Frequently Asked Questions

How can I turn the lights off?

On devices that supports RGB colors, you can turn the lights off by setting the black color to the LED.

Example with Rival 100:

rivalcfg --color=black

Example with Rival 300:

rivalcfg --logo-color=black --wheel-color=black

On devices that have monochrome LEDs, you can turn the lights off using the LED brightness option.

Example with the Sensei [RAW]:

rivalcfg --led-brightness=off

Example with the Kana v2:

rivalcfg --led-brightness1=off --led-brightness2=off

Look at the page dedicated to your device for more about available CLI options.

How can I dim the brightness of the lights

On devices that supports RGB colors, just set a darker color (e.g. #880000 instead of #FF0000 for a darker red).

Example with Rival 100:

rivalcfg --color=880000

On devices that have monochrome LEDs, use the LED brightness option.

Example with the Sensei [RAW]:

rivalcfg --led-brightness=low

Look at the page dedicated to your device for more about available CLI options.

Why Rivalcfg does not support color gradients / color shift / rainbow lighting effect on my mouse whereas the SteelSeries Engine does?

Rivalcfg only supports hardware features of the devices, so there is two possibilities:

  • Your device do not support this feature by hardware, so the SteelSeries Engine sends color command to the mouse several times per second. As Rivalcfg is only a library and a CLI tool, not a deamon, it cannot support this feature. But you can implement it yourself with a Bash script or using the Python API.

  • Your device has an hardware support of this feature, but this functionnality is not supported yet by Rivalcfg. In that case, please consider contributing to this project! 😁️

Here is an non-exhausting list of devices that do not support color gradients:

  • Rival 3

  • Rival 100

  • Rival 110

  • Rival 300