[RELEASE] Official XBMC boblight Addon

@gsjosh:

Your xbmc version might be to old for the download code to work. You can download the zip manually and extract the lib into

C:\Users\HTPC\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.xbmc.boblight\resources\lib\lib​​boblight-win32.0.dll

And then the fact from schumi2004 applys. You have an incompatible version of boblightd (which is also stated on the very first post in this thread...).

(2012-03-20 11:02)hotlobster Wrote:  Hi

I've just changed my Atmolight setup with some 2801 adressable strips using standard adalight arduin .pde + boblightd.
Everything works really good so far, and cpu usage for 100 leds is just almost the same as before with my 4 standard rgb strips.

Just a quick question, it seems boblight only handles 8 bit colors. Is it planned in a near future to make it works with 16M colors or at least 32k colors ?
Colors should be more accurate that way.

Regards.

Please read the wiki before posting questions: http://code.google.com/p/boblight/wiki/boblightconf --> setting bits
The Arduino PWM outputs only have 8 bit resolution, when using TLC5940s for example you can use 12 bit colors.

(2012-03-20 11:12)Memphiz Wrote:  @gsjosh:

Your xbmc version might be to old for the download code to work. You can download the zip manually and extract the lib into

C:\Users\HTPC\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.xbmc.boblight\resources\lib\lib​​boblight-win32.0.dll

And then the fact from schumi2004 applys. You have an incompatible version of boblightd (which is also stated on the very first post in this thread...).

I see! I did read the start post, but I thought perhaps the information of the start post was outdated since there was indeed a windows version of the deamon when I checked boblight's official website. So that confused me. It was not until later in this thread that I realised that the newer deamon is not compatible.

The deamon compiled by Kim doesn't work for me. I get the same problem as the rest of the users, it just flashes a command prompt but doesn't start. I have been fiddling around with the .conf file, but I'm not sure if the crash even has to do with that.

I'm running with:
Windows 7
Arduino Uno
This slightly adjusted LEDstream.pde
Eden 11 (quite an old version, not sure which)
boblight XBMC add/on v1.0.2 and manually installed the .dll
boblightd 1.3b1
50 ws2801 LEDs

Hi guys,

can someone tell me how I can go about making "boblightd -f" start up automatically when i turn on XBMCbuntu?


so far I've added "su - xbmc -c "boblightd -f"" in /etc/rc.local but this doesn't seem to be doing anything. :/

Quote:Please read the wiki before posting questions: http://code.google.com/p/boblight/wiki/boblightconf --> setting bits
The Arduino PWM outputs only have 8 bit resolution, when using TLC5940s for example you can use 12 bit colors.

Please read question completly before giving advice you don't know.

Those led strip don't use PWM output but SPI from the Arduino. You totally can output 32K colors trought SPI.

(2012-03-20 18:01)hotlobster Wrote:  

Quote:Please read the wiki before posting questions: http://code.google.com/p/boblight/wiki/boblightconf --> setting bits
The Arduino PWM outputs only have 8 bit resolution, when using TLC5940s for example you can use 12 bit colors.

Please read question completly before giving advice you don't know.

Those led strip don't use PWM output but SPI from the Arduino. You totally can output 32K colors trought SPI.

It´s just a matter of the arduino code.
I don´t know the adalight pde. the tlc5940 pde from trunk can handle 16 bit colors.
That´s why there´s a default config for it with bits set to 12.

From wiki:
bits
Specifies the number of bits per channel, this only applies to momo, atmo and karate devices, this setting is optional, the default is 8.
Boblight will only send the number of bytes needed to hold the number of bits, in big endian format, so for 1 to 8 bits it will send one byte, for 9 to 16 it will send two etc.

Hey everyone.
Wondering if I can get some brainstorming to figure out the next step in my setup here.
bobo1on1 has been kind enough to give me some advice along the way.

Right now I am using 4 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10312 of these led strips
the type with the ws2801 chip in between each on the strip.

I accomplished my goal today of being able to at least get the lights to respond in a way.
I've followed this guide to the T
http://www.ladyada.net/make/adalight/

The LED's only on the top work and sometimes only 25 of them
I'm sticking with this boblight.conf file right now just to get some stability as anything else I do like using the calculator and plugging it into the boblight.conf file makes the LED's do random things and still only the top strand
D A N N Y
http://code.google.com/p/boblight/source...light.conf

using an arduino uno r3

I've gotten a bit over my head unfortunately and am stumped as to where I need to go next as all of my attempts only get the top to turn on (they all are connected together and getting power)
I really appreciate any help someone could offer

-----------EDIT-------------
I've adjusted the boblight.conf to use the calculator settings here
http://sanya.tarhelyszolgaltato.eu/index...37&comb=40
As of right now when I compile and upload the adalight file to the arduino per the adalight instructions i referenced above.....all 4 strips turn on....but only the top and the right flash, red then green then blue as seems to be indicating a proper startup.
the other 2 just turn on white and stay white.
When I start XBMC boblight connects and does its red green blue cycle again but the bottom and left side just remain white
When I play media however only the top 25 LED's light up....the rest of the top strip and the right strip is dark while the bottom and left strip remain white.
The 25 are changing colors but it mostly stays at whites and lite blues, even on pitch black they remain a bright white or blue....makes me feel like all of the data for the whole boblight.conf is going to those 25

Thoughts lol I'm lost here



D A N

(2012-03-22 02:18)FocalFury Wrote:  Hey everyone.
Wondering if I can get some brainstorming to figure out the next step in my setup here.
bobo1on1 has been kind enough to give me some advice along the way.

Right now I am using 4 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10312 of these led strips
the type with the ws2801 chip in between each on the strip.

I accomplished my goal today of being able to at least get the lights to respond in a way.
I've followed this guide to the T
http://www.ladyada.net/make/adalight/

The LED's only on the top work and sometimes only 25 of them
I'm sticking with this boblight.conf file right now just to get some stability as anything else I do like using the calculator and plugging it into the boblight.conf file makes the LED's do random things and still only the top strand
D A N N Y
http://code.google.com/p/boblight/source...light.conf

using an arduino uno r3

I've gotten a bit over my head unfortunately and am stumped as to where I need to go next as all of my attempts only get the top to turn on (they all are connected together and getting power)
I really appreciate any help someone could offer

-----------EDIT-------------
I've adjusted the boblight.conf to use the calculator settings here
http://sanya.tarhelyszolgaltato.eu/index...37&comb=40
As of right now when I compile and upload the adalight file to the arduino per the adalight instructions i referenced above.....all 4 strips turn on....but only the top and the right flash, red then green then blue as seems to be indicating a proper startup.
the other 2 just turn on white and stay white.
When I start XBMC boblight connects and does its red green blue cycle again but the bottom and left side just remain white
When I play media however only the top 25 LED's light up....the rest of the top strip and the right strip is dark while the bottom and left strip remain white.
The 25 are changing colors but it mostly stays at whites and lite blues, even on pitch black they remain a bright white or blue....makes me feel like all of the data for the whole boblight.conf is going to those 25

Thoughts lol I'm lost here



D A N

How do you have the strands connected? Are they all daisy chained into one long strip?

Have you tried it with out the reorder start option on?

perhaps try something like this

http://sanya.tarhelyszolgaltato.eu/index...37&comb=40

(2012-03-22 07:24)lrusak Wrote:  

(2012-03-22 02:18)FocalFury Wrote:  Hey everyone.
Wondering if I can get some brainstorming to figure out the next step in my setup here.
bobo1on1 has been kind enough to give me some advice along the way.

Right now I am using 4 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10312 of these led strips
the type with the ws2801 chip in between each on the strip.

I accomplished my goal today of being able to at least get the lights to respond in a way.
I've followed this guide to the T
http://www.ladyada.net/make/adalight/

The LED's only on the top work and sometimes only 25 of them
I'm sticking with this boblight.conf file right now just to get some stability as anything else I do like using the calculator and plugging it into the boblight.conf file makes the LED's do random things and still only the top strand
D A N N Y
http://code.google.com/p/boblight/source...light.conf

using an arduino uno r3

I've gotten a bit over my head unfortunately and am stumped as to where I need to go next as all of my attempts only get the top to turn on (they all are connected together and getting power)
I really appreciate any help someone could offer

-----------EDIT-------------
I've adjusted the boblight.conf to use the calculator settings here
http://sanya.tarhelyszolgaltato.eu/index...37&comb=40
As of right now when I compile and upload the adalight file to the arduino per the adalight instructions i referenced above.....all 4 strips turn on....but only the top and the right flash, red then green then blue as seems to be indicating a proper startup.
the other 2 just turn on white and stay white.
When I start XBMC boblight connects and does its red green blue cycle again but the bottom and left side just remain white
When I play media however only the top 25 LED's light up....the rest of the top strip and the right strip is dark while the bottom and left strip remain white.
The 25 are changing colors but it mostly stays at whites and lite blues, even on pitch black they remain a bright white or blue....makes me feel like all of the data for the whole boblight.conf is going to those 25

Thoughts lol I'm lost here



D A N

How do you have the strands connected? Are they all daisy chained into one long strip?

Have you tried it with out the reorder start option on?

perhaps try something like this

http://sanya.tarhelyszolgaltato.eu/index...37&comb=40

They are all connected and one set of connections on the arduino...one clock wire one data and one to a ground
I just tried your calculator setup and it did the same thing only top First 25 lite up
26th led occasionally lights up
The 25 leds though don't seem to know what they should be doing lol

I started watchmen and in the beginning its just black studio logos on yellow orange background.....the 25 leds reflected this color
Once live action though the leds sometimes flicker but are mostly bright light blues and greens and white.
If I had to guess like I said...I'd say that these 25 leds are being assigned multiple points in the boblight conf.

This is the arduino code I uploaded to the uno r3
https://github.com/adafruit/Adalight/blo...stream.pde

as per the instructions here...http://www.ladyada.net/make/adalight/

maybe the problem is there....maybe a better solution

@Focalfury

I use the same ws2801 and everything works ok here.

How do you wire the power on your strips ?

You need a separated 5v input , using 4x32 leds strips, you should have a 7Amp PSU ( each strip can eat 1.8A when full bright ). Do not use arduino 5V output, it only handles 500ma max.

According to the specs on sparkfun, you should only chain 2 strips max for the power.