Advanced Spectrum

[RootZoneRZ]

Is it possible to add custom and/or programmable (scripted) effects to the backlight of Spectrum keyboards? Add more preset profiles (without adding to the toggle buttons), but the ability to save presets?

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Maybe just like it is realized with user-presets for user-power-profile?

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In Lenovo Vantage the "breathing" animation is implemented very shamefully. But in Legion Toolkit it works great! This gave me the idea that the effects can be rewritten/added. I am ready to help with this, but if I get a little support and direction... (I am a Unity developer, I am well acquainted with the C# syntax, but outside of Unity I have not compiled applications for Windows in C#.)

[BartoszCichecki]

Yes and no. Most effects are built into to the backlight controller. Only Aurora Sync is driven from software. Bitmap representing screen colors is sent to the controller and it lights up relevant keys.

So in theory you could send any bitmap with any colors, ergo create more effects. I don't have any personal interest in adding that as I barely even use the RGB backlight, but you asked for directions so here they are.

[RootZoneRZ]

Maybe I made a mistake somewhere in the terminology or names - I have 4-zone backlighting (in Lenovo Vantage it is signed with the name - Lenovo Spectrum).

Effects with image transfer to the keyboard are not available to me.

If the effects are stored in the controller firmware, I'm afraid to risk touching it (especially considering the common problems with keyboards dropping out on Legions).

[RootZoneRZ]

But if just in theory...
I take one of the profiles and inside an async operation or inside a separate thread I run something like the following in a loop (errors are possible - just for thought):

public void PlayCustomKBColors()
{
    while(true)
   {
        colorScheme1.colorZone1 = green;
        colorScheme1.colorZone2 = red;
        colorScheme1.colorZone3 = green;
        colorScheme1.colorZone4 = white;
              ApplyColorScheme(1);
              WaitForTime();

        colorScheme1.colorZone1 = yellow;
        colorScheme1.colorZone2 = blue;
        colorScheme1.colorZone3 = red;
        colorScheme1.colorZone4 = cyan;
              ApplyColorScheme(1);
              WaitForTime();
     }
}

How do you think that such a cycle of commands with changing colors for a profile and applying this profile will not "kill" the controller?
(Sorry my bad English - i am from Ukraine)

[BartoszCichecki]

This is exactly what this project does: https://github.com/4JX/L5P-Keyboard-RGB

[RootZoneRZ]

Thank You, good man - this looks like exactly what I was looking for!