blocksdROLI Blocks on Linux

Full ROLI protocol stack, reverse-engineered from scratch. Topology discovery, keepalive, LED bitmap streaming, pressure-sensitive touch, device configuration. Your Blocks, finally alive on Linux.

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API Mode Keepalive

Periodic pings prevent the 5-second device timeout. Blocks stay in API mode indefinitely, no more searching animations.

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Topology Management

Auto-discovers devices over USB, tracks DNA-connected blocks through master. Full mesh networking awareness.

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LED Control

15x15 RGB bitmap grid on Lightpad Block / M. CLI patterns, binary frame streaming, and a real-time web dashboard.

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Touch & Button Events

Normalized pressure-sensitive touch data (x, y, z, velocity) and button callbacks over Unix socket and WebSocket.

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Device Configuration

Read and write device settings like velocity sensitivity, MIDI channel, scale mode, and more via CLI or API.

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systemd Integration

Type=notify service with watchdog heartbeat, udev rules for plug-and-play. Install with one command.