There are other - meanwhile recommended, but untested here - ways to install and setup
newer versions of `libus-win32`: use
[Zadig](https://zadig.akeo.ie/) (it is also available from the old libusb-win32 repo on
[GitHub repo](https://github.com/mcuee/libusb-win32/releases) of newer releases)
or [libusbK](https://libusbk.sourceforge.net/UsbK3/index.html)
### Required dependencies on Windows 7
Of course, Python is needed:
Download win/win32-bin-1.2.6.0.zip to your desktop. Extract.
Find the inf-wizard.exe in the bin folder. Right click 'Run as Administrator'
Then continue as with windows 10 above.
- Download latest python from [python.org](https://www.python.org/downloads/),
or specific versions from [here](https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/)
- Checkmark the following options
- `[x]` install Launcher for all Users
- `[x]` Add Python X.Y to PATH
- Click the `Install Now ...` text message.
Install needed the Python packages. On some systems (esp. those with Python 2
*and* 3 installed), you have to address Python 3 explicitly by using the
command `pip3` instead of `pip`.
- Run cmd.exe as Administrator, enter:
pip install pyusb
pip install pillow
#### Examples:
Sudo may or may not be needed for accessing the USB device, depending on your system.
To run these examples on linux, you might have to prepend `sudo` for accessing
the USB device or install a udev rule as stated above. On Windows, maybe you
have to run the `cmd`, where you enter the commands, with `Run as administrator`,
which is similar to the `sudo`on linux.
sudo python3 ./led-badge-11x44.py "Hello World!"
On some systems (esp. those with Python 2 *and* 3 installed), you have to
address Python 3 explicitly by using `python3` instead of `python`.
python ./led-badge-11x44.py "Hello World!"
loads the text 'Hello World!' as the first message, and scrolls it from right to left (default scroll mode=0) and speed 4 (default). After an upload the device shows the first message once and returns to the charging screen if still connected to USB. Either pull the plug or press the small button next to the USB connector.
loads the text 'Hello' as message one and 'World!' as message two. Compare the difference in quoting to the previous example. Up to 8 messages can be uploaded. This example uses mode 6, which drops the words with a nice little animation vertically into the display area. Speed is set to maximum here, for smoothness.
Per default you will only see 'Hello'. To see all messages, press the small button next to the USB connector multiple times, until you briefly see 'M1-8'. Now the display loops through all uploaded messages.
Per default, you will only see 'Hello'. To see all messages, press the small button next to the USB connector multiple times, until you briefly see 'M1-8'. Now the display loops through all uploaded messages.
loads a fullscreen still image. Avoid whitespace between colons and name. If you receive a message `ImportError: cannot import name '_imaging'`, then try to update the corresponding package: `sudo pip install -U Pillow`
uses one builtin and one loaded image. The heart is builtin, and the fablab-logo is loaded from file. The fablab logo is used twice, once before the word 'fablab' and again behind through the reference ':1:' (which references the first loaded image).
shows a bicycle crossing the display in left-to-right and right-to-left (as a second message). If you select the 'M1-8' mode, the bike permanently runs back and forth the display. You may add a short message to one or both, to make it appear the bike is pulling the text around.
Jürgen Weigert
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