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Serial Commands
epiXsky - Advanced Pro Product Manual
Dip Switch Settings
Mode Button Actions - Stand-Alone Operation
Mode Button 1:
Mode Button 1 is used to switch through color modes of the controller. With no
RGB
LED channels on, a quick press of Mode Button 1 quickly (less than 1/2 a second)
will cycle through the solid colors. The color order is: red, green, blue, magenta,
cyan, gold, and
(RGB) white. Color cycling will start after the solid colors. Once color cycling
starts, a quick press of Mode Button 1 will pause the RGB Color Changing Cycle
and the color showing when paused will remain on. A quick press of Mode Button
1 will then start the RGB Color Changing Cycle again.
A long press of Mode Button 1 (more than 1/2 second) will result in the RGB
channels fading to off. This will work for solid colors as well as the color mode.
Mode Button 2:
Mode Button 2 is used for 2 purposes. If the controller is in RGB Color Changing
Cycle mode, this will increase the speed of the RGB Color Changing Cycle. The
RGB Color Changing Cycle has 10 selectable speeds. The default speed is 5. A
quick press of Mode Button 2 while in RGB Color Changing Cycle mode will result
in the speed increasing by 1. The logo will pulse the speed number you have
selected. When the speed is on 10 and a quick press of Mode Button 2 is done,
the speed will go to 1.
A long press (more than 1/2 second) of Mode Button 2, while in RGB Coloring
Cycle mode, will reset the speed to the default (5).
White Led Channel Mode:
A short press (less than 1/2 second) of Mode Button 2, while not in RGB Color
Changing Cycle mode, will increment the white LED channel by 10%. When the
white LED channel has reached 100%, and a short press of Mode Button 2 is
performed, the logo will pulse 1 time to indicate the white LED channel is at 100%.
A long press (more than 1/2 second) of Mode Button 2, while not in RGB Color
Changing Cycle mode, will fade the white LED channel to off if it is on. If a long
press of Mode Button 2 is performed while the white LED channel is off, the white
LED channel will fade up to 100%.
Address Switches 0-3:
The Address Switches are used to specify the address of the controller to be able
to run up to 8 of the controllers on one serial communication line. Please see
“Addressing the Controller” on page 4 for more detailed instructions.
Option Switches 1-3:
For future expansion of features on the controller.
Logo Switch:
If this switch is on, the blue glow of the logo will light up and pulse
with certain Mode Button presses. If the switch is off, it will remain unlighted.
After changing any dip switch settings, the controller must be power cycled (off
then on) for any of the changes to take affect.
Serial Format:
The serial format is 9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control.
The default baud rate is 9600, but you can change it to 2400 baud rate by
pressing both Mode Buttons while powering up the controller. The same
procedure switches it back. When the baud rate changes (and the ‘L’ dip switch is
on), the Logo LED will flash 2 times when switching to 2400, and 9 times when
switching to 9600. Once the baud rate has been changed, it will remain even if
powered off.
All commands require a “carriage return” <CR>. All commands are lowercase and
with no spaces.
Color Commands:
The color commands are in 3 parts, address, color, and level. The command
'xredyyy<CR>' is the command for setting the red level. x represents the address
of the unit, red represents the color, and y represents the desired LED level from 0
to 100. For example if you wanted to set the red level to 63% on a controller with
the address of 4, you would send the command, '4red63<CR>'. This command is
valid for red, green, blue, and white.
All White Mode:
The controller may be set up with white LED's on all 4 channels. The channels are
labeled on the board and share the color channels, White 1 with White, White 2
with Blue, White 3 with Green, and White 4 with Red. You can control the white
channels by using the optional white commands. The command is the address,
followed by wht followed by the channel, followed by a level. For example, if you
wanted to set White 3 to level 40% on a controller with the address of 7, you
would send the command '7wht340<CR>'. Firmware 2.7 will return “White 3 40%”,
while firmware 2.9 will return “#grn40”.
Preset Color Commands:
The preset color commands are for preset solid colors. To activate a solid color,
the command is the address, followed by the color. For example, if you wanted to
set the color pink on a controller with the address of 2, you would send the
command, '2pink<CR>'. The following list are the solid colors and commands.
Color:
Red
Green
Blue
Magenta
Cyan
Gold
RGB White
Orange
Light Blue
Light Green Violet
Pink
RGB Warm White
Command:
allred
allgreen
allblue
magenta
cyan
gold
rgbwhite
orange
ltblue
ltgreen
violet
pink
rgbww
