User Manual

Actions screen

• File : Select a Bitmap on the ESP8266 flash memory.

• Actions :

  • Download : Download selected file to your smartphone.
  • Delete : Delete selected file from ESP8266.

• Options :

  • Start : Select the beginning of your animation
  • Stop : Select the end of your animation
  • Duration : Show the estimated duration of the animation. If you change the duration, it will change the delay to fit your need.

• Actions :

  • Light : Set the LED Strip to Color to use it as a flashlight or for special effect. Stop your running animation.
  • Burn : Set the LED Strip to the first column of the Bitmap for special effect. Stop your running animation.
  • Play : Play or pause your running animation
  • Stop : Turn off your LED Strip. Stop your running animation.

Settings screen

• Delay : Time between two frames in ms.

• Brightness : Brightness of the LED Strip. Value possible 0 (black) to 255 (full).

• Countdown : Time in ms before launching the animation.

  • Countdown ? [x] The animation is start after Countdown ms.

• Repeat : Number of times the Bitmap is animate.

  • Invert ? [x] The animation start with the end of the Bitmap
  • Repeat ? [x] Activate the repetition according to Repeat
  • Bounce ? [x] Activate the bounce (normal-invert-normal...etc) repetition according to Repeat

• Vertical Cut : Number of column between two vertical cut during the animation.

  • Vertical Cut Off? [x] The animation is vertical cut to blank each Vertical Cut column(s)
  • Vertical Cut Color? [x] The animation is vertical cut to color each Vertical Cut column(s)

• Horizontal Cut : Number of line between two horizontal cut during the animation.

  • Horizontal Cut Off? [x] The animation is horizontal cut to blank each Horizontal Cut line(s)
  • Horizontal Cut Color? [x] The animation is horizontal cut to color each Horizontal Cut line(s)

• Color : Color use by Vertical Cut Color? ; Horizontal Cut Color? ; Endcolor ? and the Light button.

  • Endoff ? [x] Turn off the LED Strip when the animation is pause/stop or end. Useful when the Bitmap doesn't end with a black line.
  • Endcolor? [x] Set the LED Strip to Color when the animation is pause/stop or end. Useful for special effect.

• Actions :

  • Save : Save current settings to the ESP8266. This allow you to Restore your settings after a shutdown.
  • Restore : Restore current settings from the ESP8266.

Convert screen

• File : Select a file on your smartphone. Preview is for image only.

• Options :

  • Gamma : Apply Gamma to the Bitmap which will appear darker on the smartphone than on the LED strip.
  • Orientation : Change the orientation of the Bitmap. Useful for vertical Bitmap.
  • Pixels : Change the number of pixels. The Bitmap is put in the center of the LED strip.

• Actions :

  • Upload Original : Upload directly selected file to the ESP8266.
  • Upload Convert : Convert and Upload selected image file to the ESP8266.
  • Download Convert : Convert and Download selected image file to your smartphone.

Generate screen

TO DO

• Effect : Select a effect to generate.

• Options :

  • Gamma : Apply Gamma to the Bitmap which will appear darker on the smartphone than on the LED strip.
  • Orientation : Change the orientation of the Bitmap. Useful for vertical Bitmap.
  • Pixels : Change the number of pixels. The Bitmap is put in the center of the LED strip.

• Actions :

  • Refresh Generate : Refresh the effect.
  • Upload Generate : Convert and Upload selected effect to the ESP8266.
  • Download Generate : Convert and Download selected effect to your smartphone.

System screen

• Pixels : Number of pixels attach to the ESP8266.
• Filesystem : Memory use on the ESP8266.