LightServer: App Controlled RGB Lighting: Effects + Music

LightServer

LightServer is a Wifi enabled RGB Intelligent lighting device controlled by Mobile Apps or a Webpage.

LightServer has many features, including music synchronized lighting effects, scene setting, color wheel, candy cane, sports teams and country colors, interactive music and lighting app and much much more!

The best way to see what LightServer is all about is to see the demo videos below

If you like what you see, you can get all setup instructions and details at the following locations.

Simple setup steps even for beginners!

Setup Instructions

For Beginners or Quick Setup:Binaries and all other resources (All setup steps included) – https://github.com/remixed123/LightServer_Resources/wiki

For Advanced Setup:

Source Code (All setup steps included) - https://github.com/remixed123/LightServer/wiki

You can get this to work without the need to use the source code, there are details on how to use the binaries to make everything work. 

Anyone can create a LightServer.

Videos

App Features

There are number of iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad) Apps available that make LightServer very special. 

Do not worry if you do not have an iOS device you can use the onboard WebApp to control LightServer, but you do not get many of the features, as an app is needed to make them function.

All iOS Apps can be found in the Apple App Store - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/glenn-vassallo/id914825403

LightKit App

Home
- Scenes: Save 6 lighting scenes, which can be instantly recalled when desired. Set the right lighting atmosphere for the moment, mood lighting to rave party.
- Lights: Connect as many lights as you wish, you can control in a group or individually.
- Random: Quickly create scenes by using the random colors and effect feature.
- Store: Have a specific scene load when you re-power the device.
- Add: Simply add a new set of lights to your Wi-Fi network, with a one step process.

Color Wheel

- Selection: Select the exact color you want, and run a lighting effect on the color.
- Banks: Bank A for subtle mood lighting effects, bank B for party lighting effects.
- Control: Adjust the speed, brightness and direction of the effect.

Candy Cane: 

- Selection: Select up to 5 colors and have different lighting effects run on these colors.
- Banks: Bank A for subtle mood lighting effects, bank B for party lighting effects.
- Control: Change speed, direction and brightness of the selected effect.

Music & Microphone: 

- Music: Use music in your music library to create lighting effects.
- Microphone: Use your devices microphone to create lighting effects.
- Effects: There are 32 different effects, located in 4 banks.
- Auto-Sound Levelling: For best result with various volumes, use auto-sound levelling.
- Auto-Rotate: Automatically rotate through different lighting effects at a set time interval.

Photo Scan: 

- Photo Library: Use photos in your photo library to change the colors of your lights.

Tilt Adjust:

- Accelerometer: Use the devices accelerometer to change the light's color.

Sports Teams:
- Color Database: Select your favourite sports team from our color database and then run lighting effects from its colors.
- Banks: Bank A for subtle mood lighting effects, bank B for party lighting effects.
- Control: Change the speed, brightness or direction of the lighting effect.

Events and Nations: 

- Color Database: Select an event or nation and have its colors displayed, these colors can then be effected in various ways.
- Banks: Bank A for subtle mood lighting effects, bank B for party lighting effects.
- Control: Change the speed, brightness and direction of the lighting effect.

Effects: 

- 16 Random Color Effects: Randomly create colors to be used in effects, press again to generate new colors.
- 4 Multi Color Effects: These effects will use many different colors.
- 2 Set Color Effects: Rainbow and Color Wheel.
- Control: Adjust the speed, brightness and direction of the lighting effects

LightDrum App

LightDrum creates RGB lighting effects that are synchronized with the sounds you play on a virtual drum pad.

There are 4 different lighting effects and 6 different percussion sounds.

LightTunes App

LightTunes creates RGB lighting effects that are synchronized with music from your iTunes library.

There are 40 different music synchronized lighting effects, with auto-sound leveling and auto-rotate through effects with specific time intervals.

WebApp

The WebApp allows control from any device with a browser, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, Macintosh and even a Kindle!

Assembled LightServer

Technology

Based on Texas Instruments hardware and uses many technologies to make it simple to use when assembled. 

Works best with WS8212B RGB LEDs, like the NeoPixels available from AdaFruit 

Architecture

You can connect to your Wi-Fi router or connect directly