grouping leds and controlling groups

[dugly66]

Ok I cant figure out how or if I can do this.
I have a total of 58 neopixel leds.
I want to group them like in mainsail.
left 1-19
top 20-38
right 39-58
I would like the left to do extruder temp.
right to do bed temp but reversed.
and top to do something else.
can I do it and if so how?

[julianschill]

For the effects, define the leds like this
leds: neopixel:my_neopixel (1-19)

If you want to group them, look into https://github.com/MapleLeafMakers/klipper-virtual_leds

Make sure to put the grouping before the effects in the config file.

The pull request to Klipper for grouping leds has not yet been accepted yet.

[dugly66]

so I can only setup 1 group like that without using virtual leds or can I do
leds: neopixel:left (1-19)
leds: neopixel:top (20-38)
leds: neopixel:right (58-39)

[julianschill]

Like this:

leds: neopixel:left (1-19)
      neopixel:top (20-38)
      neopixel:right (58-39)

[julianschill]

But for what you want to do just make three effects and assign them to the respective leds.

[neopixel my_chain]
pin: ...
...

[led_effect extruder_temp]
leds: neopixel:my_chain (1-19)
layers:...
...

[led_effect bed_temp]
leds: neopixel:my_chain (58-39)
layers:...
...

[led_effect something_else]
leds: neopixel:my_chain (20-38)
layers:...
...

[dugly66]

OK well The one thing I have relized now is that your smarter then me when it comes to this lol.
I just cant wrap my head sround this.
I can call an effect from gcode but for the life of me I can not figure this out.
Thanks for trying to explain it to my smooth brain but I think I will have to give in for now. Maybe come back at it in a week.