Technical Info
If you recieve one of my lights it comes installed with a opensource application called WLED along with some preprogrammed settings and configurations taylored to suit my style of LED lightart. WLED is fully customisable and this page will provide some basic details on setup and how to use it. You can find out more about WLED at https://kno.wled.ge/
SETUP & CONNECT
To set up your lightart piece you need to first give it permission to use your wifi network.
​​
Plug your light into a usb adapter and turn it on.
​​
Open your phone to the wifi/internet settings page and find the list of available networks.
​
Choose WLED_AP from the available network.
The App screen should then open..
In the wled app go to the config menu, and open WiFi Setup.
​
Click "Scan" and find your home wifi network from the list, enter your home wifi password and click "Save and Connect"
​​
Now when you use the wled app you phone will send signals to your light across your WIFI network.
​
If your wifi network changes you can follow these steps to set your light up on the new network.
When you open wled app on your phone you will see a menu page. Click the "+" symbol at the top and then click "DISCOVER LIGHTS". When the app finds your light, click the tick symbol and your light will be added to the menu.
More than one light?
​
If you have purchased more than one light or you have other leds using WLED they will all display and be accessable from that menu page.
​​​
​
WLED has alot more to it beyond the scope of these basic setup instructions. If you want to do a deeper dive and learn a bit more, please check out their webpage at https://kno.wled.ge/
BACKUPS
I've installed a configuration file with some settings and presets to get you started. I recommend you backup the configuration and presets before you start, incase you need to restore it for any reason later.
To backup and restore your settings, With your light turned on go to a browser (you can use your laptop for this)
​
Type in the ip address of the light (this is found in the Config - Wifi settings on the app.
​
This will open WLED in desktop mode and you can find the backup buttons for presets and configuration at the bottom of the page. Just save these files somewhere for safekeeping.
​​
A Quick Lesson.
The settings are fully customisable and I recommend having a play around to familiarise yourself with the app.
​
Once you have opened your light on your phone app you'll see four menus at the bottom of the screen.
Colors, Effects, Segments and Presets.
​
Colors
The first five gradient options with an asterix * next to them can be changed with the colour wheel at the top. After this there are many preset gradients to choose from, as well as spaces at the bottom to create and save your own.
​
Effects
This screen has a number of programmed effects that come preinstalled with WLED. You can play around with the sliders at the bottom of the screen to change some of the parameters like effect speed, or width.
Peek
If you turn on the Peek option at the top of the screen it gives you a live example of what the light settings might look like as you change them.
​
Segments
This is a really cool feature of WLED where you can really start to control the effects. Your light comes configured with the correct number of pixels, but you can divide it into segments and control each segment seperately with different effects, colours, mirrored or reversed segments and so on.
​
Presets
If you find a effect/colour/segment configuration that you really like you can save your favourite presets here. I've saved some of my favourite settings to get you started. I recommend backing up your preset file often if you're like me and get carried away with making new effects.