From c20100abd4da93673c33949f5ac59f7b512ecbf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dragonchaser <christian@boltares.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:09:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add brightness control for default color

Signed-off-by: dragonchaser <christian@boltares.de>
---
 btcontrol.ino | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/btcontrol.ino b/btcontrol.ino
index 051b070..00d1a69 100644
--- a/btcontrol.ino
+++ b/btcontrol.ino
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ void Vibrate();
 #define LED_COLOR_ORDER RGB // USE GRB for the onboard led and RGB for the chain
 
 #define LED_BRIGHTNESS          96
+#define LED_BRIGHTNESS_DIMM     16
 #define LED_FRAMES_PER_SECOND   24
 #define LED_SETUP_DISPLAY_DELAY 500
 
@@ -193,8 +194,6 @@ void setup() {
     pinMode(VIBRO_PIN, OUTPUT);
   }
 
-  UpdatePalette();
-
   FastLED.setBrightness(LED_BRIGHTNESS);
 
   FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE,LED_DATA_PIN,LED_COLOR_ORDER>(leds, LED_NUM_LEDS).setCorrection(TypicalLEDStrip);
@@ -212,7 +211,9 @@ void setup() {
   FastLED.delay(LED_SETUP_DISPLAY_DELAY); 
 
   fill_solid(leds, LED_NUM_LEDS, CRGB::Black );
-  FastLED.show();    
+  FastLED.show();   
+
+  UpdatePalette(); 
 
   startindex = 0;
   updateTimer.set(UPDATE_INTERVAL, CleanDatabase);
@@ -303,10 +304,12 @@ void UpdatePalette() {
 
   if (colors.empty()) {
     fill_solid(pal.entries, LED_PALETTE_SIZE, LED_DEFAULT_COLOR_ON);
+    FastLED.setBrightness(LED_BRIGHTNESS_DIMM);
   } else {
     for (int i=0; i<LED_PALETTE_SIZE; i++) {
       pal[i] = CRGB(StrToHex(colors[ i % deviceDatabase.size() ].c_str()));
     }
+    FastLED.setBrightness(LED_BRIGHTNESS);
   }
 }