macrogaura - RGB keyboard control for Asus ROG laptops on MacOS

(c) 2021 TSLARoadster

Supports RGB keyboards with IDs 0b05:1854 (GL553, GL753), 0b05:1869 (GL503, FX503, GL703), 0b05:1866 (GL504, GL703, GX501, GM501), and 0b05:19b6 (GA503).

Usage

1. Download latest binary release
2. Extract and put it in /usr/local/bin
3. Use with the commands below

Usage:
   macrogaura [-v] COMMAND ARGUMENTS

COMMAND should be one of:
   single_static
   single_breathing
   single_colorcycle
   multi_static
   multi_breathing
   red
   green
   blue
   yellow
   gold
   cyan
   magenta
   white
   black
   rainbow
   brightness
   initialize_keyboard

If your keyboard does not respond to macrogaura, it may help to send an initialisation message to the keyboard to "wake it up":

macrogaura initialize_keyboard

Sometimes root privileges is needed if it doesn't work, in that case use sudo before each command

Building

Clone the GitHub repo and enter the top-level directory. Then:

sudo xcodebuild

Credits

• Will Roberts for rogauracore (based on which this program was developed)
• Le Bao Hiep for porting rogauracore to macOS
• TSLARoadster for maintaining macrogaura