CUEORGBPlugin

Custom iCUE plugin to control OpenRGB from within iCUE

Compiling

Should be no major dependencies, built with Visual Studio Community 2019.

Description

This plugin allows creating custom device layouts using json files and custom images as well as generating some generic LED layouts if there is no defined device. Corsair has not released an official SDK for adding custom devices. The reverse engineering is contained in CUESDKDevice.h.

Files of Importance

• dsound.dll - This is a wrapper dll to disable iCUE's signature check on plugins loaded from the Plugins folder. Normally iCUE will run WinVerifyTrust on all plugins it is attempting to load. I haven't determined whether it needs to be signed by Corsair specifically, this wrapper when placed in the Corsair iCUE program directory will disable this check entirely.
• CUEORGBPlugin.dll - This implements the OpenRGB Client interface and utilizes/merges json files to create devices
• settings.json - This file specifies the default LED/Zone layout display of some devices in the event no specific device is found within devices.json
• devices.json - This file maps devices by name given within OpenRGB and allows overriding the Default layout

Release Installation

• Close iCUE completely by right-clicking in the task bar and pressing Quit
• Copy contents of archive to C:\Program Files\Corsair\CORSAIR iCUE 4 Software directly.

Manual Installation

• Close iCUE completely by right-clicking in the task bar and pressing Quit
• Copy dist/plugins folder to C:\Program Files\Corsair\CORSAIR iCUE 4 Software
• Copy built dsound.dll to C:\Program Files\Corsair\CORSAIR iCUE 4 Software
• Copy built CUEORGBPlugin.dll to C:\Program Files\Corsair\CORSAIR iCUE 4 Software\plugins\OpenRGB

OpenRGB Installation

• Download OpenRGB x64 or OpenRGB x86
• Place the folder anywhere
• Create disabled_devices.txt in the same directory as OpenRGB.exe add the following contents:

Corsair Dominator Platinum
Corsair Hydro Series
Corsair Lighting Node
Corsair Peripheral
Corsair Vengeance
Corsair Vengeance Pro

This will disable OpenRGB from scanning Corsair devices and potentially breaking some (e.g. Commander Pro fan speeds may no longer show up after device scan)

• Run OpenRGB
• Navigate to SDK Server tab
• Press Start Server
• Run iCUE

OpenRGB should look like the following when iCUE connects:

OpenRGB as a Startup process (Windows)

You might want to start OpenRGB when you start windows as iCUE is also a Startup process, allowing OpenRGB to be started alongside will allow you to resume effects controlled by iCUE when both programs start

• Win+R
• shell:startup
• Create shortcut to OpenRGB.exe
• Add --startminimized --server to the end of the Target field

Thirdparty Projects used

• CUESDK - https://github.com/CorsairOfficial/cue-sdk
• OpenRGB - https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB
• Json C++ - https://github.com/nlohmann/json
• SHA256 - https://github.com/okdshin/PicoSHA2