sergeich5/Ambilight-MacOS

Add ambilight to your Mac. *Requires Arduino UNO

Ambilight for Mac OS

This part of software is a part for your Mac. It works only with Arduino UNO. See Amilight Arduino part

Instruction

• Setup your Arduino UNO before use.
• Connect Arduino UNO to your Mac
• Run ambilight via python 2.7

Check your python version

Run this command

$ python -v
Python 2.7.16 (default, Jul  5 2020, 02:24:03)

Required version is 2.7.x

Configuration

edit config.py to your needs

Run ambilight.py

python /path/to/ambilight.py

Troubleshooting connection

In Arduino.py check this line

            if 'tty.usbmodem' in port:

and change it regarding to your connected device. (For example Arduino on Mac is called dev/tty.usbmodem143241101 so it will be detected, you don't have to change anything). Older models can be called wchusbserial14, then you have to change them accordingly.