# BlinkStick Client 2.0-rc release **URL:** \ **Category:** Software\ **Created:** [December 10, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342 "2015-12-10T18:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/1 "2015-12-10T18:51:18Z")
I’m pleased to announce the long awaited release of BlinkStick Client application. The application has been completely redesigned with a massive amount of new features. Please note that all your current notifications can not be imported to the new application. ## Features at a glance - Supports all BlinkStick devices (Original BlinkStick, Pro, Flex and Nano) - Supports all LEDs on devices - Completely rewritten LED animation engine - Completely rewritten ambilight notification with support for DirectX games - New notification types include Moodlight, Application, RAM, Battery, Disk space and ability to remotely control BlinkStick client application via HTTP requests - Customization of patterns and pattern animations - Ability to select and test LEDs in the GUI for all supported devices ## Overview page ![](https://forums.blinkstick.com/uploads/default/original/1X/b68d31dd942c3cd5e7344dd7bc39967af5942bf8.png) The overview page lets you see and configure every connected BlinkStick. Each device is represented with an image and you can select and control the color of each LED connected to the device. ![](https://forums.blinkstick.com/uploads/default/original/1X/69c8ec029484c95dba946e118501d9d9f3fbe6b1.png) The configuration button next to the list of the devices lets you specify the number of LEDs connected to BlinkStick Pro, change the mode of a supported device and limit brightness. ## Notifications ![](https://forums.blinkstick.com/uploads/default/original/1X/f0c7031dccb2832eb13aedfefc06e00e2ab2f0d7.png) The notification window lists all your configured notifications for the device. ![](https://forums.blinkstick.com/uploads/default/original/1X/4a0cbaa6f69eae4f7dc9446c32ca68e609eb6841.png) Notifications are grouped into categories. - **Test** - lets you create a periodic test notification - **Ambilight** - creates an ambilight effect behind monitor or TV, also works with DirectX games too! - **Moodlight** - transitions random colors - **Application** - automatically plays pattern when top level application changes - **GMail** , **IMAP** and **POP3** notifications are designed to let you know when new email arrives - **CPU** , **RAM** , **Battery** and **Disk Space** - can either alert with a notification when usage is above limit or change color depending on the percentage - **Keyboard** - play pattern when key combination is pressed - **Remote Control** - allows remote control of the application via HTTP requests. [Read more…](https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-client/wiki/Remote-Control-API-for-client-application) - **[BlinkStick.com](http://BlinkStick.com)** - allows user to control BlinkStick remotely via [BlinkStick.com](http://BlinkStick.com) website ## Patterns ![](https://forums.blinkstick.com/uploads/default/original/1X/06127decb0d8d0c5f47488413089aa82725eae7a.png) The application comes with patterns already preconfigured for you, but you can define your own pattern sequences. Play button next to the pattern name lets you preview the pattern on the emulator. ## Settings ![](https://forums.blinkstick.com/uploads/default/original/1X/136d5e485a622155b0c0405391a3d6048d9b94fe.png) Settings pages lets you control if application is started automatically with Windows, change theme and configure logging. ## Download BlinkStick Client application can be downloaded by following this link: - Windows: [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc10-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc10-x86.exe) - OS X: [BlinkStickClient-2.0-rc9.pkg](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/osx/BlinkStickClient-2.0-rc9.pkg) ## Changelog **2017-12-19 2.0-rc10** - Improvements to application title detection - Switched to HTTPS based API address for [BlinkStick.com](http://BlinkStick.com) notifications **2016-03-20 2.0-rc9** - Mac OSX support, tested on Mavericks and Yosemite. Not all notifications are supported. - New icons for UI - Latest version of GTK 2.12.30 supported **2016-03-15 2.0-rc8** - Fix crash when BlinkStick is first time detected - Optimize overall CPU usage - Optimize ambilight notification to send data only when color changes - Added _duration_ parameter for standalone [BlinkStick.com](http://BlinkStick.com) server **2016-03-07 2.0-rc7** - Keyboard notification to play pattern when keyboard combination is pressed - Ability to use [standalone BlinkStick.com server](https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-client/wiki/BlinkStick.com-API-features-for-standalone-server) - Option to turn off BlinkSticks when exiting application **2016-02-25 2.0-rc6** - Ability to specify channel for notifications to support all channels of BlinkStick Pro - Improved pattern animations, now they are a lot smoother - Improvements to remote control notification which adds support to specify channel, first and last LEDs. Support to set color or play pattern. [More details can be found in the wiki page](https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-client/wiki/Remote-Control-API-for-client-application). **2016-02-10 2.0-rc5** - Improvements to moodlight. Transition from one color to another instead of switching, ability to configure animation speed. **2016-02-03 2.0-rc4** - Fix crash when settings folder did not exit on fresh install - Improvements to ambilight support with DirectX 9, 10 and 11 - Stability improvements for [BlinkStick.com](http://BlinkStick.com) connectivity **2016-01-14 2.0-rc3** - Fixed issue with a setting to override connectivity to [BlinkStick.com](http://BlinkStick.com) **2016-01-07 2.0-rc2** - Fixed issues with connectivity to [BlinkStick.com](http://BlinkStick.com) - Fixed crash when BlinkStick inserted and removed quickly - Fixed UI update after mode has been changed on a device - Feature - Settings panel - Feature - Run automatically on Windows startup minimized to tray - Feature - Select logging level and open logs - Feature - UI theme selection and additional Paper theme - Feature - Button to quit application **2015-12-10 2.0-rc1** - Initial RC1 release ## Previous Versions [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc9-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc9-x86.exe) [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc8-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc8-x86.exe) [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc7-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc7-x86.exe) [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc6-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc6-x86.exe) [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc5-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc5-x86.exe) [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc4-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc4-x86.exe) [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc3-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc3-x86.exe) [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc2-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc2-x86.exe) [BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc1-x86.exe](https://www.blinkstick.com/system/releases/windows/BlinkStickClient-Setup-2.0-rc1-x86.exe) ## Feedback Your feedback is very important to us. Please post your comments, questions and feature requests either as a comment or start a new topic in the forum. ---
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/2 "2015-12-10T18:51:39Z")
Pinned globally on December 10, 2015, 6:51pm UTC ---
**Author:** ![ddjazz](https://forums.blinkstick.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b3f665/32.png) [@ddjazz](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/ddjazz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/3 "2015-12-10T20:00:33Z")
Looks like a great tool in the making 😃 ---
**Author:** ![p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/p0ke/32/14_2.png) [@p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/p0ke)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/4 "2015-12-11T08:38:15Z")
A very great tool Arvy! The recognition of the different devices working well. I have one little issue: With a square it always says: “Multi LED Mirror”. But in this mode it is not possible to control single LEDs or am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/5 "2015-12-11T09:36:23Z")
@p0ke, it should allow changing the LED mode or doesn’t it? There is a button to configure BlinkStick next to the combobox with the serial. I’ve just noticed that when you change the mode it does not update that on the overview page. Will fix that in RC2 release. You can still use individual LEDs in Multi LED Mirror mode, however setting LED color at index 0 will affect all LEDs on the Square/Strip. ---
**Author:** ![p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/p0ke/32/14_2.png) [@p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/p0ke)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/6 "2015-12-11T11:00:07Z")
Right, thats the point. No refresh on the main page. So it is not a problem. Never know that you can control single LEDs in mode 3, thanks 😄 ---
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/7 "2015-12-11T11:14:29Z")
@p0ke yep you can 😄 In mode 3 if you send data to report 0x01, then it lights up all LEDs, but 0x05 - 0x09 still work to control LEDs individually. This applies to Strip, Square and Flex with an exception to Flex that it only controls first 8 LEDs in mode 3. ---
**Author:** ![ddjazz](https://forums.blinkstick.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b3f665/32.png) [@ddjazz](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/ddjazz)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/8 "2015-12-12T10:34:18Z")
didnt know that too , the wiki docs could use some updating 😃 ---
**Author:** ![timecapture](https://forums.blinkstick.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@timecapture](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/timecapture)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/9 "2015-12-29T14:41:02Z")
With the 2.0-rc candidate none of the options work. I can’t change the color. I can’t change the mode. It’s on Inverse, which is correct by the way. The serial number is a bunch of weird characters. Client 1.0 works fine. ![](https://forums.blinkstick.com/uploads/default/original/1X/5f01066147b9f3cecfd5a913b5c3b5936971be45.png)r ---
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/10 "2015-12-29T14:56:40Z")
Doesn’t look right. Can you please remind me the device you have? ---
**Author:** ![timecapture](https://forums.blinkstick.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@timecapture](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/timecapture)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/11 "2015-12-29T15:36:47Z")
BlinkStick Pro v1.0. This same weird serial number is also displayed in Client 1.0 by the way. But that one still works. ---
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/12 "2015-12-29T15:37:57Z")
Has it been showing up like that in Client 1.0 since you received the device? ---
**Author:** ![timecapture](https://forums.blinkstick.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@timecapture](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/timecapture)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/13 "2015-12-29T15:39:25Z")
No, I don’t think so. It was like that suddenly but it’s been that way for a while. As it didn’t hinder the functionality I didn’t think much of it. ---
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/14 "2016-01-07T21:17:42Z")
RC2 released. Please check the top of the page for the new link. ---
**Author:** ![gryfenflash](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/gryfenflash/32/195_2.png) [@gryfenflash](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/gryfenflash)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/15 "2016-01-11T20:35:07Z")
Ambilight is working with 1.0.3 Blinkstick, but it doesn’t with 2.0 RC2. That’s sad considering i mainly bought this to use it while gaming. Anything i can do ? ---
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/16 "2016-01-11T21:16:43Z")
@gryfenflash I’m currently looking into this amd will update with the prohress very soon. ---
**Author:** ![gryfenflash](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/gryfenflash/32/195_2.png) [@gryfenflash](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/gryfenflash)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/17 "2016-01-11T21:18:31Z")
Good to know you’re working on this Looking forward to the update, keep up the good work 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gryfenflash](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/gryfenflash/32/195_2.png) [@gryfenflash](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/gryfenflash)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/18 "2016-01-16T22:06:36Z")
Are you planning on adding a way to choose a specific color ? Because now it seems that we only have 16 color choices. Could you add like a full spectrum thing ? I think 1.03 had this ---
**Author:** ![p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/p0ke/32/14_2.png) [@p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/p0ke)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/19 "2016-01-17T12:51:46Z")
For what do you need this? The first page is only for testing the device. In the patterns you can already use the whole color pool and this patterns can be used in the notification. ---
**Author:** ![gryfenflash](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/gryfenflash/32/195_2.png) [@gryfenflash](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/gryfenflash)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342/20 "2016-01-17T17:38:16Z")
Oh right, i guess i just didn’t undertsood how was the app working [Next page](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/blinkstick-client-2-0-rc-release/342.md?page=2)