PowerBlink

PowerShell module for controlling Blink(1) devices

Usage Examples

Setup

Run this before starting to work with the rest of the commands to open a communication session with the device(s).

Initialize-Blink1Devices

Basic Color Command

This example will set all LEDs on the first blink device (Device 0) to blue immediately

Set-Blink1Color -DeviceNumber 0 -Color Blue

Individual LED Control

This example demonstrates how to change the color of one of the two individually controllable RGB LEDs on a Blink(1)mk2 device. As is done in the native protocol, address 0 controls all LEDs (broadcast), address 1 controlls the first LED alone and address 2 the second.

Set-Blink1Color -DeviceNumber 0 -Color Yellow -Address 1

Fade Timing

The speed of transition to a new color can be specified using the FadeTime parameter which accepts millisecond values up to [uint16]::MaxValue

Set-Blink1Color -DeviceNumber 0 -Color Green -FadeTime 100

Basic Loop

Set-Blink1Color -DeviceNumber 0 -Color White -Address 0
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
while ($true) {
    Set-Blink1Color -DeviceNumber 0 -Color Green -Address 1 -FadeTime 100
    Set-Blink1Color -DeviceNumber 0 -Color Blue -Address 2 -FadeTime 100
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
    Set-Blink1Color -DeviceNumber 0 -Color Blue -Address 1 -FadeTime 100
    Set-Blink1Color -DeviceNumber 0 -Color Green -Address 2 -FadeTime 100
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
}