# pyPredator: reconstructing Predator PH18-73 RGB control

> pyPredator reconstructs RGB control for the Acer Predator PH18-73 keyboard from PredatorSense USB captures. Its Python program streams 128 main-key and 16 WASD-zone pixels through documented USB control and bulk packets at 30 Hz, with a Tk GUI for effects. Ring, logo and underglow control delegates to a separate CLI submodule.

- 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/ahuou/rgb_predator_PH18_73>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ahuou/rgb_predator_PH18_73/blob/32d58eb4d19d74c32dee564c35e39f30143c686b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pypredator-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pypredator-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pypredator-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires an Acer Predator PH18-73 keyboard with USB device ID 05af:867b and Linux.
- **Prerequisites:** Requires Python 3.10+, pyusb and libusb; a udev setup step grants device access.
- **Prerequisites:** Ring, logo and underglow control requires the acer_PH18-73_rgb submodule.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ahuou/rgb_predator_PH18_73/blob/32d58eb4d19d74c32dee564c35e39f30143c686b/README.md>

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