New to Fadecandy/Linux - looking to Make a server

[Darren Lavery]

Hello All,

Not having much knowledge around this subject, i have attempted to search the web for a basic clear guide of how to build a fadecandy server and have attempted a few things i have found to build a server, but these have resulted in failures so far.

Is there anyone that could give a basic step by step guide on build a fadecandy server in ubuntu.

I understand if not, but thought i would post and see if there had been someone who made guide for maybe for there own personal usage.

Many Thanks in advance

[AT CoD]

Hi,

First you need to download the code and compile it.

All commands are fun from a terminal.  You may have to add developer tools and git to your os.

I "cloned" the code repository by doing: 

git clone https://github.com/scanlime/fadecandy.git

Then you need to compile the code.

First change to the server directory. do:

cd fadecandy/server

Next you need to make the software dependancies by doing:

make submodules

followed by

make

Now you can run the Fadecandy server by typing

sudo ./fcserver

One thing I do is change the configuration so I can attach to the server from the network.

Edit the file config.json.  I have 4 strings of 50 LEDs. Here is my config.

{

    "listen": [null, 7890],

    "relay":  [null, 7891],

    "verbose": true,

    "color": {

        "gamma": 2.5,

        "whitepoint": [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]

    },

    "devices": [

        {

            "type": "fadecandy",

    "dither": true,

    "interpolate" : true,

            "map": [

                [ 0, 0, 0, 50,"grb" ],

                [ 0, 50, 64, 50,"grb" ],

                [ 0, 100,128, 50,"grb" ],

                [ 0, 150,192, 50,"grb" ]

            ]

        }

    ]

}

Then start the server by doing

sudo ./fcserver config.json

hope this helps