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Hardware => Lynx Smart String => Topic started by: abell on May 05, 2013,

Title: Programming Colors in Vixen
Post by: abell on May 05, 2013,

So I need to check for understanding... Lets pretend I have a SSC with only three channels (1 node).
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Channel 1: Green
Channel 2: Red
Channel 3: Blue

I want a purple light so I need to put Channel 2 and 3 on... I then want the color change.

So yellow would be... Red (0-255) = 200 and green would be equal to 200, blue would be off...

Is that how we think when we program this whole thing? Is there a plugin I overlooked?

Title: Re: Programming Colors in Vixen
Post by: DanHouston on May 06, 2013,

As I recall there is an RGB add-in for Vixen that will let you pick colors and select the location to put it and it will set the values.

Title: Re: Programming Colors in Vixen
Post by: smeighan on May 06, 2013,

you could use something like http://www.colorpicker.com/

pick and color and read the bottom three RGB values.

If you many RGB nodes (like a megatree or matrix) you could use xLights/Nutcracker to pick the colors for you.
The latest code and video tutorials are here:
http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/releases/


thanks
sean

Title: Re: Programming Colors in Vixen
Post by: chrisatpsu on May 06, 2013,

If using Vixen
try this...
http://diylightanimation.com/index.php?topic=6585.0

Title: Programming Colors in Vixen
Post by: rm357 on May 07, 2013,

Color picker is a nice app, but the LEDs don't always match.

Rick wrote a color finder program (its on the wiki), that will help you to find the right mix for the colors you want by sending data to the actual smartstring...

Title: Re: Programming Colors in Vixen
Post by: mms on May 08, 2013,

For reasons mentioned above I use Rick's color program.  The online color charts are good starting points.

If your SSC is programmed correctly, channel 1 will be red; 2 will be green; 3 blue.

Purples can be tricky because they can look pink/magenta.  One of the people's I use is:
R 135
G 0
B 255

Good luck!