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Cyborg Gaming Lights Mac

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Python library for the mad catz cyborg ambx gaming lights(http://www.ambx.com/product/cyborg-gaming-lights)

Status

Cyborg Gaming Lights Mac
  • protocol reverse engineering: done
  • simple demo without library: done
  • library: done
  • boblight interface: done
  • installer: done
  • tested platforms: Linux(Arch,Ubuntu,OpenElec,Raspbian) , Mac OS X, Win10

Requires :

  • libusb 1.0 ( http://www.libusb.org/ ) or libusb-win32 (http://zadig.akeo.ie/)
  • pyusb ( https://github.com/walac/pyusb/ )

scripts

  • identify.py : activate all cyborg gaming lights and print out some information
  • setcolor.py : control the gaming lights from the shell (from bash scripts etc)
  • boblight.py : boblight interface
  • lightpack-prismatik.py : lightpack client
  • a few demo scripts are available in the demo folder

getting started

  • install libusb-1.0 (or libusb-win32 via zadig)
  • install pyusb 1.0 ( use your distro's package or directly from github: https://github.com/walac/pyusb/ )
  • get the source

either as package:

Cyborg Gaming Keyboard

or clone git repo

  • install

install the package and reload udev rules

  • test

this should flash your gaming lights and print out some info.if you skipped step 2 you must run this as root, eg. sudo python identify.py or you will get USBError: [Errno 13] Access denied (insufficient permissions)

console output should be similar to this:

boblight

To control the cyborg lights from boblight (http://code.google.com/p/boblight/), use a config file like below(change the path in 'output' to where you checked out pycyborg)

there is also a simple wizard that can automatically generate a config file. this is especially useful if you have more than two lights:

Cyborg gaming lights machines

Find out if your notebook has a backlit keyboard

From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences and then click on Keyboard. If the Keyboard preferences window has an 'Adjust keyboard brightness in low light' checkbox, you have a backlit keyboard.

Adjust your keyboard brightness automatically or manually

Cyborg Gaming Lights Mac Desktop

You can have the keyboard brightness adjust automatically based on available light, or you can adjust it manually.

Cyborg Gaming Lights Mac

Adjust the brightness automatically

Cyborg Gaming Lights Machines

To set your keyboard brightness to adjust automatically:

  1. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences and then click on Keyboard.
  2. Select the 'Adjust keyboard brightness in low light' checkbox.

Adjust the brightness manually

To make the keyboard brighter, press F6 on your notebook's built-in keyboard. To make it less bright, press F5.

If you can't adjust your keyboard's brightness manually, it's likely because you're in a very bright environment and you have your Mac set to automatically adjust the brightness. In this case, the backlit keyboard turns off. When you move to a location with less light, you can once again adjust the keyboard's brightness.

Adjust brightness on your MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

If you're using a 2016 MacBook Pro, you can quickly adjust your keyboard brightness by tapping in the Control Strip:

The Control Strip expands, and you can tap to adjust keyboard brightness: