Boblight with BlinkStick support
This is Boblight repository with BlinkStick support based on Boblight source code. This source code compiles on Linux, OSX and Windows.
BlinkStick is a smart USB-Controlled LED Pixel. More information about it here:
Changes from official source code
- Build environment cleanup
- Full support for Windows build environment under Cygwin
- BlinkStick support under Linux and OSX with libusb
- BlinkStick support under Windows without extra drivers using native Windows HID API
Build
Linux
NOTE: The instructions below for Linux are incompete. Please follow this comprehensive guide to set up BlinkStick with Kodi/XBMC on Linux OS.
Prepare the build environment
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf libtool libusb-1.0-0-dev portaudio19-dev git
Clone this repository
git clone http://github.com/arvydas/boblight
Change directory
cd boblight
Run the following commands to set up build environment and build boblight
./autogen.sh
./configure --without-x11 --prefix=/usr
make
Set up your configuration file as described in the Boblight wiki. Sample configuration files for BlinkStick are available in the ./conf subdirectory of the source code repository.
Run boblightd by issuing the following command
./src/boblightd
Alternatively you can supply your own config file manually, for example
./src/boblightd -c ./conf/blinkstick.conf
If you get permission problems that access to BlinkStick is denied, please run the following command:
echo "SUBSYSTEM==\"usb\", ATTR{idVendor}==\"20a0\", ATTR{idProduct}==\"41e5\", MODE:=\"0666\"" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/85-blinkstick.rules
Alternatively you can run boblightd with sudo.
If you want to install boblight to your system run the following command:
sudo make install
Then follow the guide in the Wiki to automatically start boblightd when OS starts.
OSX
Prepare the build environment
brew install autoconf automake libtool libusb git
Clone this repository
git clone http://github.com/arvydas/boblight
Change directory
cd boblight
Run the following commands to set up build environment and build boblight
./autogen.sh
./configure --without-x11 --without-portaudio
make
Set up your configuration file as described in the Boblight wiki. Sample configuration files for BlinkStick are available in the ./conf subdirectory of the source code repository.
Run boblightd by issuing the following command
./src/boblightd
Alternatively you can supply your own config file manually, for example
./src/boblightd -c ./conf/blinkstick.conf
Windows
Building under Windows requires Cygwin environment. Prepare it by installing Cygwin together with the following additional packages
- make
- autoconf
- automake
- libtool
- gcc-g++
- libusb1.0-devel
- git
Open Cygwin shell and clone this repository
git clone http://github.com/arvydas/boblight
Change directory
cd boblight
Run the following commands to set up build environment and build boblight
./autogen.sh
./configure --without-portaudio --without-x11
make
Set up your configuration file as described in the Boblight wiki. Sample configuration files for BlinkStick are available in the ./conf subdirectory of the source code repository.
You can run boblightd.exe from the Cygwin environment by executing the following command
./src/boblightd.exe
Alternatively you can supply your own config file manually, for example
./src/boblightd.exe -c ./conf/blinkstick.conf
If you want to run Boblightd.exe as standalone application without Cygwin environment, you will need the following files
./src/.libs/boblightd.exe
/bin/cyggcc_s-1.dll
/bin/cygstdc++-6.dll
/bin/cygusb-1.0.dll
/bin/cygwin1.dll
Development
Join the development of Boblight for BlinkStick! Here is how you can contribute:
- Fork this repository
- Write some awesome code
- Issue a pull request
Support
If you have any issues installing or using Boblight with BlinkStick, please post them on the issue tracker.
License
Author
Maintainer
- Arvydas Juskevicius - http://twitter.com/arvydev