Python MSI Keys

Neat-O python app to control your fancy MSI steelseries keyboard backlight. I learned the protocol by reading the code in this node project https://github.com/wearefractal/msi-keyboard.

Note that you must have permission to talk to your hid devices. Otherwise, you have to run this code with sudo

Installing

sudo pip install msikeys

You'll likely have to create a new udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/10-msikeys.rules so that your user can talk to this device

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1770", ATTR{idProduct}=="ff00", GROUP="input", SYMLINK+="msikeyboard_backlight"

Note that your user must be a member of the group in the above rule.

Then reboot or do something like

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

Running

To initialize your config:

msikeys-config.py

To apply your config at startup:

msikeys-init.py

Examples

Green keyboard:

import msikeys

kb = msikeys.get_keyboard()
kb.colors = msikeys.Color.GREEN
kb.commit()

Team amurica keyboard:

import msikeys

kb = msikeys.get_keyboard()
kb.colors = [msikeys.Color.RED, msikeys.Color.WHITE, msikeys.Color.BLUE]
kb.commit()

Load keyboard at login (in your ~/.bash_profile):

msikeys-init.py