Please add support for Alienware R5 17 (2018 model)

[utsavrai]

1. Expected behavior.

To be able to change color of lights

2. Actual behavior.

No supported alienfx controller found

3. Steps to reproduce the problem.

install alienfx on ubuntu 18.04 on alienware r5 17 2018 model

4. Specifications like the version of the project, install method, operating system, and hardware.

• Project Version: when I try to get version I get following error -
  You are running alienfx under Python-Version: 3.6.9 (default, Jan 26 2021, 15:33:00)
  [GCC 8.4.0]
  ERROR:root:No Alien FX controller, defined by a supported model, found!
  would you like to perform a zonescan? (y/n):y
  Performing zonescan...
  Welcome. This will help you to scan for alienfx-controllers and their lightning zones.
  Found device "0x187c / 0x0550".
  would you like to test a newer controller? default=y
  note that choosing a wrong controller will result in packet-errors.
  in this case you might choose another one instead. (y/n):

• Operating System: Ubuntu 18.04

• Hardware Version: Alinware r5 17 2018 model running Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz

[RossComputerGuy]

Would love support for the M15 R5 (0x187c / 0x0550)

[alexmmych]

Alienware Aurora R12 has the same controller ("0x187c / 0x0550")

Operating System: Manjaro Linux
Kernel Version: 5.14.0-0-MANJARO (64-bit)

Processors: 16 × Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF CPU @ 3.80GHz
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2

[tmarsteel]

Just got an M15 R5 and it also has the 0x0550 controller. I was getting ready to contribute the zone mappings, but i cannot run the zonescan. Regardless of the udev rule, i get permission errors. If i run the zonescan as sudo, the zonescanner stops on Testing zone 0x0001" (waits forever for something). Specifically, it waits on line 87 in zonescanner.py:

            # Make controller ready
            myctr._driver.acquire()
            myctr._ping()
            myctr._reset('all-lights-off')
            myctr._wait_controller_ready() # waits here forever, lights don't turn off