LEDWiz RGB LEDS colors question, dark blue??

[squirrellydw]

For Randy T or anyone that is familiar with the LEDWiz and RGBs.  What setting do I need to make a dark blue using the RGB LEDS?  I know just setting it to blue and intensity 48 is blue but I can't figure out how to get it darker.  I have made yellow, pink, purple but I can't get a dark blue and I know its possible.  Any idea??\

Thanks

[QuixoteQuest]

Well to approximate from a monitor's RGB color space:

Try about 60% intensity on your blue, with about 8-10% each of red and green. Let me know how that works, as I'm interested also in how RGB color space actually maps to the RGB LEDs.

[squirrellydw]

Thanks, I will try this tonight around 9:30 eastern time, I am at work right now.

[QuixoteQuest]

Just drop your blue intensity down by about 10% increments if you need more of a indigo blue rather than the dark cobalt, which I'm thinking the percentages I gave you should approximate.

[headkaze]

The GameEx LEDWiz plugin allows you to see the color of the button in realtime as you adjust the RGB values in the configuration. You could use it to get the color you want.

[squirrellydw]

Thats cool, but I use Mala.  Maybe you can tell the Mala guys how you do that, I requested that feture.

[headkaze]

I know your a Mala user, but I just mentioned the GameEx plugin to help you get the color, then you could use that info to enter it into the Mala LEDWizard app.

Adding the feature to LEDWizard would be easy  and they already know how to communicate to the LEDWiz so they don't need my help. The only thing is the LEDWizard application is separate from the plugin, so the code to communicate to the LEDWiz would probably have to be copied into it.

[MYX]

Think of it as RGB values like in graphics. If you have full blue, you get bright blue 48 = 100%.
48,48,48, should be white but it does not work that way with the RGB LEDs. It is usually a white pink. So the opposite, 0,0,0 is black. Black is the absence of color. (r,g,b) so if you have 0,0,10 you will have a dark blue, but only as dark as "light" can permit. Mixing color with light is called additive. This is different than stuff like paint where when RGB is mixed it will make black (or yucky brown).

Check this out

If you are using the Ice buttons they are white. So if there is even just a little light in the room it will be perceived as blue white. At dim levels you ave a white ring with a blue center. This is just how it is and no real way to get around it. Personally though, I love how the ice buttons look. They allow for such pure colors.

AFE has a randomize LEDs when it is in screen saver mode. Man, my CP looks like a bowl of skittles.

[squirrellydw]

I know your a Mala user, but I just mentioned the GameEx plugin to help you get the color, then you could use that info to enter it into the Mala LEDWizard app.

Adding the feature to LEDWizard would be easy  and they already know how to communicate to the LEDWiz so they don't need my help. The only thing is the LEDWizard application is separate from the plugin, so the code to communicate to the LEDWiz would probably have to be copied into it.

I guess the plugin requires GameEx right?  If not I would be happy to test it out.

[loadman]

Adding the feature to LEDWizard would be easy  and they already know how to communicate to the LEDWiz so they don't need my help. The only thing is the LEDWizard application is separate from the plugin, so the code to communicate to the LEDWiz would probably have to be copied into it.

Happy to help Edge if he wants to add this

I know your a Mala user, but I just mentioned the GameEx plugin to help you get the color, then you could use that info to enter it into the Mala LEDWizard app.

Adding the feature to LEDWizard would be easy  and they already know how to communicate to the LEDWiz so they don't need my help. The only thing is the LEDWizard application is separate from the plugin, so the code to communicate to the LEDWiz would probably have to be copied into it.

I guess the plugin requires GameEx right?  If not I would be happy to test it out.

Headkaze is a helpful guy.  I did some beta testing for him too 

You should not need to install GameEX to use his config Prog

AFE has a randomize LEDs when it is in screen saver mode. Man, my CP looks like a bowl of skittles.

As mentioned in a software post. This is coming to V2 of the MaLa Plug-in

[headkaze]

I guess the plugin requires GameEx right?  If not I would be happy to test it out.

Actually you do need to install it because you have to run the "Plugin Manager" to get to the configuration for the plugin. You can always un-install it afterwards *shrugs*

AFE has a randomize LEDs when it is in screen saver mode. Man, my CP looks like a bowl of skittles.

As mentioned in a software post. This is coming to V2 of the MaLa Plug-in

What sort of attract modes are you working on if you don't mind me asking?

[edge]

The GameEx LEDWiz plugin allows you to see the color of the button in realtime as you adjust the RGB values in the configuration. You could use it to get the color you want.

Headkaze - great idea. 

Squirrelly - I'll add this to the list of updates for v2. 

[loadman]

What sort of attract modes are you working on if you don't mind me asking?

For V2?
At the very least just a random display (that is easy and it works)

The code has been written to read and play .LWA files (RandyT's format)  but has a bug (maybe in the timer) and it will crash ~~ 'Sometimes'

I have considered (as you did) hard coding a few sequences as it seems happier to do that...

I wish I had more time to code.  I'm at work . Here I get snippets of time to post in this Forum but I can't code here..    and at home the kids want to play with Dad... 

[squirrellydw]

Hey Edge, any chance you could make it have both the number input for intensity and a slider?  I think a slider might be eaiser to use to see the color on the fly.  What do you think?

Also, does this work fine with nvidia chip sets?  I know MikeQ had a problem with it but got it fixed.  I will see if I can find the original post about it.


Here is the thread if it helps??
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=51764.0

[squirrellydw]

Well to approximate from a monitor's RGB color space:

Try about 60% intensity on your blue, with about 8-10% each of red and green. Let me know how that works, as I'm interested also in how RGB color space actually maps to the RGB LEDs.

tried this and some other things, didn't really get what I wanted.  It does look better with the lights in the room off though.  No biggie, I will wait for version to of the Mala plugin then try again.

[edge]

Hey Edge, any chance you could make it have both the number input for intensity and a slider?  I think a slider might be eaiser to use to see the color on the fly.  What do you think?

A slider would be cool.  Added to the v2 list.