Node g15composer Library

A library for communication with the g15composer pipe

Requirements

• Linux (tested on Ubuntu)
• Logitech G15 Keyboard
• G15 Tools
• NodeJS

How to use

1. Install with NPM

npm install g15composer

2. Start g15composer

g15composer /path/to/pipe &

3. Include in your project

var g15composer = require('g15composer').init('/path/to/pipe');

Notification Service

g15composer can be started in notifications mode, enabling you to push messages to a queue.

1. Include in your project

var g15composer = require('g15composer').init('/path/to/pipe', 'notifications'); 

2. Push a message to the queue

g15composer.push(title, message, options)

Where options is an optional object containing the following supported methods:

options = {
	delay : 5 // Adjust the default delay to X seconds (can be decimal)
	priority: true // Add to front of queue to be displayed next!
}

Other Features

Return the current queue

console.log(g15composer.queue);

Clear the queue

g15composer.clear();

Force next message

g15composer.next();

API Functions

Render standard text

text(size, ['array', 'of', 'strings'])

size : S, M, L (string case-sensitive)*

g15composer.text('M', ['This is an example message']);

Render Text on the screen at given co-ords

textXY(size, x, y, ['array', 'of', 'strings'])

size : pixel value (e.g. 20)*

g15composer.textXY(10, 5, 5, ['This is an example message']);

Buffer

Turns buffer on (1) or off (0), allows many commands to be buffered

cache(status)

g15composer.cache(1);
g15composer.textXY(10, 5, 5, ['This is an example message']);
g15composer.textXY(10, 10, 5, ['This is another example message']);
g15composer.cache(0);

Fill Screen with color

fills screen with "color" (0 || 1)

fill(color)

g15composer.fill(1);

Set individual pixel color

Sets the pixel at (X,Y) to color (0 or 1)

setPixel(x, y, color)

setPixel(5, 5, 1);

Inverse pixels in given area

Reverses the pixels from (X1,Y1) to (X2,Y2)

inverseArea(x1, y1, x2, y2)

g15composer.inverseArea(0, 0, 160, 20);

Render a WBMP image to the screen

Renders a WBMP on the screen (Must be 160*43px)

renderImage(imagePath)

g15composer.renderImage(/path/to/image.wbmp);

Render a binary image

Overlays a pixel image of the given Width and Height at (X,Y) where strBinary is a string like "1001001001" for off/on values of LED in area

drawBinaryImage(x, y, w, h, strBinary)

g15.drawBinaryImage(5, 5, 10, 11, "00110011000011001100000000000000001100000001111000000011000001000000100010000100000111100000001100000000000000");

Render a progress bar

Draws a progress bar from (X1,Y1) to (X2,Y2) of type (0|1|2|3) in color (0|1) and complete the progress bar done / outof

progressBar(x1, y1, x2, y2, color, done, outof, type)

g15composer.progressBar(2, 2, 158, 10, 1, 60, 100, 2);