2012-03-15, 16:23
Changing the RGB value is probably better, because then you can still use the full range of the leds when possible, for example if you define blue as 00007F and you run "boblight-constanf 0000FF" boblightd will set the blue channel to 100%, if red is defined as FF0000 and you run "boblight-constant FF00FF" boblightd will set the red channel to 100% and the blue channel to 50%.
If you use the adjust value, the range itself will be decreased, so if you use 0.5 for the blue color the blue channel will never go above 50%.
You could do that, but the result won't be pretty, different leds have different viewing angles, and the leds will be slightly spaced apart, so you'll get lots of shadows in different colors.
What looks best are RGB leds like on this strip: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/rgb-multico...-12v-14965
The leds don't have a lens, so they have a very wide viewing angle, and the red, green and blue dies are very close together, so you won't get colored shadows.
If you use the adjust value, the range itself will be decreased, so if you use 0.5 for the blue color the blue channel will never go above 50%.
(2012-03-13, 23:13)schumi2004 Wrote: I'm posting my question because i noticed something in beta-j's config.
It's about the color section in boblight.conf
I went back to boblight wiki at google code page and noticed this example.
Code:[color]
name red
rgb FF0000
[color]
name green
rgb 00FF00
[color]
name blue
rgb 0000FF
[color]
name yellow
rgb FFFF00
adjust 0.5
blacklevel 0.1
gamma 2.3
[color]
name white
rgb FFFFFF
adjust 0.3
blacklevel 0.7
gamma 1.6
I'm running boblight on OpenELEC using Arduino Uno R3 and the led strands from Adafruit and so far it's working perfect.
Only playing with some color settings to fit my needs.
In the default config shipped in boblight i only saw RED, GREEN and BLUE but when i saw beta-j's post and reading the wiki i noticed YELLOW and WHITE as well.
Can i add these 2 colors to my config or doesn't that make sense and is it only for certain setups? The led strands i'm using only have RED, GREEN and BLUE so i'm guessing it doesn't make sense to add WHITE and YELLOW to it or am i wrong?
You could do that, but the result won't be pretty, different leds have different viewing angles, and the leds will be slightly spaced apart, so you'll get lots of shadows in different colors.
What looks best are RGB leds like on this strip: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/rgb-multico...-12v-14965
The leds don't have a lens, so they have a very wide viewing angle, and the red, green and blue dies are very close together, so you won't get colored shadows.
