LocalDeck - Quick Questions Megathread

AAllport

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Where’s my LocalDeck?

OpenSauce

Getting Started

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jane_t

Any updates on this now you are hopefully back and recovered from your trip to OpenSauce.

AAllport

Hi @jane_t,
I’m hoping to have the first units shipped this week!

OpenSauce was fantastic, btw 🙂

MichaelMKKelly

I am potentially thinking of using this as a base for a project

is there a measurements breakdown somewhere?
is the USB port the only “designed” way to power it or is there exposed pins to directly power it on the board?
is there any spare GPIO pins that are exposed?
do you have any photos of the PCB you would be willing to share?

AAllport

MichaelMKKelly I am potentially thinking of using this as a base for a project

Ooooh, nice!
We’d love to hear more (feel free to show it off by creating a new thread inLocalDeck)

MichaelMKKelly Is there a measurement breakdown somewhere?

We’ll be putting STLs/STEPs on the forum for the enclosure (so people can re-print in their favourite colours), but I can give you some measurements now, too 🙂
This is taken straight from our FreeCad params sheet, so I apologise for the awful naming - (910)

Name	Value	Description
case_iw	128	Case Inner Width
case_ih	106	Case Inner Height
case_ild	6	Case Inner Lower Depth
case_iud	=5 - 1.5	Case Inner Upper Depth
case_ir	11	Case Inner Radius
case_or	=case_ir + 2 * wall_th	Case Outer Radius
wall_th	2	Wall Thickness
screw_w	114.3	Screw Width Between Centers
screw_h	92.71	Screw Height Between Centers
pcb_hso	3	PCB Hole Size
pcb_hsi	1	PCB Hole Size Inner
pcb_th	1.5	PCB Thickness
pcb_cp	8.25	PCB Center Post Offset

MichaelMKKelly is the USB port the only “designed” way to power it or is there exposed pins to directly power it on the board?

Officially, please use one of the two USB-C’s
Unofficially, there’s a 5v VBUS & GND broken out as through-holes… enjoy!

MichaelMKKelly is there any spare GPIO pins that are exposed?

Unfortunately there are no spares on the ESP itself 😬
We’re considering using an IO expander to drive the matrix for the next rev, which would allow us to give users I2C/SPI/UART/GPIO as an extra, but that’s not coming anytime soon.

MichaelMKKelly do you have any photos of the PCB you would be willing to share?

Give it a few days and someone will probably post a teardown 😉
But I can tell you now, there’s nothing too fancy going on!

MichaelMKKelly

going to get one as even if it doesnt work out for the ideas I have (which ill document at some point) i am sure ill find a use for it somewhere.

when buying the bundle I just noticed that it comes with a 3A supply. what’s the actual max power consumption figures (i assume with all the leds on would be the max?)

I can understanding having a standard supply that works with everything but I imagine its a bit over specced for this particular job?

AAllport

Hi @MichaelMKKelly,

MichaelMKKelly when buying the bundle I just noticed that it comes with a 3A supply. what’s the actual max power consumption figures

The datasheet for the LEDs can be found here
~50mA at white over 24 LEDs will give us a theoretical 2.4A
Adding the 500mA recommended allowance for the ESP32 does bring us up to 2.9A.
However, trust me when I say 24 LEDs emitting 100% white is bright

MichaelMKKelly I can understanding having a standard supply that works with everything but I imagine its a bit over specced for this particular job?

So, slightly over specced… yes.
Ultimately, we wanted enough headroom for whatever we do in the future.
Especially since they’re just a regular USB-C, you could pick up an extra to power a PI or similar.

The actual reason for it being 3A is that’s what we used to use for the LED strips, so it made sense to have 2 power supplies of the same spec but different connectors, as opposed to one that was significantly better than the other, etc

MichaelMKKelly

AAllport However, trust me when I say 24 LEDs emitting 100% white is bright

This I believe 🙂 excited to get it and investigate adapting it to my crazy ideas.

How is shipping going? I completely understand some delays at the launch of new product. I placed order last week and wondering when I should expect it to ship? (Order: #9388)

AAllport

MichaelMKKelly How is shipping going?

It’s slower than I would have hoped…
Some issues during the initial run have caused us to spend a lot more time on each unit.

MichaelMKKelly I placed order last week and wondering when I should expect it to ship?

We aim to have everything delivered this month!

Slychocobo

Well mine just arrived! Looks very nice, just need to print the icons etc and get it all wired up 🙂

finalbilylbong

Mine just arrived - flashed it with just one device configured to test it and seems to be dead…. Totally unresponsive, I could ping it from my Unifi controller for a few mins but it seems to be offline totally now.

EDIT: It seems I can flash it using ESPHome Home Web and it is at least connected to my wifi. Still wont control the devie I set it to toggle though.

EDIT 2: My fault, forgot to enable service calls!

bushbrother

Hi, got my deck, all setup and working with HA! Awesome so far. Quick question, how do I set the colour of the LED via the configurator? Am I missing something obvious?

finalbilylbong

bushbrother

I’m syncing the colour of my light with the colour of the deck LED using a script and automation, if you’d like me to share it?

SdcDev

I got my deck this morning. The top set of keys don’t flash when pressed like the rest do, and when I flash anything from the configurator to it, I get this mess streaming into the logs and nothing works. I don’t know what I am doing wrong :/ Any guidance would be much appreciated
Deck problems

AAllport

SdcDev
The log spam is due to a workaround we had to do for a bug in ESPHome.
In short, if we don’t setup a binary_sensor, the keypad doesn’t respond reliably.

That said, I’ve done more testing this evening, and we can remove some of it to make the logs less annoying.
Once this batch is out, we’ll be seeing if we can fix the source of the bug altogether.

TLDR: The slew of logs is not bad; it’s expected at this stage and should not stop the device from functioning!

RE the top row, please can you see my reply here: AAllport

AAllport

Hey finalbilylbong
Just a heads up, we’ll be shipping sync-colour this month!

I’ve got it working in testing, so will push it out soon when I’m confident it’s working well

bushbrother

finalbilylbong yes please!

BazzUK

Received mine this morning, and trying to play and have fun, but continued problems are impossible to resolve

Static IP set but still getting timeouts, seems to have settled after about 2 hours but they still continue
Install localdeck.yaml stuck on similar screen to SdcDev’s his is the logs, mince just sitting for the past 2 hours constantly sending state on/off, unable to go any further, I can stop it but that stops the install??
At present, the device looks way cooler than I thought, but useless if it isn’t working

Currently unimpressed compared to other LocalBytes devices, they work as described, this doesn’t

BazzUK

BazzUK Now just keep getting API disconnected

AAllport

BazzUK At present, the device looks way cooler than I thought, but useless if it isn’t working

With you there!
We tested each unit before packing to ensure it was working, but a weak joint could still break during shipping.

At the moment, are you connected to home-assistant?
You should have a ledstrip entity, which will control the strip as a whole; please turn that on and let me know what you see!

BazzUK Currently unimpressed compared to other LocalBytes devices, they work as described, this doesn’t

I hear you!
This is our first time releasing a fully custom device; we’ve already learned a lot from the process!
I look forward to working with you to determine what’s gone wrong to have a more seamless process on future devices.

BazzUK

AAllport

Its is connected, pressing buttons results in state on, but no LED’s
Cannot control them at all, even in Localdeck web page

Its either faulty, or install process in wrong (I tried to follow your process in the video but doesn’t overall make sense as you do not show the entire process)
I’ll give this another go tomorrow, if not working by then, I’ll need to raise a return as not fit for purpose

bushbrother

AAllport Thanks. My question was more about setting different colours for different rooms. None of my lights are colour, just white Hue, but I wanted to set the “on” status as the colour of my choosing. If I set it through HA ESP then I can make them change colour, but then when I press them they go back to white.

AAllport

Just a heads up, we will close this thread at the end of the month!
That said, we’ll monitor our support channels for any issues that may crop up so we can actively work to resolve them, etc.

Please, can anyone who runs into any new issues create a new thread and tag it withLocalDeck andQuestions?
The main reason behind this is that managing multiple questions that require multiple follow-ups will be difficult and make it easier for things to get lost!

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