First time with proffie and trying a apparently complex build

Proffieboards Padawan Area
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im trying to make a tonfa saber with 2 pixel outputs. im using a 2 button input so ideally each side can function independantly.

i want one side to be a blade side, and the other to be a blaster effect side.

im a total proffie newbie, im used to golden harvest and the Chinese boards, but ive been told that for what i want, proffie is the only way. any help would be appreciated

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It’s just a two-blade setup with the BC prop I think.
If that doesn’t do what you want, or if you need more help, let us know.

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gonna be honest, i dont know what that means. i dont program typically. i can follow directions, but thats about where my skills cap out.

this is literally a case of i dont know enough to ask the right questions to do this. the lightsabers discord recomended i come here for advice

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Ok, some pointers, terminology and explanations:

  1. ProffieOS is different form most other prop boards. You won’t need to program, but you will need to use some programming tools, edit some files and do some copy-paste to make things work. First time may be rough, but we’re here to help.
  2. In ProffieOS parlance, a “blade” is really anything that lights up. A two-blade setup will have two “blades”, but that just means “two things that light up”. You can see some examples of how to wire a proffieboard for multiple blades, together with sample configuration files here: Proffieboard V3
  3. “prop files” are files that do all the complicated mapping from button presses to turning blades on, off, playing sounds, etc. Originally, I intended prop files to be for different things, like blasters, tricorders, sabers, etc. But people also use them to just have different button setups for their sabers. The available props can be found here: ProffieOS/props at master · profezzorn/ProffieOS · GitHub Each prop generally have a description of what it does and how to use it in the beginning. I suggested the BC prop because I know it has the capability of turning blades on and off more or less independently.
  4. There are lots of resources for learning about proffieOS, the official one is https://pod.hubbe.net/ so I would recommend starting there. (And if the answers aren’t there, please let me know and I will try to add them.)
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so if im understanding your explanation, i can use the BC prop to have one button turn on and off the saber, and the other button to “fire” the blaster and they would work independently?

i also just want to make sure this is possible with a proffieboard v2.2 (i got it second hand from a saber i thought i broke, but the r/lightsabers subreddit helped me fix the board after i already swapped it)

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The BC prop is more like “turn one blade on”, “turn the other blade on”.
If you want “on” and “fire”, you might want to use the SaberBlasterProp

However, it’s kind of intended to switch between “fire” and “saber” modes, by default it does not expose both at the same time. Not sure if that’s what you want or not.

Note that regardless of what prop you use, there is a fair amount of control over what each function looks like by adjusting the style that is tied to each blade.

Yes, all of these options works on a V2 board.