LiquidctlPlugin could not initialize or has no sensors

[realgooseman]

Hi @jmarucha

First of all, is this plugin still maintained or not ?

If it's still maintained, I got an error when loading the plugin in FanControl.
I want to control my NZXT fans/cooler with FanControl instead of CAM, but when I extract the plugin files to the "Plugins" folder in the FanControl directory. The app shows a "LiquidctlPlugin could not initialize or has no sensors" error on launch.
I closed all services that might interfere with the plugin, and disabled Smart Fan Control in BIOS.

I don't know if this error is known or being worked on, but here are my computer specs :

MB : MSI X470 Gaming Plus
RAM : Trident Z RGB 8x2gb 3200mhz
CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
GPU : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
AIO Cooler : NZXT Kraken Z53
FANS : all plugged in a NZXT RGB & Fan Controller hub

My question is, am I doing something wrong or is the plugin currently broken for my NZXT devices ?

[levvp]

@realgooseman I have the same error, also with the NZXT controller. It also happens when I use SuspiciousActivity's fork. See issue #16

[realgooseman]

@realgooseman I have the same error, also with the NZXT controller. It also happens when I use SuspiciousActivity's fork. See issue #16

I actually managed to make the SuspiciousActivity's fork work but it always crashes when my computer comes out of sleep mode. You have to install FanControl in a different directory (not C:/Program FIles or Program Files x86) + you need to create a task schedule to launch FanConrol on every user session

[brokenmass]

@realgooseman @levvp you might want to try this : https://github.com/brokenmass/Fancontrol.NzxtKraken

[realgooseman]

@realgooseman @levvp you might want to try this : https://github.com/brokenmass/Fancontrol.NzxtKraken

I gave the plugin a few days to try and it works flawlessly, no crash when booting from sleep mode either. Thanks so much for this.

[brokenmass]

i've integrated my changes in llibrehardwaremonitor (the lib fancontrol uses under the hood) so in a next release of fancontrol you might not need any plugin at all

[realgooseman]

i've integrated my changes in llibrehardwaremonitor (the lib fancontrol uses under the hood) so in a next release of fancontrol you might not need any plugin at all

Great, thanks for your contribution. Really appreciate it 🙏
As someone who doesn't like NZXT CAM, I'm slowly finding great alternatives.

The last thing I could wish for is a way to edit the NZXT Kraken Z53 LCD Screen I got. I've found "KrakenZPlayground" but the project seems abandoned and doesn't work well. Do you happen to know an alternative ?

I've tried CoolerControl on Linux which works perfectly and fixes everything, but no solution for Windows it seems.

[brokenmass]

Ah !
I wrote a nice program to control my kraken elite lcd:
Here synchronised with signalrgb (amazing software to control your pc rgbs)

IMG_6082.mp4

I’m now working on adding stats overlay to signalrgb synced screen

Here instead using as a secondary monito

https://www.reddit.com/r/NZXT/comments/13mem4v/using_a_kraken_lcd_as_a_monitor_d_30fps/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

I think I can make it work on kraken z easily ( but at reduced fps compared to the elite like 10-15fps instead of 30+)

[brokenmass]

I wrote to the owner of krakenZplayground explaining him how to increase performance but seems complicate on the tech stack is using.

If you want to support my development for kraken z join signalrgb discord and send me a PM, if you have some time to spare we can do a screensharing and test some code on your device

[realgooseman]

I wrote to the owner of krakenZplayground explaining him how to increase performance but seems complicate on the tech stack is using.

If you want to support my development for kraken z join signalrgb discord and send me a PM, if you have some time to spare we can do a screensharing and test some code on your device

Looks great, May I know why you use SignalRGB rather than an open source alternative like OpenRGB ? Are there like more features ? I personally use OpenRGB as it's open source and good enough for me but never tried SignalRGB.

A native integration of NZXT Kraken LCD Control on OpenRGB or any other RGB/fan control software that is open source would be great. I'm not too technical so I don't think I can be very useful, but when you come up with something promising I could try to launch it and share log files to debug.