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    Programmable?

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      darthpaul @darthpaul
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      I have a question, where did place the call to the python scrip in runcommand.sh?

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        diegzumillo
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        I don't think there's a specific place you need to put it. Just outside any function should do. Did you try to put it somewhere and it failed?

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          darthpaul @diegzumillo
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          I first tried putting it at the very end, right before exit and the light came on after I exited the game not when I started it. I then placed the call near the beginning, right before the first if statement and now the light comes on when I start a game.

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            DxFx
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            I just recently updated my Raspbian desktop image to the latest version since I saw it was available and decided to tackle getting the PiGlow up and running on the Pi3 and it was a total success! Setting it up was a breeze, however I didn't follow the tutorial I posted verbatim. Instead I followed most of what is provided here: https://github.com/Boeeerb/PiGlow For the sake of posterity here's what I did:

            First I enabled I2c interface in raspi-config. Next do sudo apt-get install python-smbus python-psutils -y (psutils isn't really necessary I don't think but is used for an example to display cpu usage) After that use sudo nano /etc/modules to open the modules file. Make sure to add the following:
            i2c-dev
            i2c-bcm2708

            Ctrl + x and y to exit save. Now do a reboot. After rebooting go back to the command line and create the directory for PiGlow and then change to it so:

            mkdir piglow
            cd piglow

            Get the PiGlow module:
            wget https://raw.github.com/Boeeerb/PiGlow/master/piglow.py

            Download the test script:
            wget https://raw.github.com/Boeeerb/PiGlow/master/Examples/test.py

            Now just run sudo python test.py and if everything goes smoothly you can insert brightness values from 0 to 255 for each led color.

            Sorry if this was an unnecessary explanation but I hope it might help anyone else who wants to do something like this with the PiGlow. Now I just need to make up some scripts and put them in the appropriate place in Retropie.

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              DxFx
              last edited by DxFx

              Thank You @diegzumillo for your time and effort in figuring out how to make it possible. Thank you @mediamogul @dankcushions @tipoto and @darthpaul as well!

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                kcc406
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                @DxFx does this mean that the PiGlow is programmable to change the lights when different emulators open?

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                  DxFx @kcc406
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                  @kcc406 It should. There's 3 sets of leds for each color and 6 colors in all (white, blue, green, yellow, orange, red) so that's a total of 18 leds. What I was thinking was for a certain brand/company use a certain color. (Red for Nintendo, blue for Sega etc.)

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                    kcc406
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                    @DxFx I am sorry i dont think i was clear about my question,

                    I was wondering if the PiGlow would only light up the correct buttons that are only used for the certain emulator?

                    example; when i run NES it would light up only a,b,start,select, and the joystick, then with SNES it would do A,B,X,Y, start,select, and the joystick

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                      kcc406
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                      @DxFx I am sorry i dont think i was clear about my question,

                      I was wondering if the PiGlow would only light up the correct buttons that are only used for the certain emulator?

                      example; when i run NES it would light up only a,b,start,select, and the joystick, then with SNES it would do A,B,X,Y, start,select, and the joystick

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                        kcc406 @tipoto
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                        @tipoto iI was reading you post and i was wondering if you could help me on this, or let me know if its even possible, I have a pi3 with an ipac i/o wil the roms running off a HDD, and would like to run leds on a emulator bases and it looks like your script will work but i am not sure where you loaded then in to and i am not sure if your code will would with my ipac.

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