Question About Using morph Mode in alienfx-cli

[kanizjrun]

Thank you for developing alienfx-cli—it's a great tool!

I have a question about using the morph mode. How do I specify both the starting and ending colors when using the setone or setzone commands? For example, I would like to make a light transition from red to blue.

Could you provide an example command for this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[T-Troll]

You need to use setaction/setzoneaction command.
Also use settempo to alter speed.
But this is a bit limited into CLI, GUI have more settings. Also, some hardware (like internal notebook keyboards) does not support per-light effects. Use setglobal for it.
You can read alienfx-cli readme for details.

[kanizjrun]

Thanks for your response! I tried setting up the morph mode with two colors（169，98，255）（98，255，255） using the following commands:

"C:\Users\11592[0]alienfx-tools\Alienfx-cli.exe" settempo=51[,51]
"C:\Users\11592[0]alienfx-tools\Alienfx-cli.exe" setzoneaction=1,1,169,98,255,98,255,255
However, it seems that only the first color is being displayed. I suspect I might be formatting the colors incorrectly.

Could you please confirm the correct way to define two colors for morph mode in CLI?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[T-Troll]

1. Use settempo into THE SAME command line (yes, it can be more, then one command at one tool call)
2. settempo example you provide have incorrect format (no "[" needed)
3. Do you have zone defined? If not, use a bunch of setaction commands for each light
4. try to use lower values for settempo, something about 20.
5. Action modes are text, not number.

[kanizjrun]

Yes, I have defined the zone. However, I tried both the morph and pulse modes, but the lighting did not change.

Here are the commands I tried:

"C:\Users\11592[0]alienfx-tools\Alienfx-cli.exe" settempo=20,20 setzoneaction=morph,169,98,255,0,0,255

"C:\Users\11592[0]alienfx-tools\Alienfx-cli.exe" settempo=20,20 setzoneaction=pulse,169,98,255,0,0,255

But when I tried the color mode, the lights changed as expected:

"C:\Users\11592[0]alienfx-tools\Alienfx-cli.exe" settempo=20,20 setzoneaction=color,169,98,255,0,0,255
Could you help me figure out why the morph and pulse modes are not working? Thanks for your support!

[T-Troll]

You forget to define ZoneID into command. ZoneID can be checked using status command.

[kanizjrun]

Sorry, I am a complete noob in programming.

After running the status command, I got the following output:

C:\Users\11592\Desktop>"C:\Users\11592[0]alienfx-tools\Alienfx-cli.exe" status
alienfx-cli v9.1.2
Dell API ready, 1 devices found.
Device #0 - Main lights, VID#6268, PID#1360, APIv4, 6 lights
Light ID#0 - Alienhead
Light ID#1 - Power Button (Power button)
Light ID#2 - KB Left
Light ID#3 - KB Center-Left
Light ID#4 - KB Center-Right
Light ID#5 - KB Right
1 groups:
Group #1 (4 lights) - New zone #2
Done.
C:\Users\11592\Desktop>pause

Here is my test cod:

@echo off
"C:\Users\11592[0]alienfx-tools\Alienfx-cli.exe" settempo=20,20 setzoneaction=1,morph,0,255,0,0,0,255
exit

Could you please teach me how to correctly define a zone in the command? I would like to apply the effect to all keyboard lights (Group #1).

Thanks for your help and patience!