stdevel / arduinobusylight

Low-budget Arduino-based busylight for Microsoft Lync / Skype for Business

ArduinoBusylight

ArduinoBusylight is a simple, low-budget Arduino-based busylight for Microsoft Lync / Skype for Business. It's easy to build and really makes your desk look uber-nerdy. This repository includes a C# agent that automatically updates the LED color once your Lync/SfB availability status has changed.

Requirements

In order to get things running, you will need:

• An Arduino or Genuino (I'm using the Uno model)
• Arduino IDE
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 or newer
• Microsoft Lync 2013 SDK (there is no SDK for Skype for Business, yet)

For the cabling you will need:

• A piezo sound module (for incoming calls, agent integration will follow)
• A RGB multi-color LED
• three 220k resistors
• Some cables and a breadbord

Cabling

See the attached Fritzing sketch for cabling details:

Installation

The installation is quite easy:

1. Download the Arduino sketch from the arduino_busylight folder and flash it to your Arduino
2. Compile the Windows application from the ArduinoBusylight folder (or download a pre-built release, will follow)
3. Start the application, right-click the tray icon and select Configure. Configure your COM port and baud rate and click Save

Credits

Blue LED try icon was taken from easyicon

arduinobusylight's Issues

Missing a file!? CmdMessenger.h - how to get or create myself...?

Hello,

as written above - CmdMessenger.h seems to be missing in arduino_busylight folder.

I'm new to this but would like to create such a kind of busylight with my arduino uno r3 package...
when it comes to flash, which is the first step according to the "installation"-section,
i get the error message:

#include <CmdMessenger.h>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

exit status 1

Compilation error: CmdMessenger.h: No such file or directory

which is no surprise - since I don't see any such file anywhere...

Hope that makes my point clear.
Thanks for help!!

David

Move color definitions into library

Currently, the Arduino sketch itself defines Skype colors. It would be great if the appropriate library/class does this to make the sketch suitable for other applications.

Rings / flashing light for incoming calls

As the busylight includes a piezo sound module it would be cool to anounce incoming calls with a sound

Change tray icon color based on status

It would be a nice feature if the tray icon would change based on the Lync/SfB status

SwyxIt! Integration

Hello, is It possible to use SwyxIt! instead of Lync?