RFShowControl 4.0.2

Update!!!!! 11/17/2015
The 4.0.2 Updated release is here

New functionality
*1.6.6 Arduino IDE Support (Tested on Win 8.1)
*2 universe transmitter with 1 MBPS data rate
*multi string pixel support
*pixel grouping
*pixel order reversing

• Additional Pixel Types supported WS_2812B, NEO_PIXEL, TM_1829, TM_1803, UCS_1903, APA_104, LPD_1886

***Note there are breaking changes use the update instructions below!

***To Install download the "RFShowControl_Full_4.0.2.zip" zip file listed below and unzip it into your /Arduino/Libraries folder so it looks like the following picture. DO NOT KEEP YOUR OLD LIBRARIES IN THIS FOLDER!

RFShowControl 4.0.0 Pre-Release

The 4.0.0 release is here

New functionality
*2 universe transmitter with 1 MBPS data rate
*multi string pixel support
*pixel grouping
*pixel order reversing

***Note there are breaking changes you will need to get all supporting libraries from the zip archive.

RFShowControl-3.0-2015-Update_Arduino1.0.5.x-1.0.6.x

Update for 2015

Note this will still not support the new IDE you will need 1.0.6

RFShowControl Release 3.0.1

Minor updates and bug fixes.

This Release is the last planned update for the 2014 season.

When upgrading to this release please follow ALL the instructions at http://learn.komby.com/wiki/3/how-to-setup-arduino-ide

RFShowControl 3.0 beta

2014 Beta Release for the "clarity" work done to clean up the library and make it easier to use.

Notes:
Renamed library to RFShowControl
Renamed all sketches to new standardized naming formats
Removed the hardware serial hack dependencies for the DMX Transmitter
Consolidated the Pixels into one sketch that allows for pixel configuration.

You cannot use the 1.5.7 version of the IDE for this build. Something in the Beta version of the Arduino IDE is funky and not working with this code currently.
For tested predictible results compile your RFShowControl Firmware for Release 3.0 beta using 1.0.5 r2
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software#toc2

Release Candidate 1.1

Updated with fixes to GECE and other minor improvements

Updates to preserve memory and other performance enhancements.

Renamed the Unicast transmitter to remove the Unicast and added support for multicast.

updated WM2999 receiver code to auto refresh if no data received to prevent one by one turn off.

other random fixes.

For upgrade instructions go to
http://learn.komby.com/wiki/3/how-to-setup-arduino-ide
and
http://learn.komby.com/wiki/21/getting-started-guide

Public Beta Release 2

Added support for DMX(*) output receivers. The dmx output configuration utilizes a customized version of DMXSerial and does not require the hardware serial hack.

Renamed the FTDI Transmitter to reflect that it is the only DMX Serial transmitter.

Added support for kombee boards including heartbeat functionality.

Added support for blinking diagnostic LEDs on WM2999 boards.

Added Over the Air configuration. When receiver nodes are set to OTAConfigEnable they will wait 5 seconds and try and pull OTA config settings from a configuration node.

Storing of OTA Configuration settings in EEPROM, Over the air configured nodes will time out after 5 seconds if the configuration node is not available and will fall back to their last known working EEPROM settings.

Addition of the rfconfig sketch, this sketch requires the Arduino Uno , Arduino Ethernet (wiznet), and a minimalist sheild setup. It will serve a small webserver you can then use to configure Over The Air configuration for receiver nodes.

Public Beta Release 1

This release is the first public beta release of the RFPixelControl software

Included functionality

Transmitters:

• FTDITransmitter - connect a FTDI device and read incoming DMX serial. This transmitter will handle 512 channels of DMX and will send the data via RF.
• RenardInterruptTransmitter - Connect any usb based COM device and receive incoming serial data. This will handle transmitting up to 512 channels of renard data from the serial and send it via RF.
• ArduinoEtherenetUnicastE1.31 - using an arduino uno or compatible this transmitter will receive Unicast E1.31 data and send it via RF. This transmitter option will send up to 1 universe of E1.31 data over RF.

Receivers:

• Renard: Receive RF Data and send it via Serial output to a renard device.
• RGB: Use the Dumb RGB receiver to control DumbRGB strips.
• Pixels: Support for various Pixel types
  • WM2999 - control your Walmart pixels
  • FastSPI2 supported pixels (LPD8806,WS2801,SM16716,TM1809, TM1803, UCS1903, WS2811)

*Note: only WS2801, WS2811 andTM1809 were tested

Downloads:

• v0.1-beta.1_SupportLibraries.zip - all the 3rd party libraries
• Source Code (Zip or tar.gz)