NZXT Kraken 360 RGB (1e71:300e, 1e71:2021)

[moonsquid9631]

Device type

AIO Liquid Cooler

Product page

https://nzxt.com/product/kraken-360-rgb?srsltid=AfmBOormEx1Tpw9aB_ZinLYAvI5jinZvaVc-eFeMnZsh12facHBjSLNv

First-party software

NZXT CAM (but not for linux)

What monitoring functionality does the device support?

temperatures, fan/pump speeds or duty cycles

What configuration functionality does the device support?

lighting of accessories like RGB fans or LED strips, fan/pump speeds or duty cycles

Physical connection

USB 2.0 header

Connection protocol

HID

Additional information about the device

Product IDs:

• 1e71:300e (NZXT Kraken Base - Cooling Control)
• 1e71:2021 (NZXT RGB Controller - Lighting)

Issue:

• liquidctl does not detect or control this device.
• lsusb confirms both USB devices are recognized.
• coolercontrol software detects the Kraken 360 but cannot control RGB.

Commands & Output: lsusb | grep 1e71 Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1e71:300e NZXT NZXT Kraken Base Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1e71:2021 NZXT NZXT RGB Controller

sudo liquidctl list --debug [DEBUG] (usb) (find_devices): HID device: 1e71:300e (usage_page=0xff00 usage=0x0001) [DEBUG] (usb) (find_devices): HID device: 1e71:2021 (usage_page=0xff00 usage=0x0001) (can find the devices, but no driver. ASUS Aura LED controller recognized).

Thank you for considering adding further support for the Kraken 360 RGB!

Can you help with implementing or testing the changes needed for liquidctl to support this device?

No response

[aleksamagicka]

300e is supported: https://github.com/liquidctl/liquidctl/blob/main/liquidctl/driver/kraken3.py#L587

What version of liquidctl do you have?

[moonsquid9631]

Thank you for looking into this!

liquidctl --version liquidctl v1.15.0.dev16+ge1d0b60 (Linux-6.11.0-19-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39)

[jonasmalacofilho]

How about sudo liquidctl --version?

[moonsquid9631]

Thanks! I ran sudo liquidctl --version and discovered an installation issue (output: v0.0.0-unknown). Now liquidctl recognizes the device. I am using the latest git version. Would it be possible to add support for controlling the fan RGBs?

I can see the pump and fan controls: sudo ~/liquidctl-venv/bin/liquidctl status ASUS Aura LED Controller ├── ARGB channels: 3
└── RGB channels: 1

NZXT Kraken 2023 ├── Liquid temperature 25.7 °C ├── Pump speed 1110 rpm ├── Pump duty 25 % ├── Fan speed 695 rpm └── Fan duty 20 %

And I can see the LCD control sudo ~/liquidctl-venv/bin/liquidctl initialize --match "NZXT Kraken 2023" NZXT Kraken 2023 ├── Firmware version 1.0.0
├── LCD Brightness 100 % └── LCD Orientation 0 °

But I dont think the color control is implemented.

From:

Available color channels and IDs for model Z coolers

_COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 = {}

Happy to help test.

[DJCardona]

Hi, I'm new here (and total newb) and I have been trying to get my NZXT Kraken Elite 360 (Kraken Elite V2) LEDs to work as well. This is what I did:

Issue: There are no channels assigned to the _COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 in the kraken3.py driver

Fix: In the kraken3.py driver, I copied the line from the _COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKENX into the _COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 line. There doesn't seem to be much (if any) disparity between the channels for the KRAKENX or KRAKENZ.

Baseline: _COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 = {}

Initial Change: _COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 = {"external": 0b001, "ring": 0b010, "logo": 0b100, "sync": 0b111}

Test (I assume you installed globally since you're using sudo to command liquidctl):

sudo liquidctl --match "kraken" --direct-access set external color ff0000 sudo liquidctl --match "kraken" --direct-access set ring color ff0000 sudo liquidctl --match "kraken" --direct-access set logo color ff0000 sudo liquidctl --match "kraken" --direct-access set sync color ff0000

My assumption is that the channel for your device fans is 0b001; I could be wrong.

Results:

External = LED Pump Ring Ring = Radiator Fan LEDs Logo = Null Sync = Pump Ring & Radiator Fan LED Sync

Final Change:

_COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 = {"ring": 0b001, "fan": 0b010, "sync": 0b111}

So far, no issues with these changes.

I hope this helps.

[moonsquid9631]

Thank you for sending this! I modified as suggested (along with several versions of it). I am actually now installed in mamba environment. I am able to initialize and see the device. However, when I modify the kraken3.py file to

"_COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 = {"ring": 0b001, "fan": 0b010, "sync": 0b111}"

Test: liquidctl --match "NZXT Kraken 2023" initialize

Output: ERROR: NZXT Kraken 2023: unexpected error: AssertionError('missing messages (attempts=12, missing=1)').

I also played around with the order of these arguments and swapped their code numbers. Removing these arguments again restored function/initialization of liquidctl. I saw that the Non-Elite versions of Krakens were previously giving this error and were described as "peculiar". I have Kraken 360 RGB (non-elite). (see https://github.com/liquidctl/liquidctl/issues/631).

Thanks again for your message and congrats you got yours working!

[jonasmalacofilho]

@DJCardona, can you open a PR with a patch specific for the device you have?

(_COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 is currently referenced by three different PIDs).

[hyenatown]

Fix: In the kraken3.py driver, I copied the line from the _COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKENX into the _COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 line. There doesn't seem to be much (if any) disparity between the channels for the KRAKENX or KRAKENZ.

Baseline: _COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 = {}

Initial Change: _COLOR_CHANNELS_KRAKEN2023 = {"external": 0b001, "ring": 0b010, "logo": 0b100, "sync": 0b111}

Deja vu...

[jonasmalacofilho]

We'll no longer taking new device requests. Instead, please see how you can help add support for that device and contribute your changes back to the project.