Connect or Not: Klub K4, Kersnikova, Ljubljana, February 2014

Scanners + DMX shield + Arduino + Connect or Not Android app + laptop

• 6 Robe ClubScan 250ct moving lights
• Arduino Uno
• DMX shield by Conceptinetics
• laptop (Debian Wheezy) with built in wireless adapter Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 with Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux, 3.11-2-amd64 (iwlwifi)
• TP-Link TL-WR703N wireless router (OpenWRT squashfs firmware) how to install
• smartphone (tested with Samsung Galaxy S3, Android 4.0.4)

• Arduino DMX Simple library, customized
• arduino.pd
• puredata patch with OSC server and lights controls puredata patch using ClubScan moving lights
• to test the light spots only, use puredata test patch for DMX general test patch
• TP-link wireless AP configuration file

phone side:

• download and install Connect or Not app from Google Playstore
• enable OSC transmission (Menu>Enable OSC)
• press the PLAY button to start counting and sending data
• make sure you are connected to a wireless network (doesn't need to be online)

laptop side:

• connect to the same WiFi network as the smartphone
• make sure the ClubScan lights are correctly connected to the DMX shield (in series) and that the Arduino is connected to the laptop; check Arduino port and baudrate
• start the clubscan-pd puredata patch

browse, talk, send sms's and upload data over the network. observe changes in light colour and speed of change