Can't get Bibliopixel to even run

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#1

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

#2

once get-pip.py is downloaded just run python get-pip.py in whatever directory you downloaded that file to.
Instructions for install are here: https://github.com/ManiacalLabs/BiblioPixel/wiki/Installation
You don’t download BiblioPixel directly. Get Python and pip running.
Then run pip install bibliopixel
That should be it. Everything you need will now be installed.
If you get any more errors, please copy the full text of those syntax errors here. Otherwise it’s very hard to know what’s going on.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you still are having trouble.

​

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On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 7:49 AM, Domin8or L haydenclawrence@gmail.com wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

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#3

Hey thankyou :slight_smile:

Instructions from the video tutorial says: Install python and
open it up then type “pip install pixel web”

It downloads it…. then type “run-pixel web” then it loads
the application (while installing bibliopixel etc……) if it’s not already on
your pc. Now open up firefox and type http://localhost:8080
then it should download pixelweb and it should run automatically. Then that
should be it.

I have installed python 3.6 and when I open it up it looks
different to the video tutorial, my
version looks like the command line that you get with windows 7 so I tried
typing “pip install pixel web” in anyway but I get a syntax error.

The install link you sent me says:

“The easiest way to acquire BiblioPixel is using pip. If you
don’t already have pip the easiest way is to download and run get-pip.py. Then install
BiblioPixel as follows”

I have download a file called get-pip.py so now do I open up
python and type “run-get-pip.py”? should I put the get-pip.py file into the
python folder that’s in program files? Or will python search the whole computer
for the file?

Thanks again Adam

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On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:53:49 UTC+10, Adam Haile wrote:

once get-pip.py is downloaded just run python get-pip.py in whatever directory you downloaded that file to.
Instructions for install are here: https://github.com/ManiacalLabs/BiblioPixel/wiki/Installation
You don’t download BiblioPixel directly. Get Python and pip running.
Then run pip install bibliopixel
That should be it. Everything you need will now be installed.
If you get any more errors, please copy the full text of those syntax errors here. Otherwise it’s very hard to know what’s going on.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you still are having trouble.

​

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 7:49 AM, Domin8or L haydenc...@gmail.com wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

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#4

Hey thankyou :slight_smile:

Instructions from the video tutorial says: Install python and open it up
then type “pip install pixel web”

It downloads it…. then type “run-pixel web” then it loads the application
(while installing bibliopixel etc…..) if it’s not already on your pc. Now
open up firefox and type http://localhost:8080 then it should download
pixelweb and it should run automatically. Then that should be it.

PixelWeb is only supported with the older BiblioPixel 2.x - The current
BiblioPixel 3.x does not support PixelWeb in anyway. There's new features
coming to replace it very shortly.

I have installed python 3.6 and when I open it up it looks different to
the video tutorial, my version looks like the command line that you get
with windows 7 so I tried typing “pip install pixel web” in anyway but I
get a syntax error.

As noted above. PixelWeb is Python 2 which is old. All the new docs are for
BiblioPixel 3.x which only runs on Python 3.x

The install link you sent me says:

“The easiest way to acquire BiblioPixel is using pip
<http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing.html>. If you don't
already have pip the easiest way is to download and run get-pip.py
<https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py>. Then install BiblioPixel as
follows”

I have download a file called get-pip.py so now do I open up python and
type “run-get-pip.py”? should I put the get-pip.py file into the python
folder that’s in program files? Or will python search the whole computer
for the file?

Open a command prompt (What OS are you using?) and cd to the directory
where you put get-pip.py, then type "python get-pip.py"

···

Thanks again Adam

On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:53:49 UTC+10, Adam Haile wrote:

once get-pip.py is downloaded just run python get-pip.py in whatever
directory you downloaded that file to.
Instructions for install are here: https://github.com/ManiacalLab
s/BiblioPixel/wiki/Installation
You don’t download BiblioPixel directly. Get Python and pip running.
Then run pip install bibliopixel
That should be it. Everything you need will now be installed.
If you get any more errors, please copy the *full* text of those syntax
errors here. Otherwise it’s very hard to know what’s going on.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you still are having trouble.
​

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 7:49 AM, Domin8or L <haydenc...@gmail.com> wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get anything to
work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but it needs
python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it
to work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but when I
type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed
installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

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#5

I have no idea how to change directories in python I think
it is cd and also pwd. I know how to use the windows commandline but not python…keen
to learn tho. I’m running windows 7.

Maybe I should start fresh haha.

What’s PixelWeb?

What’s BiblioPixel?

What’s python?

What’s pip?

What’s virtualenv? <-------- Do I need this?

Do I need all 5 applications or more?

Want versions do I need? Like what works with what?

Where do I put the “get-pip.py” file so python can find it?

Currently I have a folder called LED with all the files and executables
in it that I think I need located like this
C:\LED

Sorry guys I know it
is frustrating but thankyou so much for all that you are doing for me, hope I get
to learn all this stuff :slight_smile:

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On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

#6

I’m also interested in doing this. Hopefully once its squared away I’ll do a updated video for laymens like me. Still looking for help tho…Thanks for any help in advance!

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On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 6:21:28 AM UTC-8, Domin8or L wrote:

I have no idea how to change directories in python I think
it is cd and also pwd. I know how to use the windows commandline but not python…keen
to learn tho. I’m running windows 7.

Maybe I should start fresh haha.

What’s PixelWeb?

What’s BiblioPixel?

What’s python?

What’s pip?

What’s virtualenv? <-------- Do I need this?

Do I need all 5 applications or more?

Want versions do I need? Like what works with what?

Where do I put the “get-pip.py” file so python can find it?

Currently I have a folder called LED with all the files and executables
in it that I think I need located like this
C:\LED

Sorry guys I know it
is frustrating but thankyou so much for all that you are doing for me, hope I get
to learn all this stuff :slight_smile:

On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

#7

A lot depends on what you want to do…

Regarding PIP… have you tried just calling the pip command? If you have a recent version of Python 2 or 3 you already have pip!!

If you must use PixelWeb as noted above, you need Python 2. So, in a command prompt, try running these:


python --version

pip --version

SEND ME THE OUTPUT OF THOSE!!! Can’t help you if I don’t have everything from those commands.

If you don’t need PixelWeb, you want Python 3, so try these commands:


python3 --version

pip3 --version

Again, send me the output!

Also, since you have windows you probably had to download and install Python. Find the installer you downloaded and send me the file name please :slight_smile:

Let’s start with answers to all the above questions and we’ll go from there.

-Adam

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On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:21 AM, Domin8or L haydenclawrence@gmail.com wrote:

I have no idea how to change directories in python I think
it is cd and also pwd. I know how to use the windows commandline but not python…keen
to learn tho. I’m running windows 7.

Maybe I should start fresh haha.

What’s PixelWeb?

What’s BiblioPixel?

What’s python?

What’s pip?

What’s virtualenv? <-------- Do I need this?

Do I need all 5 applications or more?

Want versions do I need? Like what works with what?

Where do I put the “get-pip.py” file so python can find it?

Currently I have a folder called LED with all the files and executables
in it that I think I need located like this
C:\LED

Sorry guys I know it
is frustrating but thankyou so much for all that you are doing for me, hope I get
to learn all this stuff :slight_smile:

On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

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#8

Nice response time! Thank you!
Basically I got drawn to BiblioPixel from a project I’m currently doing using the LPD8806 strips, a touch sensor, and raspberry pi B+. I had something going using node.js, but got drawn to BiblioPixel after watching a couple of youtube videos. I’m keen to learning python, since I think its the way of IOT. but sure having a hard time implementing this on Raspberry Pi.

- Do you absolutely need to use PixelWeb? If so, you MUST use BiblioPixel 2.x. You cannot use the latest and greatest BiblioPixel

- If you do not need PixelWeb, install the latest BiblioPixel and start with the docs here: https://github.com/ManiacalLabs/BiblioPixel/wiki/How-BiblioPixel-works

Thanks for the link…gonna jump into that today. :wink:

Regarding PIP… have you tried just calling the pip command? If you have a recent version of Python 2 or 3 you already have pip!!

If you must use PixelWeb as noted above, you need Python 2. So, in a command prompt, try running these:

python --version

pip --version

python --version: PYTHON 2.7.13

pip --version: pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg (python 2.7)

python3 --version: 3.5.3.

pip3 --version: pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (python 3.5)

Thanks you so much your help…

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On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 11:37:54 AM UTC-8, Adam Haile wrote:

A lot depends on what you want to do…

  • Do you absolutely need to use PixelWeb? If so, you MUST use BiblioPixel 2.x. You cannot use the latest and greatest BiblioPixel

Regarding PIP… have you tried just calling the pip command? If you have a recent version of Python 2 or 3 you already have pip!!

If you must use PixelWeb as noted above, you need Python 2. So, in a command prompt, try running these:

python --version

pip --version

SEND ME THE OUTPUT OF THOSE!!! Can’t help you if I don’t have everything from those commands.

If you don’t need PixelWeb, you want Python 3, so try these commands:

python3 --version

pip3 --version

Again, send me the output!

Also, since you have windows you probably had to download and install Python. Find the installer you downloaded and send me the file name please :slight_smile:

Let’s start with answers to all the above questions and we’ll go from there.

-Adam

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:21 AM, Domin8or L haydenc...@gmail.com wrote:

I have no idea how to change directories in python I think
it is cd and also pwd. I know how to use the windows commandline but not python…keen
to learn tho. I’m running windows 7.

Maybe I should start fresh haha.

What’s PixelWeb?

What’s BiblioPixel?

What’s python?

What’s pip?

What’s virtualenv? <-------- Do I need this?

Do I need all 5 applications or more?

Want versions do I need? Like what works with what?

Where do I put the “get-pip.py” file so python can find it?

Currently I have a folder called LED with all the files and executables
in it that I think I need located like this
C:\LED

Sorry guys I know it
is frustrating but thankyou so much for all that you are doing for me, hope I get
to learn all this stuff :slight_smile:

On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

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#9

Do I need to use Pixelweb??? Well I have no idea…. If I don’t
need it to fully run my led strips then I’ll get rid of it that way it’s one
less thing I have to deal with (to many bits of software as is haha)

So I’m getting mixed reports, nothing is clear in what I need.
Some say I need pip and some say it comes with python…. Some say I need python
2 and some say I need python 3 and some say python 3 isn’t compatible or
something…

github.com/ManiacalLabs Quote: “The
easiest way to acquire BiblioPixel is using pip. If you
don’t already have pip the easiest way is to download and run get-pip.py. Then install
BiblioPixel as follows”

Do I need pip as I already have downloaded BiblioPixel?

I have not yet got any command to work in python

NameError: name is not defined or a syntax error that’s all I
get

Thanks again guys I wont be defeated hahaha I’ll get it to
work one day

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On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

#10

You don't run pip from python you run it from the Windows command line. You
already have it.
From the Windows command line, just type `pip3 install bibliopixel`

Do I need to use Pixelweb??? Well I have no idea…. If I don’t need it to
fully run my led strips then I’ll get rid of it that way it’s one less
thing I have to deal with (to many bits of software as is haha)

If you are comfortable using JSON and [BiblioPixel Projects](
https://github.com/ManiacalLabs/BiblioPixel/wiki/Projects) then now, you
don't need it. PixelWeb is old and not recommended anyways.,

So I’m getting mixed reports, nothing is clear in what I need. Some say I
need pip and some say it comes with python…. Some say I need python 2 and
some say I need python 3 and some say python 3 isn’t compatible or
something…

github.com/ManiacalLabs Quote: “The easiest way to acquire BiblioPixel
is using pip <http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing.html>. If
you don't already have pip the easiest way is to download and run
get-pip.py <https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py>. Then install
BiblioPixel as follows”

As noted in previous email and above, you already have pip :wink:

Do I need pip as I already have downloaded BiblioPixel?

Yes.. because you didn't need to download the BiblioPixel code from GitHub.
You *can* but that's not the recommended way. Please install, via pip, as
shown above.

I have not yet got any command to work in python

NameError: name is not defined or a syntax error that’s all I get

Thanks again guys I wont be defeated hahaha I’ll get it to work one day

Please install BiblioPixel 3 with Python 3 and pip3, as shown above. The
errors you are seeing are likely because it was improperly installed (from
source code I'm guessing) the first time.

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On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get anything to
work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but it needs
python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it
to work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but when I type
stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed
installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

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#11

thanks Adam.

I tried typing “pip3 install bibliopixel” into the windows
command line and all I get is: ‘pip3’ is not recognized as an internal or external
command, operable program or batch file.

Now I don’t know what
directory I should be in beforehand. I was in C: or should I have been in C:/LED
as that’s where all my python, bibliopixel and pip files are that I have downloaded?

Cheers

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On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

#12

you need to install the latest Python 3.6: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.4/python-3.6.4.exe
You said you had Python 3 installed, so you should have already had pip3

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On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 12:48 AM, Domin8or L haydenclawrence@gmail.com wrote:

thanks Adam.

I tried typing “pip3 install bibliopixel” into the windows
command line and all I get is: ‘pip3’ is not recognized as an internal or external
command, operable program or batch file.

Now I don’t know what
directory I should be in beforehand. I was in C: or should I have been in C:/LED
as that’s where all my python, bibliopixel and pip files are that I have downloaded?

Cheers

On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

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#13

Nice thanks Adam.

So I’ve typed “pip3 install bibliopixel” into the windows command line and I get this
message:

C:\Users\Hayden>pip3 install bibliopixel

‘pip3’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

Do I need to have the Bibliopixel files I have download in a
specific folder for the Windows command line to find?

Can the Bibliopixel files be anywhere on the computer and it
will find them to install?

Also and what’s with the Python program? It looks like a
command line too so should I be using it or is the Python program only there
because I needed pip?

Thanks again!! :slight_smile:

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On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

#14

As I noted before, I thought you had Python 3, but since you do not have pip3, you DO NOT.
You need to install the latest Python 3.6: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.4/python-3.6.4.exe
Once you do that, you will have pip3

You DO NOT need to have the BiblioPixel files downloaded anywhere. You will install it with pip3 once you have installed Python 3 from the link above.

Python is a programming language. What you are installing is called a “runtime”. It allows the python code contained in the BiblioPixel install to run. But you never have to worry about or even look at any python code.
Please just install Python 3 from the link above. Once that is done, open a windows command prompt and type: pip3 install bibliopixel then press enter.

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On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 5:16 AM, Domin8or L haydenclawrence@gmail.com wrote:

Nice thanks Adam.

So I’ve typed “pip3 install bibliopixel” into the windows command line and I get this
message:

C:\Users\Hayden>pip3 install bibliopixel

‘pip3’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

Do I need to have the Bibliopixel files I have download in a
specific folder for the Windows command line to find?

Can the Bibliopixel files be anywhere on the computer and it
will find them to install?

Also and what’s with the Python program? It looks like a
command line too so should I be using it or is the Python program only there
because I needed pip?

Thanks again!! :slight_smile:

On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

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#15

Sweet!!! That worked!!!

The Python program I had installed WAS Python-3.6.4.exe so I
uninstalled it and installed the link you posted to me. Being the same 3.6.4 as
I previously had I assume the previous one I had was corrupted in some way as I
have done everything the same.

So now it says that Bibliopixel was installed. Now all the instructions
seem to be saying that it is command like based or writing code……is that
correct? I thought there was a good program that I could make patterns on? Like
in this photo

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On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

#16

Awesome :slight_smile:
As noted previously however, PixelWeb (as you showed in the images) is no longer supported. If you REALLY want to use it, you can, but you must install the older version of bibliopixel. Since that version uses the older Python 2 you can actually install it side-by-side with what you just installed.
Run:

pip install pixelweb
run-pixelweb

That will install pixelweb and bibliopixel into Python 2 (note it’s pip, not pip3). run-pixelweb will start the pixelweb server and show you a link to browse to in your browser of choice.
You are welcome to do this, but we don’t recommend it.
BiblioPixel 3 is a little more complex to use but WAY more powerful. You do not need to write code, but you need to write JSON-based “project” files: https://github.com/ManiacalLabs/BiblioPixel/wiki/Projects
You do not need to actually write any Python code if you are fine with the built in animations. If you want to make your own patterns, you will have to write an animation class in Python: https://github.com/ManiacalLabs/BiblioPixel/wiki/Writing-an-Animation

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On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 5:31 AM, Domin8or L haydenclawrence@gmail.com wrote:

Sweet!!! That worked!!!

The Python program I had installed WAS Python-3.6.4.exe so I
uninstalled it and installed the link you posted to me. Being the same 3.6.4 as
I previously had I assume the previous one I had was corrupted in some way as I
have done everything the same.

So now it says that Bibliopixel was installed. Now all the instructions
seem to be saying that it is command like based or writing code……is that
correct? I thought there was a good program that I could make patterns on? Like
in this photo

On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:49:04 UTC+10, Domin8or L wrote:

It was supposed to be fairly easy but I can’t seem to get
anything to work :frowning:

Here’s the story:

I have an allpixel mini

And it said I need Bibliopixel to work so I downloaded it but
it needs python to run so I downloaded that and now it is saying I need pip for it to
work so I download pip but what do you do with the “get-pip.py” file?

I watched the youtube video and did exactly what they did but
when I type stuff it comes up with syntax errors……

Is there any suggestions in what I can do? like is there a more detailed installation tutorial somewhere?

Thanks guys so much!!

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#17

Cheers Adam :slight_smile:

It seems to be complicated as in it looks like you have to
know what commands to type and where to put brackets and equals and decimal
points etc…… I can’t find the software again but I’ve seen software similar to
the one in this photo, you install the software, select what type of LED/number of
LEDs and driver board you have, select the preset pattern you want and it’s all
done or you can easily program your own patterns to do strips or matrixes.

I’m keen to get this to work (spent like 3hours already on it to get this far) haha so I’ll keep playing around with the AllPixelMini I just have
to find where to type all this code in but thankyou we have resolved a lot of
issues so I’m half way there YaY!!! Haha

#18

Yeah, software like what you describe is for things like DMX or ArtNet lights typically. That’s on the roadmap to support, but currently we don’t. The vast majority of our customers are just using the AllPixel via Python code or the JSON project files.

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On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 4:40 AM, Domin8or L haydenclawrence@gmail.com wrote:

Cheers Adam :slight_smile:

It seems to be complicated as in it looks like you have to
know what commands to type and where to put brackets and equals and decimal
points etc…… I can’t find the software again but I’ve seen software similar to
the one in this photo, you install the software, select what type of LED/number of
LEDs and driver board you have, select the preset pattern you want and it’s all
done or you can easily program your own patterns to do strips or matrixes.

I’m keen to get this to work (spent like 3hours already on it to get this far) haha so I’ll keep playing around with the AllPixelMini I just have
to find where to type all this code in but thankyou we have resolved a lot of
issues so I’m half way there YaY!!! Haha

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