                                        // no row
+    [InlineData("plasma row 5")]                                      // no data
+    [InlineData("plasma row 32 80000000000000000000000000000001")]    // row out of range
+    [InlineData("plasma row 5 8000")]                                 // too short
+    [InlineData("plasma row 5 800000000000000000000000000000010A")]   // too long
+    [InlineData("plasma row 5 8000000000000000000000000000000G")]     // non-hex char
+    [InlineData("plasma row 5 80000000000000000000000000000001 x")]   // trailing token
+    public void PlasmaRow_Malformed_ReturnsErrorText(string line)
+    {
+        Assert.NotEmpty(ParseError(line));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_ThirdNumberWithTextFollowing_IsFont()
+    {
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse("plasma text 35 21 2 \"1\"");
+        Assert.Equal(35, cmd.X);
+        Assert.Equal(21, cmd.Y);
+        Assert.Equal(2, cmd.Font);
+        Assert.Equal("1", cmd.Text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_ThirdNumberAsLastToken_IsTextNotFont()
+    {
+        // `plasma text 2 2 7` keeps displaying "7", as it always has.
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse("plasma text 2 2 7");
+        Assert.Equal(2, cmd.X);
+        Assert.Equal(2, cmd.Y);
+        Assert.Equal(0, cmd.Font);
+        Assert.Equal("7", cmd.Text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_NoFontGiven_IsAuto()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(0, Parse("plasma text 12 3 \"FUEL LOW\"").Font);
+        Assert.Equal(0, Parse("plasma text \"VIPER 1-1\"").Font);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaText_FontOutOfRange_Rejected()
+    {
+        Assert.Contains("font", ParseError("plasma text 2 2 99 \"X\""));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlasmaBox_ParsesGeometry()
+    {
+        FeedbackCommand cmd = Parse("plasma box 32 19 64 12");
+        Assert.Equal(FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaBox, cmd.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal(32, cmd.X);
+        Assert.Equal(19, cmd.Y);
+        Assert.Equal(64, cmd.Width);
+        Assert.Equal(12, cmd.Height);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("plasma box")]                  // nothing
+    [InlineData("plasma box 32 19 64")]         // missing h
+    [InlineData("plasma box 32 19 64 12 x")]    // trailing token
+    [InlineData("plasma box 128 0 1 1")]        // x out of range
+    [InlineData("plasma box 0 32 1 1")]         // y out of range
+    [InlineData("plasma box 100 0 40 1")]       // spills off the right edge
+    [InlineData("plasma box 0 28 1 8")]         // spills off the bottom
+    [InlineData("plasma box 0 0 0 5")]          // zero width
+    public void PlasmaBox_Malformed_ReturnsErrorText(string line)
+    {
+        Assert.NotEmpty(ParseError(line));
+    }
+}
+
+public class FeedbackLineBufferTests
+{
+    private static byte[] Latin1(string s) => Encoding.GetEncoding(28591).GetBytes(s);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Feed_SplitsOnLf_AndStripsCr()
+    {
+        var buffer = new FeedbackLineBuffer();
+        byte[] data = Latin1("lamp 1 dim\r\nplasma clear\n");
+        Assert.Equal(
+            new[] { "lamp 1 dim", "plasma clear" },
+            buffer.Feed(data, data.Length));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Feed_ReassemblesLinesSplitAcrossChunks()
+    {
+        var buffer = new FeedbackLineBuffer();
+        byte[] a = Latin1("lamp 0x12 fa");
+        byte[] b = Latin1("st bright\n");
+        Assert.Empty(buffer.Feed(a, a.Length));
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "lamp 0x12 fast bright" }, buffer.Feed(b, b.Length));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Feed_DiscardsOverlongLine_ThenRecovers()
+    {
+        var buffer = new FeedbackLineBuffer();
+        byte[] junk = Latin1(new string('x', FeedbackLineBuffer.MaxLineLength + 50) + "\nlamp 1 dim\n");
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "lamp 1 dim" }, buffer.Feed(junk, junk.Length));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Feed_DecodesLatin1Bytes()
+    {
+        var buffer = new FeedbackLineBuffer();
+        byte[] data = Latin1("plasma text \"CAFÉ\"\n");
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "plasma text \"CAFÉ\"" }, buffer.Feed(data, data.Length));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Flush_ReturnsTrailingLineWithoutLf()
+    {
+        // UDP datagrams may omit the final LF; end-of-datagram is a terminator.
+        var buffer = new FeedbackLineBuffer();
+        byte[] data = Latin1("lamp 1 dim\nlamp 2 off");
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "lamp 1 dim" }, buffer.Feed(data, data.Length));
+        Assert.Equal("lamp 2 off", buffer.Flush());
+        Assert.Null(buffer.Flush()); // flushed state is consumed
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Flush_EmptyOrDiscarding_ReturnsNull()
+    {
+        var buffer = new FeedbackLineBuffer();
+        Assert.Null(buffer.Flush());
+
+        byte[] junk = Latin1(new string('x', FeedbackLineBuffer.MaxLineLength + 50));
+        Assert.Empty(buffer.Feed(junk, junk.Length));
+        Assert.Null(buffer.Flush()); // overlong tail is discarded, not returned
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Feedback/FeedbackPipeServerTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+using System.IO.Pipes;
+using System.Text;
+using RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Feedback;
+
+public class FeedbackPipeServerTests
+{
+    private static string UniqueName() => $"riojoy-fb-test-{Guid.NewGuid():N}";
+
+    private static byte[] Latin1(string s) => Encoding.GetEncoding(28591).GetBytes(s);
+
+    /// <summary>Collector whose Count/Snapshot are safe against the reader threads.</summary>
+    private sealed class Lines
+    {
+        private readonly List<string> _lines = new();
+
+        public void Add(string line)
+        {
+            lock (_lines) _lines.Add(line);
+        }
+
+        public int Count
+        {
+            get { lock (_lines) return _lines.Count; }
+        }
+
+        public string[] Snapshot()
+        {
+            lock (_lines) return _lines.ToArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // The accept loop arms asynchronously after Start; retry until it listens.
+    private static NamedPipeClientStream Connect(string name, int timeoutMs = 5000)
+    {
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMilliseconds(timeoutMs);
+        while (true)
+        {
+            var client = new NamedPipeClientStream(".", name, PipeDirection.Out);
+            try
+            {
+                client.Connect(200);
+                return client;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is IOException or TimeoutException)
+            {
+                client.Dispose();
+                Assert.True(DateTime.UtcNow < deadline, $"could not connect to {name}: {ex.Message}");
+                Thread.Sleep(20);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void Send(NamedPipeClientStream client, string text)
+    {
+        byte[] data = Latin1(text);
+        client.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
+        client.Flush();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Lines_AreDeliveredInOrder()
+    {
+        string name = UniqueName();
+        var lines = new Lines();
+        using var server = new FeedbackPipeServer(name, lines.Add);
+        server.Start();
+
+        using NamedPipeClientStream client = Connect(name);
+        Send(client, "lamp 1 dim\r\nplasma clear\n");
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lines.Count >= 2);
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "lamp 1 dim", "plasma clear" }, lines.Snapshot());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Line_SplitAcrossWrites_Reassembles()
+    {
+        string name = UniqueName();
+        var lines = new Lines();
+        using var server = new FeedbackPipeServer(name, lines.Add);
+        server.Start();
+
+        using NamedPipeClientStream client = Connect(name);
+        Send(client, "lamp 0x12 fa");
+        Send(client, "st bright\n");
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lines.Count >= 1);
+        Assert.Equal("lamp 0x12 fast bright", Assert.Single(lines.Snapshot()));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TwoConcurrentClients_BothDeliver()
+    {
+        string name = UniqueName();
+        var lines = new Lines();
+        using var server = new FeedbackPipeServer(name, lines.Add);
+        server.Start();
+
+        using NamedPipeClientStream a = Connect(name);
+        using NamedPipeClientStream b = Connect(name); // second instance while A stays connected
+        Send(a, "lamp 1 dim\n");
+        Send(b, "lamp 2 off\n");
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lines.Count >= 2);
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "lamp 1 dim", "lamp 2 off" }, lines.Snapshot().OrderBy(l => l));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ClientDisconnect_ThenReconnect_Works()
+    {
+        string name = UniqueName();
+        var lines = new Lines();
+        using var server = new FeedbackPipeServer(name, lines.Add);
+        server.Start();
+
+        using (NamedPipeClientStream first = Connect(name))
+            Send(first, "lamp 1 dim\n");
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lines.Count >= 1);
+
+        using NamedPipeClientStream second = Connect(name); // server re-arms after the EOF
+        Send(second, "lamp 2 off\n");
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lines.Count >= 2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ThrowingLineHandler_DoesNotKillTheConnection()
+    {
+        string name = UniqueName();
+        var lines = new Lines();
+        using var server = new FeedbackPipeServer(name, line =>
+        {
+            if (line.Contains("boom"))
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("handler bug");
+            lines.Add(line);
+        });
+        server.Start();
+
+        using NamedPipeClientStream client = Connect(name);
+        Send(client, "boom\nlamp 1 dim\n");
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lines.Count >= 1); // the good line still lands
+        Assert.Equal("lamp 1 dim", Assert.Single(lines.Snapshot()));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Dispose_UnblocksThePendingAccept()
+    {
+        var server = new FeedbackPipeServer(UniqueName(), _ => { });
+        server.Start();
+        Thread.Sleep(100);   // let the accept loop park in WaitForConnection
+        server.Dispose();    // must not hang on the pending accept (poke-connect)
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Feedback/FeedbackRouterTests.cs

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+using RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
+using RioJoy.Core.Plasma;
+using RioJoy.Core.Protocol;
+using RioJoy.Core.Tests.Mapping;
+using RioJoy.Core.Tests.Serial;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Feedback;
+
+public class FeedbackRouterTests : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly RecordingSink _sink = new();
+    private readonly CoalescingLampScheduler _scheduler;
+    private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cts = new();
+    private readonly Task _pump;
+
+    public FeedbackRouterTests()
+    {
+        _scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(_sink, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1));
+        _pump = _scheduler.RunAsync(_cts.Token);
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _cts.Cancel();
+        _pump.Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+        _cts.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    private static FeedbackCommand Lamp(int address, byte state) =>
+        new() { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.Lamp, Address = address, LampState = state };
+
+    private static FeedbackCommand Text(string text) =>
+        new() { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText, Text = text };
+
+    private static FeedbackCommand Row(byte y)
+    {
+        var data = new byte[16];
+        data[0] = y; // distinguishable payload per row
+        return new FeedbackCommand { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaRow, Y = y, Data = data };
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Lamp_ProfileOwnedAddressDropped_UnownedApplied()
+    {
+        var map = new RioInputMap();
+        map[0x10] = RioMapEntry.Create(RioRouteKind.Keyboard, 0x41, lit: true); // InputRouter owns this lamp
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        var logged = new List<string>();
+        router.Logged += logged.Add;
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, map, plasma: null, new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        router.Dispatch(Lamp(0x11, RioLampState.SolidBright)); // unowned → applied
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => _sink.Snapshot().Length >= 1);
+        Assert.Equal("Lamp(0x11,0x3C)", Assert.Single(_sink.Snapshot()));
+
+        router.Dispatch(Lamp(0x10, RioLampState.SolidBright)); // owned → dropped
+        router.Dispatch(Lamp(0x10, RioLampState.SolidOff));
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+        Assert.Single(_sink.Snapshot());
+        Assert.Equal(2, router.DroppedCommands);
+        Assert.Single(logged); // logged once per address per attach, not per drop
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Detached_CommandsDroppedAndCounted()
+    {
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Dispatch(Lamp(0x01, RioLampState.SolidBright)); // never attached
+        Assert.Equal(1, router.DroppedCommands);
+
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, new RioInputMap(), null, new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+        router.Detach();
+        router.Dispatch(Lamp(0x01, RioLampState.SolidBright));
+        Assert.Equal(2, router.DroppedCommands);
+
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+        Assert.Empty(_sink.Snapshot());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AllowFlags_GateLampAndPlasma()
+    {
+        var transport = new FakeTransport();
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, new RioInputMap(), new PlasmaDisplay(transport),
+            new ProfileFeedbackConfig { AllowLampCommands = false, AllowPlasmaText = false });
+
+        router.Dispatch(Lamp(0x01, RioLampState.SolidBright));
+        router.Dispatch(Text("NOPE"));
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+
+        Assert.Empty(_sink.Snapshot());
+        Assert.False(transport.Writes.TryRead(out _));
+        Assert.Equal(2, router.DroppedCommands);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task LampAll_SkipsProfileOwnedLamps()
+    {
+        var map = new RioInputMap();
+        map[0x00] = RioMapEntry.Create(RioRouteKind.Joystick, 1, lit: true);
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, map, null, new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        router.Dispatch(new FeedbackCommand
+        {
+            Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.LampAll,
+            LampState = RioLampState.SolidDim,
+        });
+
+        int expected = Enumerable.Range(0, RioAddress.TableSize).Count(RioAddress.IsValid) - 1;
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => _sink.Snapshot().Length >= expected);
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+
+        string[] sent = _sink.Snapshot();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, sent.Length);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("Lamp(0x00,0x14)", sent); // the profile-owned lamp is untouched
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Plasma_FloodCoalesces_FirstAndLatestOnly()
+    {
+        // Park the first text mid-write; everything dispatched meanwhile collapses
+        // to the single latest pending command.
+        var transport = new GatedTransport();
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, new RioInputMap(), new PlasmaDisplay(transport),
+            new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        router.Dispatch(Text("FIRST"));  // goes busy, parked on the gate
+        router.Dispatch(Text("MID-1"));  // pending
+        router.Dispatch(Text("MID-2"));  // supersedes MID-1
+        router.Dispatch(Text("LAST"));   // supersedes MID-2
+        transport.Open();
+
+        var writes = new List<byte[]>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+            writes.Add(await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.Text("FIRST"), writes[4]); // FIRST's text chunk
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.Text("LAST"), writes[9]);  // then only LAST's
+        Assert.True(transport.NoMoreWrites);
+        Assert.Equal(2, router.DroppedCommands); // the two superseded middles
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PlasmaText_CoalescesPerPosition_OtherFieldsSurvive()
+    {
+        // The documented multi-field layout sends several positioned texts in a
+        // burst (callsign top, score bottom). Coalescing is per (x,y): a newer
+        // score supersedes the queued score, never the queued callsign.
+        var transport = new GatedTransport();
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, new RioInputMap(), new PlasmaDisplay(transport),
+            new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        router.Dispatch(Text("PARK"));   // goes busy, parked on the gate
+        router.Dispatch(new FeedbackCommand
+        { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText, Text = "VIPER", X = 2, Y = 2 });
+        router.Dispatch(new FeedbackCommand
+        { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText, Text = "SCORE 1", X = 2, Y = 18 });
+        router.Dispatch(new FeedbackCommand
+        { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaText, Text = "SCORE 2", X = 2, Y = 18 }); // supersedes SCORE 1 only
+        transport.Open();
+
+        var texts = new List<string>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 15; i++)
+        {
+            byte[] w = await transport.NextWriteAsync();
+            string s = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(28591).GetString(w);
+            if (w.Length > 0 && w[0] != 0x1B)
+                texts.Add(s); // the text chunks, minus ESC command prefixes
+            if (texts.Count == 3)
+                break;
+        }
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "PARK", "VIPER", "SCORE 2" }, texts);
+        Assert.Equal(1, router.DroppedCommands); // only SCORE 1 superseded
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PlasmaBox_WritesOutlineWithBlankedInterior()
+    {
+        var transport = new GatedTransport();
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, new RioInputMap(), new PlasmaDisplay(transport),
+            new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        // 16px-wide box at a byte boundary, 4 rows: bytes are exact.
+        router.Dispatch(new FeedbackCommand
+        { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaBox, X = 32, Y = 10, Width = 16, Height = 4 });
+        transport.Open();
+
+        byte[] w = await transport.NextWriteAsync();
+        // ESC P s=0 y=10 x=4 w=2 h=4, then 8 data bytes.
+        Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 0x1B, (byte)'P', 0, 10, 4, 2, 4 }, w.Take(7).ToArray());
+        byte[] data = w.Skip(7).ToArray();
+        Assert.Equal(new byte[]
+        {
+            0xFF, 0xFF, // top edge: all lit
+            0x80, 0x01, // interior row: only the side walls
+            0x80, 0x01,
+            0xFF, 0xFF, // bottom edge
+        }, data);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PlasmaRows_StreamInFifoOrder_NotCoalesced()
+    {
+        // A bitmap frame is many rows — unlike text, rows must all land, in order.
+        var transport = new GatedTransport();
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, new RioInputMap(), new PlasmaDisplay(transport),
+            new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        router.Dispatch(Row(0)); // goes busy, parked on the gate
+        router.Dispatch(Row(1));
+        router.Dispatch(Row(2));
+        transport.Open();
+
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(0, Row(0).Data!), await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(1, Row(1).Data!), await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(2, Row(2).Data!), await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+        Assert.Equal(0, router.DroppedCommands);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PlasmaClear_FlushesQueuedRowsAndTexts()
+    {
+        var transport = new GatedTransport();
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, new RioInputMap(), new PlasmaDisplay(transport),
+            new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        router.Dispatch(Row(0));  // in flight, parked
+        router.Dispatch(Row(1));  // queued…
+        router.Dispatch(Text("STALE"));
+        router.Dispatch(new FeedbackCommand { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaClear }); // …flushed
+        transport.Open();
+
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(0, Row(0).Data!), await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.Clear(), await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+        Assert.True(transport.NoMoreWrites);
+        Assert.Equal(2, router.DroppedCommands); // the flushed row + text
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PlasmaRowQueue_IsBounded()
+    {
+        var transport = new GatedTransport();
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, new RioInputMap(), new PlasmaDisplay(transport),
+            new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        router.Dispatch(Row(0)); // parked in flight; everything below queues
+        for (int i = 0; i < 140; i++)
+            router.Dispatch(Row(1));
+
+        Assert.Equal(140 - 128, router.DroppedCommands); // over the 128-entry bound
+
+        transport.Open();
+        // Drain: the parked row + the 128 queued ones.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 129; i++)
+            await transport.NextWriteAsync();
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+        Assert.True(transport.NoMoreWrites);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PlasmaClear_WritesTheClearCommand()
+    {
+        var transport = new FakeTransport();
+        var router = new FeedbackRouter();
+        router.Attach(_scheduler, new RioInputMap(), new PlasmaDisplay(transport),
+            new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        router.Dispatch(new FeedbackCommand { Kind = FeedbackCommandKind.PlasmaClear });
+
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.Clear(), await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Feedback/FeedbackServiceTests.cs

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+using System.IO.Pipes;
+using System.Text;
+using RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+using RioJoy.Core.Mapping;
+using RioJoy.Core.Plasma;
+using RioJoy.Core.Tests.Mapping;
+using RioJoy.Core.Tests.Serial;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Feedback;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// End-to-end: pipe client → line assembly → parse → router → lamp scheduler /
+/// plasma, the exact path a sim export script exercises.
+/// </summary>
+public class FeedbackServiceTests
+{
+    private static string UniqueName() => $"riojoy-fb-svc-{Guid.NewGuid():N}";
+
+    private static NamedPipeClientStream Connect(string name, int timeoutMs = 5000)
+    {
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMilliseconds(timeoutMs);
+        while (true)
+        {
+            var client = new NamedPipeClientStream(".", name, PipeDirection.Out);
+            try
+            {
+                client.Connect(200);
+                return client;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is IOException or TimeoutException)
+            {
+                client.Dispose();
+                Assert.True(DateTime.UtcNow < deadline, $"could not connect: {ex.Message}");
+                Thread.Sleep(20);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void Send(NamedPipeClientStream client, string text)
+    {
+        byte[] data = Encoding.GetEncoding(28591).GetBytes(text);
+        client.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
+        client.Flush();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PipeClient_DrivesLampsAndPlasma_MalformedLinesSurvive()
+    {
+        string name = UniqueName();
+        var lamps = new RecordingSink();
+        var plasmaTransport = new FakeTransport();
+        using var service = new FeedbackService(new FeedbackEndpointConfig { PipeName = name });
+        service.Start();
+        service.Attach(lamps, new RioInputMap(), new PlasmaDisplay(plasmaTransport),
+            new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        using NamedPipeClientStream client = Connect(name);
+        Send(client, "# cockpit warmup\nlamp 0x11 fast bright\nbogus nonsense\nplasma clear\n");
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lamps.Snapshot().Length >= 1);
+        Assert.Equal("Lamp(0x11,0x3F)", Assert.Single(lamps.Snapshot()));
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.Clear(), await plasmaTransport.NextWriteAsync());
+        Assert.Equal(1, service.MalformedLines); // the bogus line, not the comment
+
+        Send(client, "lamp 0x11 off\n"); // the connection survived the bad line
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lamps.Snapshot().Length >= 2);
+        Assert.Equal("Lamp(0x11,0x00)", lamps.Snapshot()[1]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PipeClient_StreamsBitmapRows()
+    {
+        string name = UniqueName();
+        var plasmaTransport = new FakeTransport();
+        using var service = new FeedbackService(new FeedbackEndpointConfig { PipeName = name });
+        service.Start();
+        service.Attach(new RecordingSink(), new RioInputMap(),
+            new PlasmaDisplay(plasmaTransport), new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+
+        using NamedPipeClientStream client = Connect(name);
+        Send(client, "plasma row 0 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF\n" +
+                     "plasma row 1 80000000000000000000000000000001\n");
+
+        var solid = Enumerable.Repeat((byte)0xFF, 16).ToArray();
+        var edges = new byte[16];
+        edges[0] = 0x80;
+        edges[15] = 0x01;
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(0, solid), await plasmaTransport.NextWriteAsync());
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(1, edges), await plasmaTransport.NextWriteAsync());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Detach_DropsCommands_ReattachAppliesAgain()
+    {
+        string name = UniqueName();
+        var lamps = new RecordingSink();
+        using var service = new FeedbackService(new FeedbackEndpointConfig { PipeName = name });
+        service.Start();
+        using NamedPipeClientStream client = Connect(name);
+
+        // Dormant (never attached): commands drop, the client stays connected.
+        Send(client, "lamp 0x01 bright\n");
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => service.DroppedCommands >= 1);
+        Assert.Empty(lamps.Snapshot());
+
+        // Profile activates: the same client now drives lamps.
+        service.Attach(lamps, new RioInputMap(), null, new ProfileFeedbackConfig());
+        Send(client, "lamp 0x01 bright\n");
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lamps.Snapshot().Length >= 1);
+
+        // Yield to a native game: back to dropping, still connected.
+        service.Detach();
+        Send(client, "lamp 0x01 off\n");
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => service.DroppedCommands >= 2);
+        Assert.Single(lamps.Snapshot());
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Feedback/FeedbackTestHelpers.cs

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+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Feedback;
+
+internal static class FeedbackWait
+{
+    /// <summary>Poll until <paramref name="condition"/> holds, failing at the deadline.</summary>
+    public static async Task For(Func<bool> condition, int timeoutMs = 5000)
+    {
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMilliseconds(timeoutMs);
+        while (!condition())
+        {
+            Assert.True(DateTime.UtcNow < deadline, "condition not reached in time");
+            await Task.Delay(10);
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Feedback/FeedbackUdpListenerTests.cs

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+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Text;
+using RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Feedback;
+
+public class FeedbackUdpListenerTests
+{
+    private static byte[] Latin1(string s) => Encoding.GetEncoding(28591).GetBytes(s);
+
+    private sealed class Lines
+    {
+        private readonly List<string> _lines = new();
+
+        public void Add(string line)
+        {
+            lock (_lines) _lines.Add(line);
+        }
+
+        public int Count
+        {
+            get { lock (_lines) return _lines.Count; }
+        }
+
+        public string[] Snapshot()
+        {
+            lock (_lines) return _lines.ToArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void Send(int port, byte[] datagram)
+    {
+        using var udp = new UdpClient();
+        udp.Send(datagram, datagram.Length, new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Loopback, port));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Datagram_WithoutTrailingLf_IsOneLine()
+    {
+        var lines = new Lines();
+        using var listener = new FeedbackUdpListener(0, lines.Add); // 0 → ephemeral
+        Assert.NotEqual(0, listener.Port);
+        listener.Start();
+
+        Send(listener.Port, Latin1("lamp 1 dim")); // datagram end terminates the line
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lines.Count >= 1);
+        Assert.Equal("lamp 1 dim", Assert.Single(lines.Snapshot()));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Datagram_WithMultipleLines_DeliversEach()
+    {
+        var lines = new Lines();
+        using var listener = new FeedbackUdpListener(0, lines.Add);
+        listener.Start();
+
+        Send(listener.Port, Latin1("lamp 1 dim\nlamp 2 off\nplasma clear"));
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lines.Count >= 3);
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "lamp 1 dim", "lamp 2 off", "plasma clear" }, lines.Snapshot());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ThrowingLineHandler_DoesNotKillTheListener()
+    {
+        var lines = new Lines();
+        using var listener = new FeedbackUdpListener(0, line =>
+        {
+            if (line.Contains("boom"))
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("handler bug");
+            lines.Add(line);
+        });
+        listener.Start();
+
+        Send(listener.Port, Latin1("boom\n"));
+        Send(listener.Port, Latin1("lamp 1 dim\n"));
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => lines.Count >= 1);
+        Assert.Equal("lamp 1 dim", Assert.Single(lines.Snapshot()));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Dispose_UnblocksThePendingReceive()
+    {
+        var listener = new FeedbackUdpListener(0, _ => { });
+        listener.Start();
+        Thread.Sleep(50);   // let the loop park in Receive
+        listener.Dispose(); // Close must unblock it without hanging
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PortInUse_ThrowsSocketException()
+    {
+        using var first = new FeedbackUdpListener(0, _ => { });
+        Assert.Throws<SocketException>(() => new FeedbackUdpListener(first.Port, _ => { }));
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Feedback/RumbleLampAdapterTests.cs

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+using RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
+using RioJoy.Core.Protocol;
+using RioJoy.Core.Tests.Mapping;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Feedback;
+
+public class RumbleLampAdapterTests
+{
+    // Flash + Bright/Bright state bytes the bands resolve to.
+    private const byte SlowBright = 0x3D;
+    private const byte MedBright = 0x3E;
+    private const byte FastBright = 0x3F;
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0, 24, 0x00)]           // below threshold → off
+    [InlineData(23, 24, 0x00)]
+    [InlineData(24, 24, SlowBright)]    // first third of the remaining range
+    [InlineData(100, 24, SlowBright)]
+    [InlineData(101, 24, MedBright)]    // second third
+    [InlineData(177, 24, MedBright)]
+    [InlineData(178, 24, FastBright)]   // top third
+    [InlineData(255, 24, FastBright)]
+    [InlineData(0, 0, SlowBright)]      // threshold 0 = never off
+    public void MapMotor_BandsResolveToDocumentedStates(int value, int threshold, byte expected)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(expected, RumbleLampAdapter.MapMotor((byte)value, (byte)threshold));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MapMotor_MatchesRioLampStateCompose()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(
+            RioLampState.Compose(LampFlash.FlashFast, LampField1.Bright, LampField2.Bright),
+            RumbleLampAdapter.MapMotor(255, 24));
+        Assert.Equal(RioLampState.SolidOff, RumbleLampAdapter.MapMotor(0, 24));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task OnRumble_DrivesEachMotorsConfiguredAddresses()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(sink, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1));
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task pump = scheduler.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+
+        var adapter = new RumbleLampAdapter(new RumbleLampConfig
+        {
+            LargeMotorLamps = { 0x20, 0x21 },
+            SmallMotorLamps = { 0x30 },
+        }, scheduler);
+
+        adapter.OnRumble(255, 0); // big hit, no small motor
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => sink.Snapshot().Length >= 3);
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await pump;
+
+        string[] sent = sink.Snapshot();
+        Assert.Contains("Lamp(0x20,0x3F)", sent); // large motor lamps flash fast
+        Assert.Contains("Lamp(0x21,0x3F)", sent);
+        Assert.Contains("Lamp(0x30,0x00)", sent); // small motor lamps confirmed off
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task OnRumble_RepeatedIdenticalValues_PostNothingNew()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(sink, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1));
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task pump = scheduler.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+
+        var adapter = new RumbleLampAdapter(
+            new RumbleLampConfig { LargeMotorLamps = { 0x20 }, SmallMotorLamps = { 0x30 } },
+            scheduler);
+
+        // XInput-style spam: same vibration reported over and over.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 200; i++)
+            adapter.OnRumble(200, 0);
+
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => sink.Snapshot().Length >= 2);
+        await Task.Delay(50);
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await pump;
+
+        Assert.Equal(2, sink.Snapshot().Length); // one state per motor, ever
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task OnRumble_ZeroAfterRumble_TurnsTheLampsOff()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var scheduler = new CoalescingLampScheduler(sink, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1));
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task pump = scheduler.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+
+        var adapter = new RumbleLampAdapter(
+            new RumbleLampConfig { LargeMotorLamps = { 0x20 } }, scheduler);
+
+        adapter.OnRumble(255, 0);
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => sink.Snapshot().Contains("Lamp(0x20,0x3F)"));
+        adapter.OnRumble(0, 0);
+        await FeedbackWait.For(() => sink.Snapshot().Contains("Lamp(0x20,0x00)"));
+
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await pump;
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Hosting/CompanionExitTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+using RioJoy.Core.Hosting;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Hosting;
+
+public class CompanionTargetTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void NumericValue_IsAPid()
+    {
+        CompanionTarget target = CompanionTarget.Parse("4312");
+        Assert.Equal(4312, target.Pid);
+        Assert.Null(target.Name);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("d1x-rebirth")]
+    [InlineData("D1X-Rebirth.exe")]
+    [InlineData(@"C:\games\descent\d1x-rebirth.exe")]
+    public void NameForms_NormalizeLikeTriggers(string value)
+    {
+        CompanionTarget target = CompanionTarget.Parse(value);
+        Assert.Null(target.Pid);
+        Assert.Equal("d1x-rebirth", target.Name);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BlankValue_Throws()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => CompanionTarget.Parse("  "));
+    }
+}
+
+public class CompanionExitTests
+{
+    private static readonly TimeSpan Grace = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CompanionSeenThenGone_Exits()
+    {
+        var exit = new CompanionExit(Grace);
+        Assert.False(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: true, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)));
+        Assert.False(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: true, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)));
+        Assert.True(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: false, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CompanionNeverSeen_WaitsOutTheStartupGrace()
+    {
+        // Launch order is not guaranteed: the game may still be loading.
+        var exit = new CompanionExit(Grace);
+        Assert.False(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: false, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)));
+        Assert.False(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: false, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(59)));
+        Assert.True(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: false, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void LateStart_WithinGrace_StillTracksTheCompanion()
+    {
+        var exit = new CompanionExit(Grace);
+        Assert.False(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: false, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)));
+        Assert.False(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: true, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(45))); // game arrived late
+        Assert.False(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: true, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(90))); // grace no longer matters
+        Assert.True(exit.ShouldExit(companionRunning: false, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(91)));
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Plasma/PlasmaCommandsTests.cs

@@ -30,6 +30,37 @@ public class PlasmaCommandsTests
         Assert.Equal(new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C' }, PlasmaCommands.Text("ABC"));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void GraphicsWrite_LaysOutHeaderThenData()
+    {
+        // ESC P s y x w h data… (s=0, single-screen hardware).
+        byte[] cmd = PlasmaCommands.GraphicsWrite(5, 2, 2, 2, new byte[] { 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD });
+        Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 27, (byte)'P', 0, 5, 2, 2, 2, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD }, cmd);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GraphicsRow_IsAWholeRowWrite()
+    {
+        // The native game's shape: x=0, w=16, h=1 — one full 128-px row.
+        var row = new byte[16];
+        row[0] = 0x80; // leftmost pixel (MSB-first)
+        byte[] cmd = PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(31, row);
+        byte[] expected = new byte[] { 27, (byte)'P', 0, 31, 0, 16, 1 }.Concat(row).ToArray();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, cmd);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GraphicsWrite_RejectsOutOfPanelSpans()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(32, new byte[16]));
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(
+            () => PlasmaCommands.GraphicsWrite(0, 15, 2, 1, new byte[2]));  // spills past byte column 15
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(
+            () => PlasmaCommands.GraphicsWrite(31, 0, 16, 2, new byte[32])); // spills past row 31
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(
+            () => PlasmaCommands.GraphicsWrite(0, 0, 16, 1, new byte[15]));  // data length mismatch
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(0, 5, 7)]
     [InlineData(3, 5, 7)]

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Plasma/PlasmaDisplayTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+using RioJoy.Core.Plasma;
+using RioJoy.Core.Tests.Serial;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Plasma;
+
+public class PlasmaDisplayTests
+{
+    private static byte[][] PosTextChunks(string text, byte x = 0, byte y = 0, byte attr = 0, byte font = 0)
+    {
+        (byte rx, byte ry, byte rfont, int len) = PlasmaCommands.ResolvePosText(text, x, y, font);
+        return new[]
+        {
+            PlasmaCommands.CursorX(rx),
+            PlasmaCommands.CursorY(ry),
+            PlasmaCommands.FontAttr(attr),
+            PlasmaCommands.Font(rfont),
+            PlasmaCommands.Text(text[..len]),
+        };
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PosTextAsync_EmitsThePosTextSequenceInOrder()
+    {
+        var transport = new FakeTransport();
+        var display = new PlasmaDisplay(transport);
+
+        await display.PosTextAsync("VIPER 1-1").WithTimeout();
+
+        foreach (byte[] expected in PosTextChunks("VIPER 1-1"))
+            Assert.Equal(expected, await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PosTextAsync_EmptyText_WritesNothing()
+    {
+        var transport = new FakeTransport();
+        var display = new PlasmaDisplay(transport);
+
+        await display.PosTextAsync("").WithTimeout();
+
+        Assert.False(transport.Writes.TryRead(out _));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ClearAsync_WritesTheClearCommand()
+    {
+        var transport = new FakeTransport();
+        var display = new PlasmaDisplay(transport);
+
+        await display.ClearAsync().WithTimeout();
+
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.Clear(), await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RowAsync_WritesOneGraphicsRowCommand()
+    {
+        var transport = new FakeTransport();
+        var display = new PlasmaDisplay(transport);
+        var row = new byte[16];
+        row[3] = 0xF0;
+
+        await display.RowAsync(12, row).WithTimeout();
+
+        Assert.Equal(PlasmaCommands.GraphicsRow(12, row), await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PosTextAsync_ConcurrentCalls_DoNotInterleave()
+    {
+        // Without the write lock, B's cursor/font fragments land between A's five
+        // writes and corrupt the ESC stream. Gate A's first write so B has every
+        // chance to sneak in, then assert the ten writes arrive as A's five
+        // followed by B's five.
+        var transport = new GatedTransport();
+        var display = new PlasmaDisplay(transport);
+
+        Task a = display.PosTextAsync("AAAA");
+        Task b = display.PosTextAsync("BBBB");
+        transport.Open();
+        await Task.WhenAll(a, b).WithTimeout();
+
+        var writes = new List<byte[]>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+            writes.Add(await transport.NextWriteAsync());
+
+        byte[][] expected = PosTextChunks("AAAA").Concat(PosTextChunks("BBBB")).ToArray();
+        for (int i = 0; i < expected.Length; i++)
+            Assert.Equal(expected[i], writes[i]);
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Profiles/ConfigLocatorTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using RioJoy.Core.Profiles;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Profiles;
+
+public class ConfigLocatorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void NoPortableFile_ResolvesToRoaming()
+    {
+        string dir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"riojoy-loc-{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+        try
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(@"C:\roaming\config.json",
+                ConfigLocator.Resolve(dir, @"C:\roaming\config.json"));
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Directory.Delete(dir, recursive: true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PortableFileBesideExe_Wins()
+    {
+        string dir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"riojoy-loc-{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+        try
+        {
+            string portable = Path.Combine(dir, ConfigLocator.PortableConfigFileName);
+            File.WriteAllText(portable, "{}");
+            Assert.Equal(portable, ConfigLocator.Resolve(dir, @"C:\roaming\config.json"));
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Directory.Delete(dir, recursive: true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(null)]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData("   ")]
+    public void MissingExeDirectory_FallsBackToRoaming(string? exeDir)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(@"C:\roaming\config.json",
+            ConfigLocator.Resolve(exeDir, @"C:\roaming\config.json"));
+    }
+}

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Profiles/ConfigStoreTests.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using RioJoy.Core.Calibration;
+using RioJoy.Core.Feedback;
 using RioJoy.Core.Output;
 using RioJoy.Core.Profiles;
 using Xunit;
@@ -86,6 +87,69 @@ public class ConfigStoreTests
         Assert.Null(Assert.Single(ConfigStore.Deserialize(json).Profiles).AxisRouting);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void RoundTrips_FeedbackSections()
+    {
+        var config = new AppConfig
+        {
+            Feedback = new FeedbackEndpointConfig { PipeName = "riojoy-fb-test", UdpPort = 19900 },
+            Profiles =
+            {
+                new RioProfile
+                {
+                    Name = "DCS",
+                    Feedback = new ProfileFeedbackConfig
+                    {
+                        AllowPlasmaText = false,
+                        Rumble = new RumbleLampConfig
+                        {
+                            LargeMotorLamps = { 0x12, 0x13 },
+                            SmallMotorLamps = { 0x60 },
+                            Threshold = 32,
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        };
+
+        AppConfig back = ConfigStore.Deserialize(ConfigStore.Serialize(config));
+
+        Assert.NotNull(back.Feedback);
+        Assert.True(back.Feedback!.PipeEnabled);
+        Assert.Equal("riojoy-fb-test", back.Feedback.PipeName);
+        Assert.Equal(19900, back.Feedback.UdpPort);
+
+        // These records hold List<int>, so no record value equality — per-property.
+        ProfileFeedbackConfig fb = Assert.Single(back.Profiles).Feedback!;
+        Assert.True(fb.AllowLampCommands);
+        Assert.False(fb.AllowPlasmaText);
+        Assert.NotNull(fb.Rumble);
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { 0x12, 0x13 }, fb.Rumble!.LargeMotorLamps);
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { 0x60 }, fb.Rumble.SmallMotorLamps);
+        Assert.Equal(32, fb.Rumble.Threshold);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Feedback_Unset_StaysNull_AndOffJson()
+    {
+        // null = feedback off / endpoint defaults; NullValueHandling.Ignore keeps
+        // both sections out of the JSON, so pre-Phase-9 files stay byte-compatible.
+        string json = ConfigStore.Serialize(new AppConfig { Profiles = { new RioProfile { Name = "P" } } });
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("Feedback", json);
+
+        AppConfig back = ConfigStore.Deserialize(json);
+        Assert.Null(back.Feedback);
+        Assert.Null(Assert.Single(back.Profiles).Feedback);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ShippedDescentProfile_ParsesWithFeedbackOff()
+    {
+        string json = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(TestRepo.Root(), "profiles", "descent-d1x.json"));
+        RioProfile p = Assert.Single(ConfigStore.Deserialize($"{{\"Profiles\":[{json}]}}").Profiles);
+        Assert.Null(p.Feedback); // pre-Phase-9 profile documents deserialize with feedback off
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void ShippedDescentProfile_ParsesWithDescentRouting_NoTriggerTargets()
     {

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/RioRuntimeTests.cs

@@ -48,6 +48,30 @@ public class RioRuntimeTests
         await run;
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Lamps_SetLamp_SendsALampRequestOverTheLink()
+    {
+        var fake = new FakeTransport();
+        var link = new RioSerialLink(fake, new RioSerialLinkOptions { AutoPollAnalog = false });
+        var recorder = new RecordingSink();
+
+        using var runtime = new RioRuntime(link, new RioInputMap(), recorder, recorder);
+        runtime.Start();
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Task run = link.RunAsync(cts.Token);
+
+        // The accessor the feedback endpoint's lamp scheduler drives (Phase 9).
+        runtime.Lamps.SetLamp(0x12, RioLampState.SolidBright);
+
+        Assert.Equal(
+            PacketBuilder.Build(RioCommand.LampRequest, new byte[] { 0x12, RioLampState.SolidBright }),
+            await fake.NextWriteAsync());
+
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await run;
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task AnalogReply_DrivesAllSixAxes()
     {

tests/RioJoy.Core.Tests/Serial/GatedTransport.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using System.Threading.Channels;
+using RioJoy.Core.Serial;
+
+namespace RioJoy.Core.Tests.Serial;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// <see cref="IRioTransport"/> whose first write blocks until <see cref="Open"/>
+/// — lets a test park one writer mid-sequence while another tries to cut in
+/// (write-lock and latest-wins assertions).
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class GatedTransport : IRioTransport
+{
+    private readonly Channel<byte[]> _writes = Channel.CreateUnbounded<byte[]>();
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _gate = new(0, 1);
+    private readonly object _armLock = new();
+    private bool _gateArmed = true;
+
+    public string Description => "gated";
+
+    /// <summary>Release the parked first write.</summary>
+    public void Open() => _gate.Release();
+
+    public Task<int> ReadAsync(byte[] buffer, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+        Task.FromResult(0);
+
+    public async Task WriteAsync(byte[] data, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        bool wait;
+        lock (_armLock)
+        {
+            wait = _gateArmed;
+            _gateArmed = false;
+        }
+        if (wait)
+            await _gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken);
+        _writes.Writer.TryWrite((byte[])data.Clone());
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Read the next write, failing if none arrives in time.</summary>
+    public async Task<byte[]> NextWriteAsync(TimeSpan? timeout = null)
+    {
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(timeout ?? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+        return await _writes.Reader.ReadAsync(cts.Token);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>True when no further write has arrived.</summary>
+    public bool NoMoreWrites => !_writes.Reader.TryPeek(out _);
+
+    public void Dispose() { }
+}