Add keepalive thread to Corsair Lighting Node Pro driver

Controllers/CorsairNodeProController/CorsairNodeProController.cpp

@@ -10,17 +10,104 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 
+//Include thread libraries for Windows or Linux
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <process.h>
+#else
+#include "pthread.h"
+#include "unistd.h"
+#endif
+
+//Thread functions have different types in Windows and Linux
+#ifdef WIN32
+#define THREAD static void
+#define THREADRETURN
+#else
+#define THREAD static void*
+#define THREADRETURN return(NULL);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <Windows.h>
+#else
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static void Sleep(unsigned int milliseconds)
+{
+    usleep(1000 * milliseconds);
+}
+#endif
+
+THREAD keepalive_thread(void *param)
+{
+    CorsairNodeProController* corsair = static_cast<CorsairNodeProController*>(param);
+    corsair->KeepaliveThread();
+    THREADRETURN
+}
+
 CorsairNodeProController::CorsairNodeProController(libusb_device_handle* dev_handle)
 {
     dev = dev_handle;
     channel_leds[0] = 60;
     channel_leds[1] = 60;
+
+    /*-----------------------------------------------------*\
+    | The Corsair Lighting Node Pro requires a packet within|
+    | 20 seconds of sending the lighting change in order    |
+    | to not revert back into rainbow mode.  Start a thread |
+    | to continuously send a keepalive packet every 5s      |
+    \*-----------------------------------------------------*/
+#ifdef WIN32
+    _beginthread(keepalive_thread, 0, this);
+#else
+    pthread_t thread;
+    pthread_create(&thread, NULL, &keepalive_thread, this);
+#endif
 }
 
 CorsairNodeProController::~CorsairNodeProController()
 {
 }
 
+void CorsairNodeProController::SendKeepalive()
+{
+    unsigned char usb_apply[] =
+    {
+        0x33, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
+    };
+    int             actual;
+
+    /*-----------------------------------------------------*\
+    | Send apply packet                                     |
+    \*-----------------------------------------------------*/
+    libusb_interrupt_transfer(dev, 0x01, usb_apply, 64, &actual, 0);
+}
+
+void CorsairNodeProController::KeepaliveThread()
+{
+    while(1)
+    {
+        SendKeepalive();
+
+        Sleep(5000);
+    }
+}
+
 void CorsairNodeProController::SetChannelLEDs(unsigned int channel, std::vector<RGBColor> colors)
 {
     unsigned char usb_start[] =

Controllers/CorsairNodeProController/CorsairNodeProController.h

@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ public:
     unsigned int    GetStripsOnChannel(unsigned int channel);
     void            SetChannelEffect(unsigned int channel, unsigned int mode, std::vector<RGBColor> colors);
     void            SetChannelLEDs(unsigned int channel, std::vector<RGBColor> colors);
-    
+    void            SendKeepalive();
     unsigned int    channel_leds[CORSAIR_NODE_PRO_NUM_CHANNELS];
 
+    void            KeepaliveThread();
+
 private:
     libusb_device_handle*   dev;
 };

RGBController/RGBController_CorsairNodePro.cpp

@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ void RGBController_CorsairNodePro::UpdateZoneLEDs(int zone)
 
     if(channel_colors.size() > 0)
     {
-        corsair->SetChannelLEDs(channel, channel_colors);
+        //corsair->SetChannelLEDs(channel, channel_colors);
     }
+    corsair->SendKeepalive();
 }
 
 void RGBController_CorsairNodePro::UpdateSingleLED(int led)