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Feature Request: Ability to control the AniMe Matrix #13

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ReK42 opened this issue Aug 9, 2020 · 23 comments
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Feature Request: Ability to control the AniMe Matrix #13

ReK42 opened this issue Aug 9, 2020 · 23 comments
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@ReK42
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ReK42 commented Aug 9, 2020

As bad as Armoury Crate is, one of the features it has that no other program does is the ability to control the AniMe Matrix. If ROG Manager is to fully replace Armoury Crate for people with versions of the laptop that have the matrix, this feature will be important.
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There is actually an open source implementation to control different vendors' RGB: https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB. Although, I'm not sure if AniMe Matrix uses the same interface as AURA.

Since I do not have an G14 with AniMe Matrix on hand, development may be an issue. At the time of writing it doesn't seem like United States (where I'm located) is selling the version with AniMe Matrix. This may change at a later date.

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ReK42 commented Aug 10, 2020

I have a model with the matrix. I don't have the spare time to invest in development but I'd be willing to test.

@zllovesuki
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Although, would you be interested in trying out setting the keyboard brightness? One use case would be turning the keyboard back light on when it's sunset, and turning it off when it's sunrise.

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ReK42 commented Aug 11, 2020

That's not a feature I'd be interested in. Setting brightness based on a schedule is very unreliable. You really need an ambient light sensor to make dynamic brightness useful. Without one it becomes an annoyance for the user, in my experience.

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zllovesuki commented Aug 11, 2020 •
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That is a valid point. We can workaround the issue of G14 not having an ALS later.

However, I mainly want to test out my theory that the keyboard brightness control interface is the same on all G14s. If you are comfortable, would you mind running this binary in the Powershell and post the output here? You can run it with regular user privilege (no need for administrator).

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v1b1 commented Aug 11, 2020

Ran on Powershell 7.0.3 on a G14 with AniMe Matrix:

{Path:\\?\hid#vid_0b05&pid_1866&mi_02&col02#8&3397f86&0&0001#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030} VendorID:2821 ProductID:6246 Release:2 Serial: Manufacturer:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Product:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. UsagePage:12 Usage:1 Interface:2}
{Path:\\?\hid#vid_0b05&pid_1866&mi_02&col03#8&3397f86&0&0002#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030} VendorID:2821 ProductID:6246 Release:2 Serial: Manufacturer:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Product:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. UsagePage:65329 Usage:121 Interface:2}
{Path:\\?\hid#vid_0b05&pid_1866&mi_02&col04#8&3397f86&0&0003#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030} VendorID:2821 ProductID:6246 Release:2 Serial: Manufacturer:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Product:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. UsagePage:65329 Usage:128 Interface:2}
{Path:\\?\hid#vid_0b05&pid_1866&mi_00#8&247a6e1&0&0000#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030}\kbd VendorID:2821 ProductID:6246 Release:2 Serial: Manufacturer:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Product: UsagePage:1 Usage:6 Interface:0}
{Path:\\?\hid#vid_0b05&pid_1866&mi_01#8&261ee4a3&0&0000#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030}\kbd VendorID:2821 ProductID:6246 Release:2 Serial: Manufacturer:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Product:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. UsagePage:1 Usage:6 Interface:1}
{Path:\\?\hid#vid_0b05&pid_1866&mi_02&col01#8&3397f86&0&0000#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030} VendorID:2821 ProductID:6246 Release:2 Serial: Manufacturer:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Product:ASUSTeK Computer Inc. UsagePage:65329 Usage:118 Interface:2}

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zllovesuki commented Aug 11, 2020 •
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Yep, just as I suspected, they are the same on all G14s. The only difference is the serial number.

Thanks for helping 🙂

@zllovesuki
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Question: If you disable the "Armoury Crate Control Interface" in Device Manager under System Devices, are you able to still interface with AniMe Matrix?

@erikjoya
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Anime Matrix current settings still work when disabling "Armoury crate control interface". It will stop working when I stop the armory crate service. It seems there's a persistent lightingservice.exe that's running to maintain the anime matrix which is under the aura service. Uninstalling the aura service while still having the armory crate will stop the anime matrix to work.

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@erikjoya would you mind posting the lightingservice.exe binary (and its associated DLL/.sys drivers) so I can take a look?

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Here's my copy.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pw90gxn2wrgbpzv/LightingService.zip?dl=0

Just an update. I disabled armory crate service in the services and my lights still work. The only thing that stops working is it will not automatically turn off anymore when I unplug my power.

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Interesting. Looks like the interface is written in C#, but it is then wrapped so LighteningService.exe (c++) can call it?

@zllovesuki
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Could potentially adapt the control in Linux to be used on Windows: https://github.com/flukejones/rog-core/blob/master/rog-core/src/animatrix_control.rs

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Sorry I don't know how to code. I can only be your guinea pig

@zllovesuki
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It looks like someone in the community has made an effort of controlling the LEDs: https://github.com/thesacredmoocow/G14MatrixControl

I will see if this is something I can integrate

@erikjoya
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thanks for doing this.

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Hello, there's a Proof of Concept implementation available in G14Manager.

Proof of Concept binary: https://rachel.objectstore.co/dist/G14Manager/matrix.exe
"Image": https://rachel.objectstore.co/dist/G14Manager/buf.txt

How to use:

  1. open a PowerShell
  2. Run Get-Content buf.txt | .\matrix.exe

Armory Crate should not be running (the main program or the services). There might be an issue with WinUSB driver, but we can test it later. This should show a star like pattern:

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erikjoya commented Dec 9, 2020 via email

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in the lastest win11, uninstalling the Armory Crate Services and UWP app does not disable the anime matrix because the AURA lighting service it relies on is still working. This means that we can set everything up before we uninstall ACS.

But without ACS, the animation will always be there, no matter plugged in or not. I hope I can turn it off when on battery and turn it on when plugged in, don't really need a complicated controller, just hope there could be a simple switch or small app for that.

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Hey! It doesn't work for me, what should I do? Do I first need to install the WinUSB driver (provided by the repo you mentioned) and if so, how?

initializing controller
MatrixController: Attempting to find AniMe Matrix Device
MatrixController: Device \\?\usb#vid_0b05&pid_193b#6&7e781f5&0&4#{a5dcbf10-6530-11d2-901f-00c04fb951ed} found
MatrixController: Attempting to create file Handle to AniMe Matrix Device
MatrixController: Unable to create file Handle to AniMe Matrix Device: 0
panic: [matrix] Cannot obtain controller

goroutine 1 [running]:
main.main()
        C:/Users/zllov/G14/G14Manager/poc/matrix/main.go:43 +0x569

Thank you a lot for this awesome repo of yours!

@SinanAkkoyun
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Nvm, it "works"!!
It doesnt display a star pattern though.. it groups as weird star formations and when it's done, there does exist a line.

If you are still wokring on this and need a picture I will send it. This is btw tested on a G14 2022

@zllovesuki
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@SinanAkkoyun it is possible that the 2022 version has a different matrix pattern. Is there a spec sheet somewhere we can see how many pixels they have?

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rmzNadir commented Jul 1, 2023

Any chance you could make this work with the anime matrix of an x670e crosshair extreme mobo?

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