Pyramid Triangles

Codebase to drive pyramid triangle art.

Requirements

• Python 3

Install Python 3 (any method will do)

On Apple, with Homebrew

brew install python
export PATH="$(brew --prefix python)/libexec/bin:${PATH}"

... or on Linux

sudo apt install python3.9

Install poetry and dependencies

The build script will install Poetry if needed. Poetry will then download python dependencies. It will create a virtualenv if you're not already using one, which is great.

./build.sh

• Processing 2.2.1+ (for simulator only)

Getting Started

First, check out the repository:

git clone git@github.com:pyramidscheme/pyramidtriangles.git

The simulator lives in the Simulators/TriangleSimulator/ directory. Open the file TriangleSimulator.pde in Processing, and run it.

To start the lighting software talking to the simulator:

poetry run python -X dev go_tri.py --simulator

You can also specify which show to run by using the name of the show:

poetry run python -X dev go_tri.py --simulator UpDown

You can also choose which show is running through the web interface:

http://localhost:9990/

Writing Shows

See the files in doc/

OSC Control

Lighting can be controlled wirelessly over OSC. We're using TouchOSC, which is available for iOS and Android. (It costs $4.99, but it's worth it, we promise!)

You'll need to install the app on your phone or tablet, then install a layout.

1. Download the TouchOSC Editor from the TouchOSC page (scroll down to 'Downloads') 
2. Open the show control layout from the baaahs repository (misc/ShowControl.touchosc)
3. Click 'Sync' in the TouchOSC Editor menubar and follow the on-screen instructions

For more details on controlling shows with OSC, check the 'doc' directory in this repository.

Hardware Support

Communicating with the hardware requires OLA.

OS X:

brew install ola

Debian / Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install ola ola-python ola-rdm-tests

Generate python documentation

rm -r docs && \
poetry run pdoc --html --skip-errors --output-dir docs/ pyramidtriangles && \
mv docs/pyramidtriangles/* docs/ && \
rmdir docs/pyramidtriangles

History

Credit to Mostly Greg Brown, and a bit to JEM for writing the original codebase on which we are building. That was the BAAAHS panel controlling s/w

Actually Running The Thing w/ DMXking LeDMX4pro

-2)Connect your DMX4pro to a network that looks like it's configured network (console does not seem to be able to re-set the IP). 192.168.0.*, 255.255.255.0, 192.168.0.254 -1)Power the DMX4pro on 0) ping it to see if it is visible to your network 1) source your ve 2) start ola daemon ('olad'). This should start a server who has a UI you can access at localhost:9090 3)go to localhost:9090 4)click 'add universe', give it universe #0 and any name you like. 5)Add the 'Device' ArtNet [IP] Artnet Universe 0:0:0 Direction == OUTPUT 6) Save 7) from sourced ve, type python ./go_led.py 8)Open DMX4pro configuration tool. You should be able to see the OLA artnet and the DMX4pro. 9)From localhost:9090 (OMG! There is a much better 'new ola UI' which you can access by clicking the tiny link to it at the bottom of this page that loads for localhost:9090), click on your universe. The DMX Monitor tab shows you IRT what DMX is being sent. DMX Console lets you manually send DMX to every channel. 10) IF you have cherrypy installed, you can go to the simple web interface that should have started on localhost:9990. you can choose shows, set cycle interval,etc. 11) simulator possibly coming!