I have been busy for the past couple of months so I haven’t been able to work on this project. However, Graeme Gill sent me some code today that properly communicates with the Spyder. Thanks Graeme! Attached is his code which he wrote for Argyll, released under GNU GPL v3. Most of the heavy work is done, and the next step is simply packaging it into a “libspyder”.
This is awesome news!
This is wonderfull news!
simply fantastic !!!
Thank you Graeme, thank you Yan Ke.
ok… just for me not to spend to much in trial/error.
a howto? a package? (inside the Argyll suite?)
Congratulations!
And thanks for the big new…
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There are currently two applications that are using these drivers. These are ArgyllCMS which is Graeme Gills project and LProf (if you use CVS). Both have been tested with the Spyder 2 and a number of other meters.
ArgyllCMS is a set of command line tools that include monitor calibration and profiling functionality. Very powerful but not very user friendly. LProf is a Qt based GUI ICC profiler that is much easier to use but at present has somewhat simplistic display calibration and profiling algorithms. Both run on X11, Windows and OS/X platforms and can coexist on the same machine.
At this point the Spyder 2 code is not very mature. It works but is temperamental at least on my machine. This should improve as the drivers mature. Devices that have been supported for longer such as the EyeOne Display series, EyeOne Pro and DTP-94 are working very nicely and the Huey which was added to the library after the Spyder 2 is still problematic (IE. mostly not working) at this point.
Hi there,
Just to let you know that the last (beta) version of ArgyllCMS supports Spyder (version 1 and 2). Check here for compilation and usage:
http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/use-colorvision-spyder-to-produce-an-icc-monitor-profile-under-argyllcms-linux/
Take care,
Joel