OpenAuraSDK questions for ASUS Aura Sync

hoWlExat · 2019-11-29 10:45:08

I've been playing with OpenAuraSDK, which is an open-source alternative to the proprietary, Windows-only ASUS Aura Sync software. You can buy your hardware with Aura Sync-compatible RGB, and can control the RGBs through either ASUS Aura Sync or OpenAuraSDK, although OpenAuraSDK doesn't currently have the full capabilities of ASUS Aura Sync.

There are a few things that I'm trying to figure out, and am all ears if anybody knows the answers/solutions to any of them.

1) How to get the OpenAuraSDK settings fixed on startup.
Each time I reboot, I currently have to run OpenAuraSDK and reset the RGBs to how I want them to look.

2) How to get an Nvidia graphics card, and a peripheral plugged into an addressable RGB header (a CPU cooler) to be picked up by OpenAuraSDK.
Currently, I can see a handful of devices by running `i2cdetect -l` (part of the `i2c-tools` package).
There are some that are labelled SMBus, and I'm led to believe from the minimal OpenAuraSDK install instructions that those are the devices it is picking up.
The devices it's picking up include my RAM, motherboard and case. The devices it is not picking up include my GPU and my CPU cooler (addressable RGB header pins).
I am completely new to I2C and kernel mods (of which I had to add `i2c-dev` and `i2c-piix4-aura` to get OpenAuraSDK to work), so my understanding could be way off.

3) [SOLVED] How to get OpenAuraSDK to not prevent ASUS Aura Sync from working.
I'd started messing with my RGBs in OpenAuraSDK, then once I booted back to Windows and tried to open ASUS Aura Sync, it wouldn't open.
Neither a reinstall nor a reboot fixed the problem, so I'm going to try a complete reinstall of Windows.
But it seems that maybe OpenAuraSDK is stepping on the toes of ASUS Aura Sync?
I don't know how the two things could do so if living on separate operating systems.

Thanks for any help you can give!!

Side note: Settings from either of the software seem to have a bit of hangover when booting to the other OS. In other words, if I set something red in Windows (ASUS Aura Sync), when I boot into Arch, some of those things may be red, and some things seem to default to cycling through all the colors.

Last edited by hoWlExat (2019-11-30 02:46:07)

hoWlExat · 2019-11-30 02:45:38

The solution to number 3, above, was to boot into Windows and run the `msconfig.exe` executable. In there, there's an option for "Normal" boot, which makes sure to look at all device drivers, again. Clicking that and restarting seems to have fixed that issue.

pmack18 · 2019-12-21 02:19:59

how would like to get my PRIME Z370-A II v to run open aura to change my onboard leds (rgb)

Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z370-A II v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1201 date: 07/12/2019

paul@paul-System-Product-Name:~$ i2cdetect -l
i2c-3 unknown    DPDDC-B    N/A
i2c-1 unknown    i915 gmbus dpb N/A
i2c-8 unknown    NVIDIA i2c adapter 8 at 3:00.0 N/A
i2c-6 unknown    NVIDIA i2c adapter 6 at 3:00.0 N/A
i2c-4 unknown    NVIDIA i2c adapter 1 at 3:00.0 N/A
i2c-2 unknown    i915 gmbus dpd N/A
i2c-0 unknown    i915 gmbus dpc N/A
i2c-7 unknown    NVIDIA i2c adapter 7 at 3:00.0 N/A
i2c-5 unknown    NVIDIA i2c adapter 4 at 3:00.0 N/A

above is my i2c bus

System: Host: paul-System-Product-Name Kernel: 5.0.0-32-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 7.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.5 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z370-A II v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1201 date: 07/12/2019
CPU: Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-8600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: A
L2 cache: 9216 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 37152
Speed: 801 MHz min/max: 800/4300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800
Graphics: Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:3e92
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 430.64
bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c82
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 430.64
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a2f0
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fb9
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.0.0-32-generic
Network: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f040
bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15b8
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0
port: e000 bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 1814:3090
IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.60 TiB used: 641.82 GiB (24.1%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter>
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Intel model: MEMPEK1J016GAH size: 13.41 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s
lanes: 2 serial: <filter>
ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LX001-1RG174 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
ID-4: /dev/sdb vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
ID-5: /dev/sdc vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
RAID: Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 bus ID: 00:17.0
chip ID: 8086.2822
Partition: ID-1: / size: 456.96 GiB used: 155.67 GiB (34.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 gpu: nvidia fan: 48%
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb http: //dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-bionic.list
1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
2: deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com tricia main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ppa-bionic.list
1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
2: deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
Info: Processes: 251 Uptime: 3h 41m Memory: 31.03 GiB used: 1.34 GiB (4.3%) Init: systemd
v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.4.0 alt: 7 Client: Unknown python3.6 client
inxi: 3.0.32

I am not sure how to setup AuraSync

Last edited by pmack18 (2019-12-21 02:20:40)

2ManyDogs · 2019-12-21 14:33:48

pmack18 wrote:

Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic

Mint is not supported here. Please ask on their forum.

Forum Registration wrote:

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Closing this solved topic.

ewaller · 2019-12-28 02:28:19

Reopened. I think there had been confusion as to the OP. 2ManyDogs: I think you missed that pmack waas not the OP. If I missed something, then any moderator -- go ahead and override this action.

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OpenAuraSDK questions for ASUS Aura Sync

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Re: OpenAuraSDK questions for ASUS Aura Sync

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Re: OpenAuraSDK questions for ASUS Aura Sync

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Re: OpenAuraSDK questions for ASUS Aura Sync

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Re: OpenAuraSDK questions for ASUS Aura Sync

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