Fit-statUSB
- fit-statUSB is a programmable fingernail-size color LED that plugs into a USB port.
- fit-statUSB provides status indication by changing the LED color, brightness and color cycle.
- fit-statUSB identifies to the PC as a serial device and changes the LED color by text commands received over the serial port.
Contents
Commands
General
Commands to fit-statUSB are sent over serial port. No need to configure the baudrate, fit-statUSB adjusts automatically. Each command ends with a LF and executed immediately.
Set color
#RRGGBB
- RR | GG | BB - HEX value of red, green, blue respectively
fit-statUSB will set the intensity of each of the colors. Examples: to set dim green
#001200
to set bright yellow combine red and green
#FFFF00
P - Enter Device firmware update mode
? - Return device UUID #
F - Set Fade transition Time in ms 'F1000'
G - Return current color, (rr,gg,bb)
B - Set Fade transition Colors B#RRGGBB-tttt#RRGGBB....
Fade transition after each color
Using fit-statUSB in Windows
From command line
echo [command] > \\.\[com port]
- [command] - the command sent to fit-statUSB over serial
- [com port] - the COM port assigned to fit-statUSB
Example: Assuming fit-statUSB is on COM10 the following command will set fit-statUSB color to red:
echo #FF0000 > \\.\COM10
Detect COM port of fit-statUSB
To identify which COM port is assigned to fit-statUSB use mode command
mode
You will receive a list of COM ports. fit-statUSB listing on COM10 looks like that:
Status for device COM10: ------------------------ Baud: 9600 Parity: None Data Bits: 8 Stop Bits: 1 Timeout: ON XON/XOFF: OFF CTS handshaking: OFF DSR handshaking: OFF DSR sensitivity: OFF DTR circuit: OFF RTS circuit: OFF
PowerShell
powershell "$fitstatUSB= new-Object System.IO.Ports.SerialPort [com port]; $fitstatUSB.open(); $fitstatUSB.WriteLine('[command]'); $fitstatUSB.Close()"
- [command] - the command sent to fit-statUSB over serial
- [com port] - the COM port assigned to fit-statUSB
Example: Assuming fit-statUSB is on COM10 the following command will set fit-statUSB color to red:
powershell "$fitstatUSB= new-Object System.IO.Ports.SerialPort COM10; $fitstatUSB.open(); $fitstatUSB.WriteLine('#FF0000'); $fitstatUSB.Close()"