# fx_lcd_software: reconstructing ID-COOLING FX display transfers

> fx_lcd_software drives ID-COOLING FX cooler LCDs from Linux through a USB HID image-transfer protocol observed from the vendor software. It converts images to 240×240 baseline JPEG and sends framed data in paced 1024-byte chunks, with rotation options.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/w1n-ror/fx_lcd_software-for-linux>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/w1n-ror/fx_lcd_software-for-linux/blob/91cf8c46f9d9e45790b4a092147bac5c77234d0e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fx-lcd-software-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fx-lcd-software-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fx-lcd-software-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires Linux, Python 3.9 or newer, hidapi and Pillow, plus access to the cooler's hidraw device.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports testing on the FX 240 LCD; other batches may use different USB IDs.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/w1n-ror/fx_lcd_software-for-linux/blob/91cf8c46f9d9e45790b4a092147bac5c77234d0e/README.md>

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