Reactive effect for Razer Mousepad (Firefly) doesn't work about razer-cli

[LoLei]

Hi, thanks for reporting. I didn't even know a Razer RGB mousepad was a thing, that's cool.

Can you show me the output of commands along the lines of:

$ razer-cli -ll
# and
$ razer-cli --verbose -e reactive # or whatever command you're running to achieve the desired effect, but with --verbose

Anyway, it also seems like openrazer (the driver backend) itself might not support the device yet:
openrazer/openrazer#946

Would be good if the output of razer-cli reflected that though...

$ razer-cli -ll
Found 3 Razer device(s)
[...]
Razer Firefly:
   type: mousemat
   generic zone:
      effects available:
         breath_dual
         breath_random
         breath_single
         none
         reactive
         spectrum
         static
         wave
         multicolor
   serial: [...]
   firmware version: v1.0
   driver version: 2.9.0
   supported capabilities:
      name
      type
      firmware_version
      serial
      brightness
      lighting
      lighting_breath_single
      lighting_breath_dual
      lighting_breath_random
      lighting_wave
      lighting_reactive
      lighting_none
      lighting_spectrum
      lighting_static
      lighting_led_matrix

and

$ razer-cli --sync -a -e reactive -v # or razer-cli -a -e reactive -v etc.
Using [76, 18, 183] for X Color
[...]
Setting effects for Razer Firefly:
   generic:
      Setting reactive to: 76 18 183 @ timing level 2
   logo:
      logo is not supported
   scroll_wheel:
      scroll_wheel is not supported
   left:
      left is not supported
   right:
      right is not supported
   backlight:
      backlight is not supported

The effect output is the same as with my Razer keyboard, only the timing level differs (4 vs 2).
The mousepad stays black no matter what I do.
The issue you referenced is about the Razer Firefly V2 mousemat, however I own the first version (Razer Firefly Chroma).

[LoLei]

Thanks!

Hmm… It looks like the effect is applied:

Setting reactive to: 76 18 183 @ timing level 2

Do any of the more basic effects work or even just static color? E.g. razer-cli -v -c ff0000. I assume no.

Could you also try an older version of razer-cli? There's been some major changes recently which may have broken something. Try version 1.3.2.

It's hard for me to look into this as I do not have the hardware. You could however debug the code yourself.
You can uninstall razer-cli, clone the repo and execute pip install -e . --user in it. Then you can edit the code and the script will have your changes automatically. You could add a few debug print statements or even use a debugger (e.g. Pycharm) to find out what's different to your other devices. (Presumably they work?) You may have to start it via a test case then, to attach the debugger to the process, as opposed to running the script via the command line.

@LoLei

Do any of the more basic effects work or even just static color? E.g. razer-cli -v -c ff0000. I assume no.

All the other effects work, only reactive doesn't. I'm just using a different effect now, sorry but I don't have the time to diagnose the issue.
Thank you for looking into it!

[LoLei]

If it's only reactive that doesn't work that's strange indeed. If you ever have time in the future to look into this I'd appreciate it!