LEDSpicer, LED animation controller for Linux.

ScherzKeks

@MeduZaPaT
hmm i already thought so. So i have to set up all or just one animation before I can actually start at all?
I manually created the ledspicer.conf with the example provided in the wiki and assumed I can run a basic instance.

Please modify the wiki at https://sourceforge.net/p/ledspicer/wiki/Deployment/ Section "Installing - Prepare Tools - 2." It reads:

if you want to install some sample files add --with-sampes to configure

whereas it should be:

--enable-samples

I did not catch that first hand and was wondering why there were no example files at the specific locations.

Update

did another ./configure now with the correct flag and got the example files.
I did make modifikations to match my current setup (PacLed64) with 6 RGB Buttons.
Now it gives me the following error:

Connecting to 0xd209:0x1401 device: Ultimarc PacLed 64 Id: 1
Program terminated by error: Unable to connect to 0xd209:0x1401 device: Ultimarc PacLed 64 Id: 1

ScherzKeks

oh and forgot to mention. lsusb shows an Ultimarc device at that device address.

MeduZaPaT

@ScherzKeks
I'd created the enable-samples flag because you only need them the first time, if you install the program a second time (like after an update), it will overwrite your current config with the samples (like when you need a reset) so this way you can turn the samples on and off :)
I think I will remove the need of a profile and animation when you just run -e, -d or -l (will make more sense right? )
Are you running it as normal user or with sudo (not recommended but works)?
If you are running as a normal user, check for the USB rules file I added with the samples.
Your user need to have rights to write on the USB device (send data)

BTW, I working on a new animation, will simulate a cristmast tree lights

ScherzKeks

@MeduZaPaT said in LEDSpicer, new LED animation controller for Linux.:

I think I will remove the need of a profile and animation when you just run -e, -d or -l (will make more sense right? )

yes that was my expectation first hand :)

Are you running it as normal user or with sudo (not recommended but works)?

I tried both, however usually I'm working as root when deploying new things

If you are running as a normal user, check for the USB rules file I added with the samples.

did just test that again but no luck

MeduZaPaT

@ScherzKeks said in LEDSpicer, new LED animation controller for Linux.:

@MeduZaPaT said in LEDSpicer, new LED animation controller for Linux.:

I think I will remove the need of a profile and animation when you just run -e, -d or -l (will make more sense right? )

yes that was my expectation first hand :)

Are you running it as normal user or with sudo (not recommended but works)?

I tried both, however usually I'm working as root when deploying new things

If you are running as a normal user, check for the USB rules file I added with the samples.

did just test that again but no luck

can you send me you ledspicer.conf file and the lsusb output for the pacled64 plz?

ScherzKeks

@MeduZaPaT
sure, whats the best way to get it to you? can't seem to find a PN function on this board

MeduZaPaT

@ScherzKeks said in LEDSpicer, new LED animation controller for Linux.:

@MeduZaPaT
sure, whats the best way to get it to you? can't seem to find a PN function on this board

I think the best way is to use the ledspicer forum to avoid pollution here.

MeduZaPaT

@ScherzKeks said in LEDSpicer, new LED animation controller for Linux.:

@MeduZaPaT
sure, whats the best way to get it to you? can't seem to find a PN function on this board

after checking your email, I found that your board is set to ID 2 so to solve this issue change the ID to 2 on the device section like this: boardId="2"

ScherzKeks

@MeduZaPaT
you are da man! That was indeed the problem. I changed the boards ID back to 1. No clue I had modified this before.
It is working now, thanks

MeduZaPaT

@ScherzKeks said in LEDSpicer, new LED animation controller for Linux.:

@MeduZaPaT
you are da man! That was indeed the problem. I changed the boards ID back to 1. No clue I had modified this before.
It is working now, thanks

I'm glad to hear that now is working, first time someone uses an ID different than 1, was unsure of that functionality, so thanks you for the test 👍🏻
Let me know if you have more questions, I need to create some YT tutorial videos for the animations. is kind of easy to understand but lots of details and options.
specially the masking and color mixing features that is extremely useful if you know what it does 😅
PS remember to remove the enable samples config ure flag, so it does not overwrite your settings, or make backups of your config and profiles, I will share some of my so anyone can use them as reference, I got really cool effects based on games and emulators

ScherzKeks

@MeduZaPaT
Thanks I might get back to you later ;)
I'm gonna build a full size cab (Bitcade Kit) and until that arrives in May I'm familiarizing myself with the led stuff. I got my Pi already fully set up and configured.
My major point is to have only the per rom/emulator required buttons lit. Animations are a goodie for now ;)

MeduZaPaT

@ScherzKeks said in LEDSpicer, new LED animation controller for Linux.:

@MeduZaPaT
Thanks I might get back to you later ;)
I'm gonna build a full size cab (Bitcade Kit) and until that arrives in May I'm familiarizing myself with the led stuff. I got my Pi already fully set up and configured.
My major point is to have only the per rom/emulator required buttons lit. Animations are a goodie for now ;)

Cool, I'll like to see that project done , the launcher allows you to react in different ways based on the game, you can trigger a profile by game controllers setup, by emulator name or by game rom name, I normally use the by controller with a fall back to rom name or emulator name.

This program allows not only to light buttons, but to add small animations 😏

I do that for some games and the effect is amazing.

MeduZaPaT

Version 0.3.5 released

You can install over the other version without problems.
For more info go here https://github.com/meduzapat/LEDSpicer/releases

Gh0strider

@MeduZaPaT Version 1.0.19 of libusb-1.0. If I run sudo apt install libusb1-0 it fetches the same version from jessie. when I use "sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev" it states "is is already the newest Version" when I start "./configure CXXFLAGS='-g0 -03'--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc" then there are many many checking lines and at the end I get the error "configure: error: libusb1-0 development library was not found"

MeduZaPaT

@Gh0strider said in LEDSpicer, new LED animation controller for Linux.:

@MeduZaPaT Version 1.0.19 of libusb-1.0. If I run sudo apt install libusb1-0 it fetches the same version from jessie. when I use "sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev" it states "is is already the newest Version" when I start "./configure CXXFLAGS='-g0 -03'--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc" then there are many many checking lines and at the end I get the error "configure: error: libusb1-0 development library was not found"

I fixed that issue, if you pull the lasted version that error will be solved.
also I found that Jessie have compile issues, it does not support C++11 out of the box if you upgrade to Stretch this issues will be gone.

mdsavio

Nice!

I have all installed, but i have an error... :(

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo service ledspicerd start
Job for ledspicerd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status ledspicerd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Install here: home/pi/LEDSpicer
But this...? Below..

./configure CXXFLAGS='-g0 -O3' --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc

--------- build settings -----------
C++ Compiler : g++  -g0 -O3
Linker       : /usr/bin/ld
Includes     :-I/usr/include/libusb-1.0
-bash: ---------: command not found
Libraries    :-lusb-1.0 -ltinyxml2 -lpthread -ldl
Libpulse     : yes: -D_REENTRANT -lpulse
Prefix       : /usr
Systemd      : /lib/systemd/system
Devices dir  : ${exec_prefix}/lib/ledspicer/devices
Actors dir   : ${exec_prefix}/lib/ledspicer/actors
Data dir     : ${datarootdir}
Config dir   : /etc
Develop mode : no
Copy samples : no
--------- Output Plugins -----------

When install LEDSpicer all it's ok! ... but when i put this... sudo service ledspicerd start ... Fail!

Someone can help me? Please! :)

MeduZaPaT

@mdsavio said in LEDSpicer, new LED animation controller for Linux.:

Someone can help me? Please! :)

Thanks, I msg you!

mdsavio

@MeduZaPaT ... Aquí escribo el journal...

May 08 23:17:01 retropie systemd[1]: Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories.
May 08 23:17:01 retropie CRON[905]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
May 08 23:30:53 retropie sudo[949]:       pi : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/pi ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/service ledspicerd start
May 08 23:30:53 retropie sudo[949]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by pi(uid=0)
May 08 23:30:53 retropie systemd[1]: Configuration file /etc/systemd/system/rgbcommander.service is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
May 08 23:30:53 retropie systemd[1]: Starting LEDSpicer a LEDs controller and animation daemon that will handle LEDs of different devices....
May 08 23:30:53 retropie LEDSpicer[976]: Error: Unable to read the file /etc/ledspicer.conf
May 08 23:30:53 retropie systemd[1]: ledspicerd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
May 08 23:30:53 retropie systemd[1]: Failed to start LEDSpicer a LEDs controller and animation daemon that will handle LEDs of different devices..
May 08 23:30:53 retropie systemd[1]: ledspicerd.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 08 23:30:53 retropie systemd[1]: ledspicerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 08 23:30:54 retropie sudo[949]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root

ScherzKeks

@MeduZaPaT
I'm almost finished with my project and doing now the final polishing on the software configuration.
Do you have by chance a configuration example for the Pulseaudio animation?

I'd like to use it as the default profile once ledspicer is loaded, so it can react to the boot video. However it doesn't seem to do anything atm. do i need to ledspicer the audio device?

ScherzKeks

@mdsavio
possibly a little late response to your issue.
Make sure your ledspicer.conf is located in /etc/
If not you can do the following

sudo apt-get update
Sudo apt-get install locate
sudo updatedb
sudo locate ledspicer.conf

This will install locate, a quite easy to handle search for files. with the command locate you can then search for files throughout the filesystem. I recall that I also had an issue in the beginning with the ledspicer.conf not being correctly read, although it was at the correct location. But first try that and post the results.