Good vid. You missed adding the Additional Boards URL in Arduino preferences. If you dont do that step, the Proffieboard plugin won't show up in Boards Manager.
Thanks for pointing it out, Brian Don't recall placing that in manually, but basically for new people, just copy and paste the URL link into the preferences, right? profezzorn.github.io/arduino-proffieboard/package_proffieboard_index.json
Thank you for an actual straight forward instruction on this. I attempted to add fonts a year ago, got frustrated and just put the whole thing down. Then I went at it again about a month ago and I have burnt two friggen boards trying to get this stuff to work and I was just about to call it quits again and somehow here comes your video in my feed. I’ll be trying this ASAP and I’ll let chya know how it goes. Thanks again for the concise instructions.
You can’t fry the board using charge only cables. That is false. You must have had a faulty cable or you plugged the cable in using the wall socket instead of your pc.
Awesome video! How were you able to do this in 15 min, when other videos take 2 hrs to explain the same thing?! Wish I found this a long time ago. Thank you, thank you!🙏
I've gone through the long process of watching those videos, and the reason why it's long is that they provide a lot of context on every step you do (which is good), and also troubleshoot every possible problem you'll face, so we can't discredit them for it My video, on the other hand, is pretty much a straightforward spoonfed version Nonetheless, I hope this helps, and if you're having a hard time I'll do my best to reply :)
This is awesome. I just started with proffie and my Port option is Greyed out and i have no idea how to get it to work. i just installed everything and hopefully you see this and can give some pointers. thanks!
Hey there, if it's grayed out then you may need to download "zadiq" it pretty much installs a driver on your computer so Arduino can detect the bootloader After that, check out the bottom of the description of this video and let me know how it goes!
4:22 If I have one board thats 2.2 and another that's 3.6, does that mean I have to go to Board Manager and remove 3.6 and install 2.2 and vise versa every time I want to upload fonts?
I think it would be better for you to keep all up to date with 3.6 It's been a while since I've touched any lightsabers or into this hobby, so there may be new updates for the proffie
I live in the Philippines so I'm not sure if it'll be available on your country as well But my cable is a 1A micro USB cable, at least that's what I used
Mostly accurate tutorial, but there’s a few issues with it that can confuse beginners. Turning on the saber while it’s connected to the microUSB will only fry your board if your battery is inserted and the kill switch is on. Even then, at that point just plugging the board in would fry it. The kill switch doesn’t actually do anything when the battery is removed, so it doesn’t matter if the kill switch is in the on or off position when you’re flashing the board, unlike what you said.
Hello! Sorry for the bad English! I want to ask for help. I recently bought a profiboard lightsaber and got an SD card with sound sets. I would like to expand it with more sound sets. Unfortunately, I am missing this configuration file from the SD card, which needs to be edited, but despite the absence of this file, everything works. What should I do in such a case? I am a beginner in this topic. Thanks if you can help me!
Hello, I know it's been a while and I apologize for the late reply It's either you're not using a proffie board (xenopixel) or it's placed on a different folder, either way you can try to find a config file on the internet and place it in your Arduino folder so you can flash it into your proffieboard I hope you are able to resolve this issue long ago, but for new viewers I hope this answer helps
Posted this on the crucible, too, but figured it couldn’t hurt to ask here, too. I just tried my first foray into editing my proffieboards. I was able to add some blade styles successfully, but for some reason, after uploading the updated config, it has changed all of my button/motion controls. I no longer have in hilt volume control (holding aux does nothing), and it added some strange gesture controls. for example, if I hold power and clash the saber, it enters a mode where it switches through fonts by rotating the saber? I just want the basic two button controls. any idea where this might be going wrong? I thought maybe the config on my sd card was faulty, but the same issue occurred with multiple sabers with different blade configs. any thoughts? thanks in advance.
The only thing capable of changing that is the #define commands on top of your config file So, there's a chance that you used an entirely different config tile from the one inside your saber's SD card If that's the case, get your original config file from your saber's SD card (which contains the right #define commands specifically designed for your saber), follow the step on 04:30 and add in your custom soundfont commands But if that's not the case then let me know, I'll try to think of something
@@saberglove9638 I used the .h config file that was preloaded on my sabers sd card. Do you think they included the wrong config? It was a random company on ali, so it’s possible.
@@saberglove9638oh, also, the same thing happened with two sabers from different companies. So, they’d both have to have the wrong config. Is it in the .ino file I’m using? Thanks again for taking the time to answer and so quickly. I think I’ll just have to upload my config to crucible to see if someone can see.
@@Forcetones I don I don't think it has to deal with the .ino files At this point, try to learn how to customize #define commands to know how to properly assign your buttons
What saber do you have is it the 89 sabers hero v1. Cause if it is I have a question about it. is the hilt a shinny aluminum or is it a polished aluminum
Why does it seem I understand this more than an hour video lol. Awesome work!! Quick question. I changed a couple fonts on my presets on my SD card. But now when I load the SD card in my saber it gives me an error saying "FONT NOT FOUND. SD CARD NOT FOUND" is this an easy fix or is this because of my proffieboard and SD card slot could be bad. Thank you
Great to hear that man! As for your problem, it might be because the SD Card hasn't been ejected properly, try to connect it back to your computer, if it's corrupted then you have to format and place the backup again (I hope you made a backup lol) Feel free to keep me updated
Yes I think that is what happened. So now.... I thought it was a corrupted SD card and I bought a new one and uploaded the backup file and its doing the same thing. After work I'll reformat it to fat32.( i dont remember if it was when i reformatted it the first time) but as of now it doesn't read my original or my new SD card. Note that the I can turn on the saber and the crystal chamber and all the accent pixels still work. Thanks for getting back with me
Hello, I got my first lightsaber for my birthday from Artsabers. It has Proffie 2.2 board. When I plugged in my micro sd card to my computer it has no config file in it. I don't know what to do :(
Hey sorry for the late reply, you can get any config file from the web But you have to customize it accordingly based on your soundfont folder on your SD card
bought my first proffie friday two issue mine froze on me last night had to remove the battery then it started making a single alarm noise have no idea not edit and setting just wondering if this is normal
It happens to mine from time to time, usually I make sure the battery is at 100% and I just restart the proffie Not sure how exactly it happens, I think it's because the soundfont is too complicated and you're giving the lightsaber way too many commands in a short amount of time Though Isuggest you "re flash" your proffie board, meaning just go through this guide and flash the board with the default config files without tweaking anything, that should help
Happens to a couple of mine, too. It’s super annoying! I always just remove the battery and reinsert. Please respond if you find the reason or what causes it and how to fix it. I’ll let you know if I figure it out.
Try to load your original config file and flash it, if it works then there might be a missing comma in your bladestyle code If your original config file also doesn't work, then the proffie board may not be plugged in properly
Hey Guys I really need help. Cuz my TXQ aint came with an Config File. The one I got from somewhere else... I can't get them to work? whos able to help me? I would pay for it.
There's a chance that the config file is working, but the soundfonts in the file don't match the names on your SD Card's soundfont profile So, try to get the SD card of your lightsaber and get the names of your soundfont folders, then go back to your config file and add in the appropriate names
Then you don't have a Proffieboard, you have a Xenopixel board Xenopixel boards come with preset blade and ignition designs that you cannot change, however, you can ASSIGN them to the sound fonts you place in your SD card without these complicated steps, that's why putting a new soundfont is as easy as drag and drop for xenopixels With Proffieboard, you have the capability to customize blade and ignition designs, however, you have to manually flash it to the board, proffieboards wont recognize your soundfont if you just drop them on the SD card
So happy to see this clarification - makes me positive I wanna go with Xenopixel over the ridiculous complication of a proffie board. Ain't nobody got time for this. 😅
Take Kylo Ren's lightsaber for example... It has 3 blades (the main blade and the cross-guards) So for a proffieboard saber that has cross-guards, you would need to paste the same code three times (unless there are three separate codes for it) In my case, my lightsaber has 2 blades (the main blade, and the control box lighting) So I need to paste the same code two times I hope that hamkes sense!
I have a couple single blade sabers that have two blades indicated in the config. No crystal chamber, cross blades, or button box. Is this the wrong config maybe? Should I change that value to 1? I’ve had some peculiar errors after uploading, such as volume controls not working and some weird gesture controls being added. Is there a basic config for two button, one blade sabers, or are they specific to each saber? Thanks so much!
@@Forcetones it depends on where your getting your saber from who is doing the install and stuff like that but I would also say if you don’t have secondary lights or something like that on your chassis then yeah set it to 1 but take that with a grain of salt because im having so much difficulty with proffie that I’m definitely going to do a reinstall on my saber to get the CFX board inside instead of proffie
all of this for 1 SOUNDFONT... k I'm just going with cfx. Its smooth swing is not bad compared to proffie its not even noticeable and for %99 of the time, its going to be alright
I do agree that CFX and Xenopixels are pretty much one of the easiest to handle with But that's why Proffie exists, to give people a choice of full-on customization which I understand can be tedious (even though most videos regarding this topic last for 45 minutes) So clearly, this video is not for you.
Sure, using a charging-only cable will not fry the board But why would you use one in the first place? To see whether or not it fries the board and nothing else for the sake of the argument? Doesn't make sense. I did say to make SURE you're using a data transfer cable, that's the information that matters here
Good vid.
You missed adding the Additional Boards URL in Arduino preferences. If you dont do that step, the Proffieboard plugin won't show up in Boards Manager.
Thanks for pointing it out, Brian
Don't recall placing that in manually, but basically for new people, just copy and paste the URL link into the preferences, right?
profezzorn.github.io/arduino-proffieboard/package_proffieboard_index.json
Yep
Thank you for an actual straight forward instruction on this. I attempted to add fonts a year ago, got frustrated and just put the whole thing down. Then I went at it again about a month ago and I have burnt two friggen boards trying to get this stuff to work and I was just about to call it quits again and somehow here comes your video in my feed. I’ll be trying this ASAP and I’ll let chya know how it goes. Thanks again for the concise instructions.
You can’t fry the board using charge only cables. That is false. You must have had a faulty cable or you plugged the cable in using the wall socket instead of your pc.
Awesome video! How were you able to do this in 15 min, when other videos take 2 hrs to explain the same thing?! Wish I found this a long time ago. Thank you, thank you!🙏
I've gone through the long process of watching those videos, and the reason why it's long is that they provide a lot of context on every step you do (which is good), and also troubleshoot every possible problem you'll face, so we can't discredit them for it
My video, on the other hand, is pretty much a straightforward spoonfed version
Nonetheless, I hope this helps, and if you're having a hard time I'll do my best to reply :)
This is awesome. I just started with proffie and my Port option is Greyed out and i have no idea how to get it to work. i just installed everything and hopefully you see this and can give some pointers. thanks!
Hey there, if it's grayed out then you may need to download "zadiq" it pretty much installs a driver on your computer so Arduino can detect the bootloader
After that, check out the bottom of the description of this video and let me know how it goes!
4:22 If I have one board thats 2.2 and another that's 3.6, does that mean I have to go to Board Manager and remove 3.6 and install 2.2 and vise versa every time I want to upload fonts?
I think it would be better for you to keep all up to date with 3.6
It's been a while since I've touched any lightsabers or into this hobby, so there may be new updates for the proffie
Awesome vid! Could you include a link to that cable you used and any other products?
I live in the Philippines so I'm not sure if it'll be available on your country as well
But my cable is a 1A micro USB cable, at least that's what I used
Mostly accurate tutorial, but there’s a few issues with it that can confuse beginners. Turning on the saber while it’s connected to the microUSB will only fry your board if your battery is inserted and the kill switch is on. Even then, at that point just plugging the board in would fry it. The kill switch doesn’t actually do anything when the battery is removed, so it doesn’t matter if the kill switch is in the on or off position when you’re flashing the board, unlike what you said.
Thanks for the clarification, it's those "just to be sure" moments that I had to mention and never try
Hello! Sorry for the bad English! I want to ask for help. I recently bought a profiboard lightsaber and got an SD card with sound sets. I would like to expand it with more sound sets. Unfortunately, I am missing this configuration file from the SD card, which needs to be edited, but despite the absence of this file, everything works. What should I do in such a case? I am a beginner in this topic. Thanks if you can help me!
Hello, I know it's been a while and I apologize for the late reply
It's either you're not using a proffie board (xenopixel) or it's placed on a different folder, either way you can try to find a config file on the internet and place it in your Arduino folder so you can flash it into your proffieboard
I hope you are able to resolve this issue long ago, but for new viewers I hope this answer helps
Posted this on the crucible, too, but figured it couldn’t hurt to ask here, too.
I just tried my first foray into editing my proffieboards. I was able to add some blade styles successfully, but for some reason, after uploading the updated config, it has changed all of my button/motion controls. I no longer have in hilt volume control (holding aux does nothing), and it added some strange gesture controls. for example, if I hold power and clash the saber, it enters a mode where it switches through fonts by rotating the saber? I just want the basic two button controls. any idea where this might be going wrong? I thought maybe the config on my sd card was faulty, but the same issue occurred with multiple sabers with different blade configs. any thoughts? thanks in advance.
The only thing capable of changing that is the #define commands on top of your config file
So, there's a chance that you used an entirely different config tile from the one inside your saber's SD card
If that's the case, get your original config file from your saber's SD card (which contains the right #define commands specifically designed for your saber), follow the step on 04:30 and add in your custom soundfont commands
But if that's not the case then let me know, I'll try to think of something
@@saberglove9638 I used the .h config file that was preloaded on my sabers sd card. Do you think they included the wrong config? It was a random company on ali, so it’s possible.
@@saberglove9638oh, also, the same thing happened with two sabers from different companies. So, they’d both have to have the wrong config. Is it in the .ino file I’m using? Thanks again for taking the time to answer and so quickly. I think I’ll just have to upload my config to crucible to see if someone can see.
@@Forcetones I don
I don't think it has to deal with the .ino files
At this point, try to learn how to customize #define commands to know how to properly assign your buttons
What saber do you have is it the 89 sabers hero v1. Cause if it is I have a question about it. is the hilt a shinny aluminum or is it a polished aluminum
It's a shiny one
can I fit a 90 degree data cable in the 89sabers chassis
I highly suggest an L-Shaped cable, it's so hard to plug in a 90 degree data cable
Why does it seem I understand this more than an hour video lol. Awesome work!! Quick question. I changed a couple fonts on my presets on my SD card. But now when I load the SD card in my saber it gives me an error saying "FONT NOT FOUND. SD CARD NOT FOUND" is this an easy fix or is this because of my proffieboard and SD card slot could be bad. Thank you
Great to hear that man!
As for your problem, it might be because the SD Card hasn't been ejected properly, try to connect it back to your computer, if it's corrupted then you have to format and place the backup again (I hope you made a backup lol)
Feel free to keep me updated
Yes I think that is what happened. So now.... I thought it was a corrupted SD card and I bought a new one and uploaded the backup file and its doing the same thing. After work I'll reformat it to fat32.( i dont remember if it was when i reformatted it the first time) but as of now it doesn't read my original or my new SD card.
Note that the I can turn on the saber and the crystal chamber and all the accent pixels still work.
Thanks for getting back with me
Hello,
I got my first lightsaber for my birthday from Artsabers. It has Proffie 2.2 board. When I plugged in my micro sd card to my computer it has no config file in it. I don't know what to do :(
Hey sorry for the late reply, you can get any config file from the web
But you have to customize it accordingly based on your soundfont folder on your SD card
bought my first proffie friday two issue mine froze on me last night had to remove the battery then it started making a single alarm noise have no idea not edit and setting just wondering if this is normal
It happens to mine from time to time, usually I make sure the battery is at 100% and I just restart the proffie
Not sure how exactly it happens, I think it's because the soundfont is too complicated and you're giving the lightsaber way too many commands in a short amount of time
Though Isuggest you "re flash" your proffie board, meaning just go through this guide and flash the board with the default config files without tweaking anything, that should help
thanks for the advice @@saberglove9638
Happens to a couple of mine, too. It’s super annoying! I always just remove the battery and reinsert. Please respond if you find the reason or what causes it and how to fix it. I’ll let you know if I figure it out.
the proffie says complication error: expected primary expression before ',' token
Try to load your original config file and flash it, if it works then there might be a missing comma in your bladestyle code
If your original config file also doesn't work, then the proffie board may not be plugged in properly
Hello ! Very helpfull video ! Thanks ! P.S I can not find the correct Micro USB to USB cable just like you have...:/ Can you help me ? :) Best regards
It's okay if you don't need to have the identical, as long as it's an L-Shaped "2A" or "1A" micro usb
Hey Guys I really need help. Cuz my TXQ aint came with an Config File. The one I got from somewhere else... I can't get them to work? whos able to help me? I would pay for it.
There's a chance that the config file is working, but the soundfonts in the file don't match the names on your SD Card's soundfont profile
So, try to get the SD card of your lightsaber and get the names of your soundfont folders, then go back to your config file and add in the appropriate names
Do I have to wear the kinky black rubber gloves?
Oh, yes you do, dear kind sir 😎
@@saberglove9638 😂
nice liyue background
thank you :)
@@saberglove9638 ofc
This seems SUPER complicated 😮. I just drag and drop dowloaded fonts into my sd card add as a new number and that's it .
Then you don't have a Proffieboard, you have a Xenopixel board
Xenopixel boards come with preset blade and ignition designs that you cannot change, however, you can ASSIGN them to the sound fonts you place in your SD card without these complicated steps, that's why putting a new soundfont is as easy as drag and drop for xenopixels
With Proffieboard, you have the capability to customize blade and ignition designs, however, you have to manually flash it to the board, proffieboards wont recognize your soundfont if you just drop them on the SD card
So happy to see this clarification - makes me positive I wanna go with Xenopixel over the ridiculous complication of a proffie board. Ain't nobody got time for this. 😅
What do you mean when you say “the number of blades”???
Take Kylo Ren's lightsaber for example... It has 3 blades (the main blade and the cross-guards)
So for a proffieboard saber that has cross-guards, you would need to paste the same code three times (unless there are three separate codes for it)
In my case, my lightsaber has 2 blades (the main blade, and the control box lighting)
So I need to paste the same code two times
I hope that hamkes sense!
@@saberglove9638 it does thanks
I have a couple single blade sabers that have two blades indicated in the config. No crystal chamber, cross blades, or button box. Is this the wrong config maybe? Should I change that value to 1? I’ve had some peculiar errors after uploading, such as volume controls not working and some weird gesture controls being added. Is there a basic config for two button, one blade sabers, or are they specific to each saber? Thanks so much!
@@Forcetones it depends on where your getting your saber from who is doing the install and stuff like that but I would also say if you don’t have secondary lights or something like that on your chassis then yeah set it to 1 but take that with a grain of salt because im having so much difficulty with proffie that I’m definitely going to do a reinstall on my saber to get the CFX board inside instead of proffie
what data cable u use?
it's in the video 0:23
all of this for 1 SOUNDFONT... k I'm just going with cfx. Its smooth swing is not bad compared to proffie its not even noticeable and for %99 of the time, its going to be alright
I do agree that CFX and Xenopixels are pretty much one of the easiest to handle with
But that's why Proffie exists, to give people a choice of full-on customization which I understand can be tedious (even though most videos regarding this topic last for 45 minutes)
So clearly, this video is not for you.
I did the steps but my crystal chamber isnt working anymore
Go to 8:54, see how many your blade configuration is
If it says NUM_BLADES 3 for example, then you have to paste the blade style three times
@@saberglove9638 it says 2
That is false. Using a charging only cable will NOT fry the board. Even a data transfer cable still powers the board. Stop the misinformation.
Sure, using a charging-only cable will not fry the board
But why would you use one in the first place?
To see whether or not it fries the board and nothing else for the sake of the argument?
Doesn't make sense.
I did say to make SURE you're using a data transfer cable, that's the information that matters here