Getting Started

Installation

Installing with Pip

pip install volux

Congratulations, you’ve just installed Volux!

Note

If you would rather build the module yourself, see “Installing from source”

Next, let’s try running the ‘bar’ demo.

Running Demos

Bar Demo

Once volux is finished installing, you can run the bar demo like so:

volux demo bar

You should now see a transparent bar at the bottom of your screen.

Bar Demo Explained

In different modes, performing identical actions on the bar produce different results.

Below, you’ll see a table of representing the result of performing certain actions on the bar in a given mode.

Bar Color Action Result
Any

Right-click

Double right-click

Change bar mode

Exit demo

Green

Scroll up

Scroll down

Middle-click

Increase volume

Decrease volume

Mute

Red

Scroll up

Scroll down

Middle-click

Increase volume

Decrease volume

Unmute

Blue

Scroll up

Scroll down

Middle-click

Increase bulb brightness

Decrease bulb brightness

Toggle bulb power