Skydimo setup

syntaxintact · Oct 2nd 2024

I'm running a nightly install, which is supposed to support the skydimo lights.

I do see it as an option under adalight usb lights. I'm having issues with getting them to work.
I've got the 34" screen version. All the LEDs work, the initial boot tri-color flash confirms that.

It's unclear to me if this is an issue due to support still being worked on, or if I've got a configuration problem.

One of the potential issues I see is the default selection of the input position. I cannot find a way to set this. This LED string is a continuous run starting at the bottom left.

Meant to post this as well. Logs show permission denied.

Code

2024-10-02T04:27:35.559Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (INFO) Start 2. attempt of 6 to enable the device in 15 seconds
2024-10-02T04:27:50.574Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (LedDevice.cpp:140:enable()) Enable device adalight'
2024-10-02T04:27:50.574Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (INFO) Opening UART: ttyUSB0
2024-10-02T04:27:50.574Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (ProviderRs232.cpp:167:tryOpen()) _rs232Port.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite): ttyUSB0, Baud rate [115200]bps
2024-10-02T04:27:50.610Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (ProviderRs232.cpp:172:tryOpen()) portName: ttyUSB0
2024-10-02T04:27:50.610Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (ProviderRs232.cpp:173:tryOpen()) systemLocation: /dev/ttyUSB0
2024-10-02T04:27:50.610Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (ProviderRs232.cpp:174:tryOpen()) description: USB Serial
2024-10-02T04:27:50.610Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (ProviderRs232.cpp:175:tryOpen()) manufacturer: 1a86
2024-10-02T04:27:50.610Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (ProviderRs232.cpp:176:tryOpen()) vendorIdentifier: 0x1a86
2024-10-02T04:27:50.610Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (ProviderRs232.cpp:177:tryOpen()) productIdentifier: 0x7523
2024-10-02T04:27:50.610Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (ProviderRs232.cpp:178:tryOpen()) serialNumber: 
2024-10-02T04:27:50.610Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (ERROR) Device disabled, device 'adalight' signals error: 'Permission denied'
2024-10-02T04:27:50.610Z [LEDDEVICE|Skydimo Livingroom] (DEBUG) (LedDevice.cpp:181:enable()) Device's enablement failed - Start retry timer. Retried already done [2], isEnabled:

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syntaxintact · Oct 2nd 2024

I was able to get the LED strip to work. I noticed a small note, That some led strips needed root access to function. I attempted to use the escalation command provided, but that didn't work. I ended up having to stop hyperion and start it on the command line with sudo.

After re-setting up the controller, the Strip lit up. However I still have an issue with the LED order. The default ordering is all wrong, and i have no idea how to change it. The little documentation i can find doesn't seem to address this topic.

I'd appreciate any instructions or simply documentation links on this topic. I'm just finding it.

syntaxintact · Thursday, 9:37 pm

It took too long for me to figure out that there was just no way to adjust the default layout/starting position in the basic settings, and had to switch to advanced settings and manually set the layout in the JSON. That was a pain in the ass.

For anyone else using two Skydimo 34" strips in a top half/bottom half configuration with the starting point of each string on the left side of the tv. Here is the json configs.

skydimo_34inch_top_half.txt
skydimo_34inch_bottom_half.txt

Skydimo setup

syntaxintact Friday, 1:07 am

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