I started fiddling with LEGO Dimensions Toy Pad and the Mindstorms EV3. Later I’ll post better and more organized information but for now here is the script I used with the following video – it shows how to read the NGC tags and change the RGB color of each pad.
All my code is based on woodenphone work.
#!/usr/bin/python
import usb.core
import usb.util
from time import sleep
import lego_dimensions_gateway
# UIDs can be retrieved with Android App (probably in hexadecimal)
uidDarthVader = (4, 161, 158, 210, 227, 64 , 128)
pad1_red = [0x55, 0x0e, 0xc8, 0x06, 0x01, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 51, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00] # left:off center:red right:off
pad1_green = [0x55, 0x0e, 0xc8, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 51, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00] # left:off center:green
pad2_red = [0x55, 0x0e, 0xc8, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 51, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00] # left:red center:off right:off
pad2_green = [0x55, 0x0e, 0xc8, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 51, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00] # left:green center:off right:off
pad3_red = [0x55, 0x0e, 0xc8, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 51, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00] # left:off center:off right:red
pad3_green = [0x55, 0x0e, 0xc8, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 51, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00] # left:off center:off right:green
pads_off = [0x55, 0x06, 0xc0, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 29, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00] # Switch all pads off
def init_usb():
global dev
# find our device
dev = usb.core.find(idVendor=0x0e6f)# 0x0e6f Logic3 (made lego dimensions portal hardware)
# was it found?
if dev is None:
raise ValueError('Device not found')
reattach = False
if dev.is_kernel_driver_active(0):
reattach = True
dev.detach_kernel_driver(0)
# set the active configuration. With no arguments, the first
# configuration will be the active one
dev.set_configuration()
# Initialise portal
dev.write(1, [0x55, 0x0f, 0xb0, 0x01, 0x28, 0x63, 0x29, 0x20, 0x4c, 0x45, 0x47, 0x4f, 0x20, 0x32, 0x30, 0x31, 0x34, 0xf7, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00])# Startup
return dev
def uid_compare(uid1, uid2):
match = True
for i in range(0,7):
if (uid1[i] != uid2[i]) :
match = False
return match
def demo():
while True:
try:
inwards_packet = dev.read(0x81, 32, timeout = 10)
bytelist = list(inwards_packet)
if not bytelist:# We need a packet
pass
elif bytelist[0] != 0x56: # Only listen to NFC packets
pass
else:
pad_num = bytelist[2]
uid_bytes = bytelist[6:13]
match = uid_compare(uid_bytes, uidDarthVader)
action = bytelist[5]
if action == 0 : #IN
if match:
# Darth Vader IN
if pad_num ==1 :
command = pad1_red
elif pad_num == 2 :
command = pad2_red
elif pad_num == 3 :
command = pad3_red
else :
pass
else:
# some other tag IN
if pad_num ==1 :
command = pad1_green
elif pad_num == 2 :
command = pad2_green
elif pad_num == 3 :
command = pad3_green
else :
pass
dev.write(1, command)
elif action == 1 : # OUT
dev.write(1, pads_off)
except usb.USBError, err:
pass
def main():
init_usb()
demo()
return
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()