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Advatek Community Labs Guide

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Advatek Community Labs

Advatek Community Labs is a space on GitHub that brings together user-lead experimental tools, plugins, integrations, and practical examples that users can access.

Anyone can download, inspect, adapt and improve upon the content. All with the aim of reducing the friction to test an idea or solve a common integration challenge whilst benefitting the wider Advatek community.

Navigating Labs

Users who arrived on Advatek Labs can expect to see the following:

First is the Overview which is attached to the home icon. This is the main landing page for Advatek Community Labs. It shows the bio, company, location, site, social links and popular repositories.

Advatek Community Labs Homepage

Advatek Community Labs GitHub

Second is Repositories which can be accessed from the same navigation menu, on the right-hand side of Overview.

Each repository contains menus specific to the contents of the project These are as follows:

  • Code: primary repository contents, branch, README and source files.
  • Issues: bug reports, requests and community tasks.
  • Pull requests: proposed contributions and code changes.
  • Discussions: community conversation area separate from issues.
  • Actions: GitHub Actions and automated workflows.
  • Projects: repository-specific project management boards.
  • Security and quality: security findings and repository security tooling.
  • Insights: repository statistics, activity, contributors and related analytics.
Advatek Community Labs Files

Advatek Community Labs Repositories

Third is Projects. Denotated by a worksheet icon. This is a planning and work-management segment and not another kind of repository. A project can be a collection of issues, pull requests and draft tasks.

Finally, is Packages. Shown next to a box icon. This section is where finalized packages will be housed for users to download and deploy. 

For specific instructions on deploying the items inside the repositories please refer to the specific README files inside each repository.

Resources

In the table below you can find a breakdown of repositories hosted on Advatek Community Labs

ResourceDescriptionVersionDownload Link

PixLite® Mk3 Contact Trigger

Beta for trigger PixLite® Mk3 scenes, playlists, intensity and test mode from physical switches

Release V1.0.0

Link

PixLite® Mk3 TouchDesigner

Community-built TouchDesigner plugin for real-time PixLite® Mk3 control and pixel-data workflows

Release V1.0.0

Link

Disclaimer

Advatek Community Labs projects are community-oriented and may evolve over time. They are not a replacement for official Advatek product documentation, supported integrations or technical support. Users are encourages to review each repository’s status, requirements, limitations and documentation and to validate Labs projects before deploying them in commercial or time-critical environments.

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