need help with proffie

[sharp sphinx]

I’m trying to customize my proffie 2.2 bored but it won’t work
What can I do
I’m using windows 10 on pc

[night granite]

i would start by explaining what you've done so far in as much detail as you can

[sharp sphinx]

I got my data transfer cable and I attached it to my board
Right now, I’m on the website
On Easy ProffieOS customization
But it keeps on saying bored not found

[topaz coyote]

you do the setup?

http://pod.hubbe.net/proffieboard-setup.html

[topaz coyote]

nope, that's the webUSB interface, need to do some setup on your computer as well, I gave you the link.

[sharp sphinx]

Can you help me with it? I have trouble trying to do things on my own.

[topaz coyote]

At the moment no, busy doing cleaning. I linked a step by step setup tutorial you can start with.

@night granite can also help if he's available for it.

[sharp sphinx]

Oki

[night granite]

did you look at that page raven posted?

[sharp sphinx]

I did but i want to make sure I do everything correctly
Because this is my first time doing it

[night granite]

it's pretty hard to mess up if you just follow it step by step

did you download arduino?

[sharp sphinx]

I haven’t yet

[night granite]

so that's step 1

[sharp sphinx]

I’m on the website right now, and my board is connected to the pc

Do I download arduino?

[night granite]

yes

[sharp sphinx]

Do I accept cookies?

[night granite]

uhh, idk where you're seeing that but generally they aren't super harmful

[sharp sphinx]

Are you fine with vc?

[night granite]

i don't have a mic set up atm

[sharp sphinx]

What do I do on this right now?

[night granite]

yep, just download and install

[sharp sphinx]

Which link

[night granite]

top link, 10 and newer

[sharp sphinx]

The one that says
windows 10 and newer, 64 bits?

[night granite]

yep

[sharp sphinx]

Do I have to pay or something?

[night granite]

nope "just download"

[sharp sphinx]

Oki

Do I still press “just download”?

[night granite]

yep

[sharp sphinx]

Wut next?

[night granite]

did you install it?

[sharp sphinx]

Yes

[night granite]

ok so go to the next step on the page raven linked

[sharp sphinx]

Oki

This one?

[night granite]

no further up

http://pod.hubbe.net/proffieboard-setup.html#the-arduino-proffieboard-plugin

[sharp sphinx]

I’m all the way up now

This?

[night granite]

click the link i sent and it will take you directly to the section

[sharp sphinx]

I’m there

Just like on the photo on top of your message

[night granite]

so do those next steps

[sharp sphinx]

Do I press the
“The Ardunio-ProffieBoard plugin”?

[night granite]

huh?

[night granite]

open the program, go to file->preferences and then paste that link where it shows in the screenshot

[sharp sphinx]

Where do I open the program again?

[night granite]

windows start menu?

[sharp sphinx]

I go to settings?

[night granite]

just click start and type arduino and it should come up

[night granite]

not in settings. just click the menu button and type arduino

[sharp sphinx]

Right here?

[night granite]

yep

[sharp sphinx]

Do I press where my mouses at?

[night granite]

yes

[sharp sphinx]

I’m here
What’s my next step?

[night granite]

i don't think you actually installed it, that's just a web page

[sharp sphinx]

I thought I did

[verbal pier]

Did you open the executable? Doesn’t seem like you did

[sharp sphinx]

I feel confused

[verbal pier]

You need to open that

It’ll likely be in your downloads folder

[night granite]

you can just click right on that and it should open

[sharp sphinx]

Looks like it’s not there

[night granite]

you're in a different browser

[verbal pier]

Check your Downloads on File Explorer

[night granite]

open whatever browser you had open when you downloaded it. probably chrome?

[sharp sphinx]

I will do everything all over again, but this video right here might help

Wait a minute never mind it’s literally right there

[night granite]

yeah

install that. i have to step away for 5 m,inutes. mojave can continue if he's still around, if not i'll be back shortly

[sharp sphinx]

Before you go, do I press I agree on the license agreement and terms of service

[abstract nymph]

Yes

[sharp sphinx]

Oki

[abstract nymph]

Just click through everything

FWIW I do it in the video too

Just have to skip past my incredibly slow internet taking forever to download

[sharp sphinx]

Oki

What do I do?

[abstract nymph]

Yes

[sharp sphinx]

Do I allow access?

[abstract nymph]

Yes

[sharp sphinx]

What’s this right here?

[abstract nymph]

Install

All that stuff is for arduino

[sharp sphinx]

Are you sure this is safe?

[abstract nymph]

Yes

[sharp sphinx]

It keeps refreshing every time I press install

[abstract nymph]

Just close it then, those particular drivers shouldn’t be needed for the proffieboard

[sharp sphinx]

I closed it, but it showed me this

[abstract nymph]

Yep, another installer

[sharp sphinx]

I press yes?

[abstract nymph]

There’s a lot arduino has to install

[abstract nymph]

Yeah

[sharp sphinx]

I’m back here. What do I do next?

[abstract nymph]

Yeah

[night granite]

yeah just generally keep pushing yes until it's done

[sharp sphinx]

I just press install?

[abstract nymph]

Yep

[sharp sphinx]

Looks like it’s finished. I’m on the website now.

[night granite]

so now steps 2 and 3 in that section we were in

[sharp sphinx]

I go into file->preferences?

[night granite]

yep

[sharp sphinx]

What’s next?

[night granite]

hit ok

then next step

step 6 on that page

[sharp sphinx]

Do I put “proffie” there?

[night granite]

i'm not sure if that's the right spot but try it and find out

if it's not that you have to click the dropdown that says select board

are you in tools->board->board manager?

[sharp sphinx]

I’m not sure

This is where I am right now

[night granite]

should say boards manager on the left when you're in the right spot

[sharp sphinx]

This?

[night granite]

yep

[sharp sphinx]

I press install?

[night granite]

is that what the instructions say? 😜

[sharp sphinx]

I guess I’ll install

Wait, do I press the latest version or just a 2.2

[night granite]

latest

[sharp sphinx]

Oki

It’s downloaded

[night granite]

so onto steps 8 and 9

[sharp sphinx]

Do I press proffie board v2 because mine is a 2.2

[night granite]

yes

and dosfs to sdcard (spi)

if you want to use webusb you'll also have to set usb type just like it looks in the screenshot on that page

[sharp sphinx]

What do I do next?

[night granite]

you finished steps 8 and 9?

[sharp sphinx]

I don’t think I did step nine I think I did step eight

[night granite]

ok, look at step 9 and then check against the screenshot on the page

make sure "usb type" looks just like it does in the screenshot if you want webusb

[sharp sphinx]

What do I press?

[night granite]

just like that

now change usb type

[sharp sphinx]

my proffie bored uses micro USB

[night granite]

they all do. but if you want to use webusb like you were showing a photo of at the start you have to select it there

[sharp sphinx]

I press the one that the mouse is on?

[night granite]

yep

[sharp sphinx]

What’s next?

Do I go to the website where I had trouble from the very start

[night granite]

you have to run the "os specific" part of the instructions page

there's a thing for windows you have to download and install

just like you did with arduino

[sharp sphinx]

Do I have to download the yellow link?

[night granite]

yep

[sharp sphinx]

Do I press this?

[night granite]

yep

[night granite]

more info -> run

[sharp sphinx]

Are you sure it’s safe?

[night granite]

yes, it just sets the driver for the board

[sharp sphinx]

Oki

[night granite]

yep, install

[sharp sphinx]

Ok

Like this?

[night granite]

yep

just let it run

[sharp sphinx]

What’s next?

[night granite]

close

done with setup

[wary linden]

That’s crazy

[sharp sphinx]

Now I go to the website where
I can edit my lightsaber?

[night granite]

no, still more to do

download 7.14 here https://fredrik.hubbe.net/lightsaber/proffieos.html

[sharp sphinx]

ok

I press this?

Where my mouse is at

[night granite]

click the folder icon to the right and it will open where you downloaded it in a finder window

[abstract nymph]

||Wrong OS ||

[night granite]

||we have a saying at work: "things that are true but not helpful" 😜 ||

[abstract nymph]

||Good saying 😆||

[night granite]

||we use it a lot ||

[sharp sphinx]

This?

[night granite]

yep. right click -> extract all

or extract whatever option you get

[sharp sphinx]

What’s next?

[night granite]

the next thing you'll want to do is find out if your saber has a config file on the sd card

you might be able to see the sd card folder on your computer but you might have to take the sd card out of the saber and plug it into the computer separately

[sharp sphinx]

How do I do all of that?😑

[night granite]

you look to see if you see the sd card on your computer

if you don't, you take it out of the board (carefully) and find a way to plug it into your computer

[sharp sphinx]

This?

[night granite]

hard to tell but yeah it looks like it

[sharp sphinx]

do I take out my SD card for my lightsaber right now?

[night granite]

yes

[sharp sphinx]

All right, here we go

[sharp sphinx]

I took it out

What’s next?

[night granite]

plug it in and see what's on it

[sharp sphinx]

Ok

Like this?

[night granite]

looks right

won't know until you plug it in

[sharp sphinx]

I plug it there?

[night granite]

yep

[sharp sphinx]

Like this?

[night granite]

looks like

[sharp sphinx]

What’s next?

[night granite]

look for the files

[sharp sphinx]

Where do I go to look for files?

[night granite]

it's right there. just look for usb drive.

[sharp sphinx]

Do I press the proffie OS folder?

[night granite]

have you ever used a usb drive before?

[sharp sphinx]

Nope all of this is first time

[night granite]

sometimes just analyzing what you see on screen is helpful

[sharp sphinx]

I press that on the circle?

[night granite]

yep, that has the files in your sd card

[sharp sphinx]

I’ll be right back

I need to take the dogs out

I’m back

[sharp sphinx]

Wow, I can see everything

[night granite]

yep

screenshot of the files?

[night granite]

what's in "sd config"?

[night granite]

yeah, double click to go in it

[sharp sphinx]

Ok

What’s next?

[night granite]

ok, that's a lot more than i was expecting

where'd you get this saber?

[sharp sphinx]

Vire sabers
Is where I got the core

[night granite]

how long is your blade? 1 button or 2?

[sharp sphinx]

My blade is 92 centimeters I think and
It only has one button

[night granite]

do you want gesture controls?

[sharp sphinx]

My light saber core does not have a Killswitch but I do sometimes travel and I want to take it with me and I don’t want it to turn on it by accident

What I want to do with my light saver is changed the blade color
To cyan with green on the bottom green is like fire with the force flowing through it

And I want the ahsoka tano sound with it

Something like this
But the green color is like fire, moving up and down on a fast paced like a fast pulse

[night granite]

that didn't quite answer the question

do you want gesture on/off controls?

[sharp sphinx]

I don’t need gestures control for now

[night granite]

right click on vire36os6.h and click copy

[sharp sphinx]

What’s that one?
I can see it, but what does it do?

[night granite]

it's the config file

[sharp sphinx]

Does it allow you to edit saber, including it sounds and blade?

[night granite]

yes

[sharp sphinx]

All right, I’m going to copy it

I copied it
What’s next?

[night granite]

hit the back arrow on your window a couple times until you find the proffieos folder again

[sharp sphinx]

Here?

[night granite]

no on the same window you were on

[sharp sphinx]

Where should my mouse press?

[sharp sphinx]

All right, I’m here

What’s next?

[night granite]

double click to go in

[sharp sphinx]

Ok

I’m in
What’s next

[night granite]

do you see a folder that says config?

[sharp sphinx]

Yes

[night granite]

go in that folder

right click and paste the file

[sharp sphinx]

Ok

Is it supposed to be like this? I already put paste on it whenever I press the right click

[night granite]

go in the config folder, right click, paste

[night granite]

replace

[sharp sphinx]

Ok

[night granite]

go back to the arduino window. file -> open

[sharp sphinx]

Here?

[night granite]

no, arduino

[sharp sphinx]

Where is that at?

[night granite]

you already have it open

[sharp sphinx]

Oh, I see it

This?

[night granite]

yeah. downloads then find the proffieos folder you downloaded.

[sharp sphinx]

This?

[night granite]

yeah, go in

[sharp sphinx]

Right click or left click

[night granite]

double

[sharp sphinx]

What’s next?

[night granite]

look for proffieos.ino

[sharp sphinx]

This one?

[night granite]

yes

open it

[sharp sphinx]

Like this?

[night granite]

just left click on it and then click the big open button

[sharp sphinx]

Darn i’m a bit lost

Right now I need to go somewhere and my mom is calling me. I’m not sure what I can do right now.

[night granite]

just gonna have to pause and get back it later

[sharp sphinx]

Sure do but what about everything else do I just leave it there and turn off my PC

[night granite]

either way

you can eject the sd card and put it back in your saber

[sharp sphinx]

Do I close all the tabs?
And just remove it right now?

[night granite]

i'd recommend checking out some tutorials on windows basics before the next go cause it'll make everything go faster

[sharp sphinx]

Ok

[night granite]

yes, you can close tabs

you should eject it before pulling it out

[sharp sphinx]

Where do I go to eject I need to do this very quickly right now

[night granite]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5SxfzBzslU

[sharp sphinx]

Man, that was a hustle. It’s like I was in the movie and like I had to cut the wire at the last second kind of stuff.

Good thing I ejected it

[sharp sphinx]

Will you help me when I come back?

[night granite]

depends on when you come back

[sharp sphinx]

We will see

[wary linden]

How are you doing this

[sharp sphinx]

I’m back

[night granite]

highly recommend starting with some "how to use windows" tutorials or have someone else in the house show you some of the basics

[sharp sphinx]

Who will show me?

[night granite]

whoever knows how to use windows

[sharp sphinx]

Like how to customize my light saber

[night granite]

no, like how to use a computer

teaching you how to customize the saber is made a lot harder if you don't know the basics of using a computer

[sharp sphinx]

I feel lost

[topaz coyote]

the questions you keep asking when trying to do things makes it pretty apparent you don't operate a windows PC all that often, and you do need a basic level of understanding on how to navigate a windows PC before any help we can provide on customizing a proffie saber will be effective.

[sharp sphinx]

Will you help me?

[night granite]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCTmSMSLq8s

[topaz coyote]

once you have learned how to navigate windows I can help. but there is a basic level of initiative you will need to do on your end, starting with the basics of how to navigate a windows PC.

[sharp sphinx]

You will help me customize, my light saber after I watch and learn everything on the video

[topaz coyote]

I'll answer questions if you don't understand something, but you will need to be learning things on your own as well.

[night granite]

we'll help, but honestly it could have been done already if we weren't also trying to get around how to use windows

[sharp sphinx]

I can finally change my wallpaper lol

[night granite]

progress

[sharp sphinx]

All right, I think I’m good
Most of the stuff I already knew already lol
It’s a light saber that need to tackle

Why won’t my saber turn on?

Never mind, I got it to work

[night granite]

you'll want to open everything that you had open before

[sharp sphinx]

So I put the SD card back in?

[night granite]

you can leave the sd card in the saber now

[sharp sphinx]

I’ve done that now

Next thing I do is go to the website where I showed you from the very beginning of this conversation like webusb
Where the proffie customization is?

[night granite]

we're not there yet

you have to program the board to use webusb

you have to open arduino and then file -> open to proffieos.ino in the proffie folder you downloaded

[sharp sphinx]

Do I plug my lightsaber into my pc?

[night granite]

not yet

[sharp sphinx]

All right, I’m here

[night granite]

proffieos.ino inside that folder

[sharp sphinx]

I open it?

[verbal pier]

Yes

[sharp sphinx]

I see multiple files now
Is it supposed to be like this?

[night granite]

pick proffieos.ino and click open

[sharp sphinx]

The one that’s on the very bottom?

[night granite]

i don't know where it is, you just have to find it by name

[night granite]

you found it up here

[sharp sphinx]

Yep, that’s the one

All right, I’m gonna do open

Now what 0-0

[night granite]

look at this page

not that page

http://pod.hubbe.net/config/your-first-config-file.html#configuring-proffieos-to-use-your-config-file

this one

step 3 towards the bottom

find the line that's in the box on that page inside the file you opened

[sharp sphinx]

I’m in

[abstract nymph]

Neither

[night granite]

don't copy anything just find it in the file you opened

the line in the box will appear exactly like that in the file

[abstract nymph]

To be a bit blunt, you should read that whole section to understand what it's telling you to do.

[sharp sphinx]

I read it

[abstract nymph]

Ok, so then you need to change that line in the ProffieOS.ino file to reflect the name of your specific config file

[sharp sphinx]

Line of code?

[night granite]

look for the one that looks like it does on the page you read

it's right there on screen

[sharp sphinx]

In which area again?

[night granite]

the box at the bottom of the left screen has a twin on the right screen. find it.

[night granite]

yep, so that's the line you're editing

delete the two slashes at the beginning

[abstract nymph]

Make it colorful

[night granite]

the slashes at the beginning

[night granite]

now you're going to delete everything in all caps. YOUR_CONFIG_FILE_HERE

don't delete the .h" at the end

just the words in caps and the underscores in the middle

[sharp sphinx]

I delete every underscore there?

[night granite]

every word in all caps and the underscores between them

one edit

do not delete CONFIG_FILE in the first half

all the other words in caps

[night granite]

delete the upper case words and the underscores

YOUR_CONFIG_FILE_HERE

[sharp sphinx]

Is that what it’s supposed to look like?

[night granite]

that's what you're deleting

[sharp sphinx]

Like this?

[night granite]

yes

now you fill in the file name you copy and pasted way earlier

[night granite]

this one

without the .h

vire36os6

is what you type right where your cursor is

[sharp sphinx]

I type that into the code?
After the slash?

[night granite]

yes

[sharp sphinx]

Like this?

[night granite]

yes

now at the top left of the arduino screen there is a round blue check mark button. click that button and it will think for a bit and verify that everything is right.

[sharp sphinx]

Is there supposed to be a space between the period

[night granite]

no. open up the folder that has the config folder

[night granite]

no, in your windows folder

[sharp sphinx]

Here?

[night granite]

yes. go into the config folder.

[sharp sphinx]

Here?

[night granite]

oh you copied the x2 file

you're going to have to plug the sd card back in

[sharp sphinx]

Ok

I plugged it in

[night granite]

go into the config folder on the sd card and find vire36os6.h (no x2 at the end) and copy it into the config folder in your downloads

[night granite]

sd card in the sidebar just like you way up the thread

[sharp sphinx]

In which area is the sidebar?

[night granite]

.

[night granite]

they go to the same place

[sharp sphinx]

Do I open it like this?

[night granite]

just click where it says usb drive

[sharp sphinx]

Like this?

[night granite]

yes. then find the right file

copy, paste into the config folder inside downloads

[sharp sphinx]

Which is the right file again?

[night granite]

scroll up a bit, i wrote it out

[sharp sphinx]

On discord or the files

[night granite]

discord

[sharp sphinx]

Vire36os6.h

This one?

[night granite]

yep

[sharp sphinx]

What is the V supposed to be capitalized?

On the line of code. It’s not.

[night granite]

doesn't matter

[sharp sphinx]

Do I just copy it from Discord and paste it on the line of code?

[night granite]

copy the file from the sd card into the config folder in your downloads folder

[night granite]

just follow this

[sharp sphinx]

But which file do I copy and which one do I click?

[night granite]

you named the file right above, man

that's the file

copy it, then go back into your downloads folder, get into the config folder and then paste it

[sharp sphinx]

Here?

[night granite]

i can't tell. maybe.

[sharp sphinx]

I’m gonna press it

[night granite]

yes, in the config folder

[sharp sphinx]

Do I open or copy?

[night granite]

go in the folder, then paste

[night granite]

double click on config to go in it

then paste

when i was talking about windows basics earlier, this is the kind of thing i was talking about

[night granite]

paste the file you copied from the sd card

go in, then paste

[sharp sphinx]

Sorry, but I need to go to bed
It’s becoming a bit difficult for me considering I have neurological issues

And I mostly rely on visual learning rather than words

[night granite]

gn. i'd recommend looking for a video tutorial. there are several out there.

[sharp sphinx]

Before I go
Do I close all tabs and then eject
SD card

[night granite]

yes, you can

[sharp sphinx]

But thank you for trying to help me
You must have a lot of patience

[night granite]

np

[sharp sphinx]

What is the tutorial video you recommend?

[night granite]

i'd look for the one by megtooth

[abstract nymph]

The one from Raven is pretty good 🤪

[vivid tiger]

for proffie config it is.

[abstract nymph]

If he's struggling that much with the Arduino configuration and all that. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

It might not be a bad idea.

[topaz coyote]

video summoned: https://youtu.be/znnirAdxZ1I

[vivid tiger]

i'm partial to text only so i like the pod/fett's page

[night granite]

i swear to god if you guys start this whole thing over now, i'm out

[vivid tiger]

i aint getting into the middle of it.