Alienfx and lightpack?

Was searching around youtube for a way to get my tactx mouse and keyboard to flash with music (I did find a video that shows it being done) and came across this little gem... anyone got any info on this? Only thing I was able to find was in russian

Looks like it changes the keyboard lights to match the colors that are on the screen, giving it that ambient lighting that some bigscreen tvs have... looks pretty cool.

‪AlienFX and LightPack‬‏ - YouTube

‪LightPack‬‏ - YouTube



EDIT: Looks like we may have it working

 

There is always the option of google translator
Wow, it looks pretty cool. I will make some research in a couple of minutes to see what i can find.

 

Google translator is blocked at my work, wish I could use it... but it looks like there are a few downloads on their website, but I can read what they are.

 

Wow that's cool. Nice find. Now we need to find a DL link.

 

been looking for this kind of thing for way to long seen as most games dont use alienfx could be cool for movies looking forward to more info il see if i can find owt :?

 

I sent the guy a email, hope he send something back to let us know how to get this working.

 

That'd be great. If he tosses a link let us know

 

/Software/alienfx/ - lightpack - USB-????????? ???????? ??? ???????? ??????? ??????????? - Google Project Hosting

I'm still trying to figure out what files go where. According to the log, I'm missing the firmware and still searching that site for what/where it could be. So far, I placed the 2 header files in their respective folders in the Alienware folder in ProgramFiles and the dll too.

If I make any progress, I'll be sure to give y'all a heads up.

EDIT: The author of the files has (seemingly) put up all the files to COMPILE an executable on the codes site but the files are all over the place. Anyone want to collect them and compile it?

 

Well i'm from Russia (sort of), but still it doesn't get much more simple to understand how it works...
First of all - you need to add IsAlienFxMode to LightpackMain.conf (it appears after first launch of Lightpack.exe).
You'll need this (program itself) Lightpack_sw4.1.0.exe - lightpack - ????????? ??? ??????? ? ??????? ???????? Windows (x86) - USB-????????? ???????? ??? ???????? ??????? ??????????? - Google Project Hos
and this (libs needed)
Libs_Win32_Qt4.7.zip - lightpack - ?????????? ??????????? ??? ??????? ?????????? ??? Win - USB-????????? ???????? ??? ???????? ??????? ??????????? - Google Proj
in a same folder to get program running... but log file still states, that it cannot find device needed. Oh well, still experimenting then.

 

699a0b0b287e - lightpack - USB-????????? ???????? ??? ???????? ??????? ??????????? - Google Project Hosting

If you look at the change file list and open up the main.cpp in the "what was made different" view, you'll see that the new version has all these additions for the alienfx header files and other stuff. You can't just throw those files into the same folder as lightpack because these are source files. You'll have to put all these files together and compile them to an .exe before you go on.

If you look at the original view for the main.cpp, you'll see that a usb header file is already included and that's why the USB devices don't necessarily need anything extra files wise.

 

In the post here Бета-версия софта 4.7.0 - Лайтпак: обсуждение пl
there is a link for a new, beta soft (4.7), which is already compiled for win, but still, it doesn't seem to work with alienware (developers state, that they simply don't have anything to test this feature on). But still to activate it, you'll need to add IsAlienFxMode to LightpackMain.conf. This parameter keeps disappearing for me each time, so I made changes and made this file Read Only. Still no luck though.
Also you'll need to use AVG color on all Leds option.
And you can disable AERO to seriously improve perfomance (doesn't matter yet, cuz it doesn't work).
BTW i've got R2, maybe someone with R1 is willing to test it?

 

Good to see we have some people who know what they are doing working on this

also being able to kinda read russian is a plus.

I have a r1 that I can download some of the files to on saturday and try some things out.

 

Thank you Greywind for that link! I figured out what files we need to use.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1089880/Lightpack AlienFX.zip
Extract these files to a folder and run the Lightpack.exe file.

This is my private dropbox. If anyone knows a better place to upload this, please tell me. Enjoy!

EDIT: OP, please add this link to the opening post so people can easily see it.

EDIT-EDIT: I must say, this thing is very entertaining. I have about 20 backgrounds on my desktop that change out every 10 seconds and they're all very different colors so it's a very cool effect to see the keyboard match the main colors of my background.

 

OK so we have the file you posted there, plus the lightpack.exe and the files greywind posted (updated in first post)

Cant wait to get home and try this out!

I wonder if it will control my keyboard and mouse too

 

@ OP, you can omit all my quotes from the first post, because they aren't really needed, just include thehelios link from his dropbox, as it totally works.
@ thehelios, good job, you've managed to put everything together properly, the thing in which I failed Played with it for a bit - works for me, looks fun but needs some optimal-zone tweeking and stuff.
BTW i've contacted authors of this program, still waiting for an answer, maybe they have something more on their way. If you'll need something translated from program homepage - just bump me.

 

Done.

Thanks guys for your work on this one!

Now on to search for more cool things to do to the m11x like a su9600 chip... got to get my solding iron out for this one.

 

Wow, nice work guys. I just tested the program following the steps that "thehelios" wrote and it seems to work pretty fine . Go ahead and test it if you are reading this
By the way, I couldnt find anything when I was searching.

 

thanks a bunch for this guys.
love what you are all doing with the alienfx.

+rep
oh and confirmed working on the m15x as well if you want to update the first post.

 

Just wrote summary on program options and what they do, it's here.

 

I can confirm the program works on M18x but takes too many resources and slows down the system. is there a way to optimize it?

 

exactly how do you do this?? im stuck

 

Install this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1089880/Lightpack AlienFX.zip

Then after its installed run the program, there will be a dark half moon icon in the bottom right (or a sun) right click that and turn it on. You can also adjust the settings in there. The colored boxes can be made larger or smaller by clicking on the edges and moving the sides.

 

yea i have that but isnt my keyboard suppose to be lighting with different colors when i watch movies? because mine doesn't do that even i turn it on.

 

Yeah mine bugs from time to time as well.

 

The program isn't running as efficiently as it can because it still has resources looking around for USB components and whatnot. I'd help the developer clean up the code but way too busy at the moment for that. Are there any other takers?

 

thats pretty sweet....but it would prolly distract me too much

 

Is this gonna get updated to the 5.5 light-pack software, it supports polling the screen in Direct X.

 

Any word on this? Ive searched to no end.

 

Hi,

Link no longer works. I get a 404 error. Is there anywhere else i can download the file? I'm very interested in this. Thanks.

 

I accidentally moved the file out of my public folder. It is back up now.

 

thanks man been looking forward to this

 

It would be excellent if this could be updated when the compiler has some free time!

Thanks.

 

Seems not to work with the color green...

 

Really this here is a better option than lightpack. Light pack seems to be buggy for alienfx

Adalight - An Arduino-Powered DIY Ambient Monitor Light

 

Now its not working with any color but white

 

This will happen every now and then. You've got to remember, this is super buggy and really beta. You can try removing it completely and copying over the contents from the zip again.

 

I just got an Arduino and finally have the opportunity to do this. I saw this last year and have been dying to try it out.

 

I have been wanting to do the same thing, but I want it all to be stream lined into my lcd... so cutting and glueing will come into play.

 

Bringing this back from the dead.

I ordered up a lightpack PCB board, 10 leds and the newest version of lightpack.

The new system says it works with alienfx, but again, still in beta. Should be interesting to see how she does.

I am going to run the tests on my x51, then the final install will be in my hangar18.

The interface is a USB connection that goes into the lightpack board. It then outputs to 10 leds.

 

Will get a video uploaded later tonight of the system hooked up to my m11x.

Right now I am just testing it, its going into my Hangar18 htpc this week to give my TV its own ambilight system.