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diff --git a/qt/RGBController/RGBController.pro b/qt/RGBController/RGBController.pro
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+#-------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Project created by QtCreator 2016-03-07T11:25:55
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------
+
+QT       += core gui serialport network
+
+greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
+
+TARGET = RGBController
+TEMPLATE = app
+
+
+SOURCES += main.cpp\
+        controllerwindow.cpp \
+    serial_communication.cpp
+
+HEADERS  += controllerwindow.h \
+    serial_communication.h
+
+FORMS    += controllerwindow.ui
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+  <value type="int">1</value>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.Updater.FileVersion</variable>
+  <value type="int">18</value>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>Version</variable>
+  <value type="int">18</value>
+ </data>
+</qtcreator>
diff --git a/qt/RGBController/controllerwindow.cpp b/qt/RGBController/controllerwindow.cpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..302e3d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/RGBController/controllerwindow.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+#include "controllerwindow.h"
+
+controllerWindow::controllerWindow(QWidget *parent) :
+	QMainWindow(parent),
+	ui(new Ui::controllerWindow)
+{
+    /* this is our setup function, we set things up here */
+	ui->setupUi(this);
+    info_log("RGB Controller started");
+    /* disable buttons and widgets that should not be enabled yet, set slider values to 0 */
+    ui->disconnect_button->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->connect_button->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->red_button->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->green_button->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->blue_button->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->off_button->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->reload_preset_button->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->set_preset_button->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->presets_dropdown->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->r_slider->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->g_slider->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->b_slider->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->r_slider->setValue(0);
+    ui->g_slider->setValue(0);
+    ui->b_slider->setValue(0);
+    /* set some crucial ints */
+    preset_index = 0, r = 0, g = 0, b = 0;
+    /* populate our serial port dropdown box */
+    populate_serial_list();
+    /* load our presets file */
+    load_presets();
+}
+
+controllerWindow::~controllerWindow()
+{
+    /* this function will end our program and clean up */
+	delete ui;
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::info_log(QString text)
+{
+    /* this function is used to append logging information to our text area */
+    ui->info_log_textarea->append(text);
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::populate_serial_list()
+{
+    /*
+     * things to be done here:
+     * - clear anything inside our serial dropdown box
+     * - re-populate the serial dropdown box
+     */
+
+    /* remove anything in the list */
+    ui->arduino_port_dropdown->clear();
+    /* populate the list */
+    for (int x = 0; x < QSerialPortInfo::availablePorts().size(); x++)
+    {
+        if (!QSerialPortInfo::availablePorts().at(x).description().isEmpty())
+            ui->arduino_port_dropdown->addItem(QSerialPortInfo::availablePorts().at(x).portName());
+    }
+    if (!ui->arduino_port_dropdown->itemText(0).isEmpty())
+    {
+        ui->connect_button->setEnabled(true);
+        info_log("Serial port list populated");
+    } else
+    {
+        info_log("No serial port found!");
+        ui->arduino_port_dropdown->addItem("None");
+    }
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::load_presets()
+{
+    /*
+     * this function will load presets from file and put them into a drop down box
+     * How i plan for it to work:
+     * -> load file
+     * -> parse line by line
+     * -> split line at delimeter
+     * -> add [0] to dropdown (name), add [1] to an array that stores all the values
+     */
+    QFile inputFile("presets.txt");
+    if (inputFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+    {
+       QTextStream in(&inputFile);
+       while (!in.atEnd())
+       {
+           QString line = in.readLine();
+           if (line.contains("="))
+           {
+                ui->presets_dropdown->addItem(line.split("=")[0]);
+                presets.append(line.split("=")[1]);
+           }
+       }
+       inputFile.close();
+       info_log("Presets loaded");
+    } else
+        info_log("Presets file not found.");
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::serial_rgb_change(int r, int g, int b)
+{
+    portf.rgb_change(r, g, b);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *
+ * button and widget functions below
+ *
+ */
+
+void controllerWindow::on_connect_button_clicked()
+{
+    /*
+     * here we need to call our serial port connect function
+     * if our connection is sucessful we need to enable and disable a few buttons and widgets
+     * we must also change our rgb sliders etc
+     */
+    port = ui->arduino_port_dropdown->currentText();
+    if (portf.serial_connect(port))
+    { // if true we are connected
+        info_log("Connection established");
+        ui->arduino_status_label->setText("<font color=green>Connected</font>");
+        /* now we need to disabled and enable some buttons and objects */
+        ui->disconnect_button->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->connect_button->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->red_button->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->green_button->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->blue_button->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->off_button->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->reload_preset_button->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->set_preset_button->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->presets_dropdown->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->r_slider->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->g_slider->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->b_slider->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->refresh_port_button->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->arduino_port_dropdown->setEnabled(false);
+    } else
+    {
+        info_log("Unable to connect (port in use?)");
+    }
+
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_disconnect_button_clicked()
+{
+    /*
+     * here we will attempt to disconnect from our serial port
+     * we will also enable/disable some buttons and widgets and set slider values to 0
+     */
+    if (portf.serial_disconnect())
+    {
+        info_log("Disconnected from serial port");
+        ui->arduino_status_label->setText("<font color=red>Disconnected</font>");
+        ui->disconnect_button->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->connect_button->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->red_button->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->green_button->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->blue_button->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->off_button->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->reload_preset_button->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->set_preset_button->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->presets_dropdown->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->refresh_port_button->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->arduino_port_dropdown->setEnabled(true);
+        ui->r_slider->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->g_slider->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->b_slider->setEnabled(false);
+        ui->r_slider->setValue(0);
+        ui->g_slider->setValue(0);
+        ui->b_slider->setValue(0);
+
+    } else
+    {
+        /* I have no clue how we'd get here */
+        info_log("Cannot disconnect");
+    }
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_refresh_port_button_clicked()
+{
+    populate_serial_list();
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_reload_preset_button_clicked()
+{
+    ui->presets_dropdown->clear();
+    presets.clear();
+    preset_index = 0;
+    load_presets();
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_r_slider_valueChanged(int value)
+{
+    r = value;
+    serial_rgb_change(r, g, b);
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_g_slider_valueChanged(int value)
+{
+    g = value;
+    serial_rgb_change(r, g, b);
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_b_slider_valueChanged(int value)
+{
+    b = value;
+    serial_rgb_change(r, g, b);
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_red_button_clicked()
+{
+    ui->r_slider->setValue(255);
+    ui->g_slider->setValue(0);
+    ui->b_slider->setValue(0);
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_green_button_clicked()
+{
+    ui->r_slider->setValue(0);
+    ui->g_slider->setValue(255);
+    ui->b_slider->setValue(0);
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_blue_button_clicked()
+{
+    ui->r_slider->setValue(0);
+    ui->g_slider->setValue(0);
+    ui->b_slider->setValue(255);
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_off_button_clicked()
+{
+    ui->r_slider->setValue(0);
+    ui->g_slider->setValue(0);
+    ui->b_slider->setValue(0);
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_set_preset_button_clicked()
+{
+    QString tempstore = presets.at(preset_index);
+    QStringList temparray = tempstore.split(",");
+    info_log("Preset selected: " + temparray[0] + " " + temparray[1] + " " + temparray[2]);
+    ui->r_slider->setValue(temparray[0].toInt());
+    ui->g_slider->setValue(temparray[1].toInt());
+    ui->b_slider->setValue(temparray[2].toInt());
+}
+
+void controllerWindow::on_presets_dropdown_currentIndexChanged(int index)
+{
+    preset_index = index;
+}
diff --git a/qt/RGBController/controllerwindow.h b/qt/RGBController/controllerwindow.h
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..350a599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/RGBController/controllerwindow.h
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#ifndef CONTROLLERWINDOW_H
+#define CONTROLLERWINDOW_H
+
+/* includes */
+
+#include <QMainWindow>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QSerialPortInfo>
+#include <QTextStream>
+#include "serial_communication.h"
+#include "ui_controllerwindow.h"
+
+namespace Ui {
+	class controllerWindow;
+}
+
+class controllerWindow : public QMainWindow
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+	public:
+		explicit controllerWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
+		~controllerWindow();
+
+        /* public functions */
+        void info_log(QString text);
+        void populate_serial_list();
+        void load_presets();
+        void serial_rgb_change(int r, int g, int b);
+        /*public variables */
+        /* these three ints will hold the current value (0 - 255) of each slider */
+        int r, g, b;
+        /* this list will contain all the presets loaded from file */
+        QStringList presets;
+        /* this string will hold our selected serial port */
+        QString port;
+        /* this int will contain the current preset index selected */
+        int preset_index;
+
+private slots:
+        /* these slots are used to trigger button clicks and drop down items selections etc */
+        void on_connect_button_clicked();
+
+        void on_disconnect_button_clicked();
+
+        void on_refresh_port_button_clicked();
+
+        void on_reload_preset_button_clicked();
+
+        void on_r_slider_valueChanged(int value);
+
+        void on_g_slider_valueChanged(int value);
+
+        void on_b_slider_valueChanged(int value);
+
+        void on_red_button_clicked();
+
+        void on_green_button_clicked();
+
+        void on_blue_button_clicked();
+
+        void on_off_button_clicked();
+
+        void on_set_preset_button_clicked();
+
+        void on_presets_dropdown_currentIndexChanged(int index);
+
+private:
+		Ui::controllerWindow *ui;
+        /* serial communication object */
+        serial_communication portf;
+};
+
+#endif // CONTROLLERWINDOW_H
diff --git a/qt/RGBController/controllerwindow.ui b/qt/RGBController/controllerwindow.ui
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1907b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/RGBController/controllerwindow.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>controllerWindow</class>
+ <widget class="QMainWindow" name="controllerWindow">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>229</width>
+    <height>394</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>RGB Controller</string>
+  </property>
+  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralWidget">
+   <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
+    <item row="0" column="0">
+     <widget class="QLabel" name="status_label">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Status</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="0" column="1">
+     <widget class="QLabel" name="arduino_status_label">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>&lt;font color = red&gt;Disconnected&lt;/font&gt;</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="1" column="0">
+     <widget class="QLabel" name="arduino_port_label">
+      <property name="minimumSize">
+       <size>
+        <width>120</width>
+        <height>0</height>
+       </size>
+      </property>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Arduino port</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="1" column="1">
+     <widget class="QComboBox" name="arduino_port_dropdown"/>
+    </item>
+    <item row="2" column="1">
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="refresh_port_button">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Refresh</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="3" column="0">
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="connect_button">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Connect</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="3" column="1">
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="disconnect_button">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Disconnect</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="4" column="0">
+     <widget class="QLabel" name="rgb_label">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>RGB colors</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="5" column="1">
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="red_button">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Red</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="5" column="0">
+     <widget class="QSlider" name="r_slider">
+      <property name="minimumSize">
+       <size>
+        <width>120</width>
+        <height>0</height>
+       </size>
+      </property>
+      <property name="maximumSize">
+       <size>
+        <width>120</width>
+        <height>16777215</height>
+       </size>
+      </property>
+      <property name="maximum">
+       <number>255</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="orientation">
+       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="6" column="0">
+     <widget class="QSlider" name="g_slider">
+      <property name="minimumSize">
+       <size>
+        <width>120</width>
+        <height>0</height>
+       </size>
+      </property>
+      <property name="maximumSize">
+       <size>
+        <width>120</width>
+        <height>16777215</height>
+       </size>
+      </property>
+      <property name="maximum">
+       <number>255</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="orientation">
+       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="7" column="0">
+     <widget class="QSlider" name="b_slider">
+      <property name="minimumSize">
+       <size>
+        <width>120</width>
+        <height>0</height>
+       </size>
+      </property>
+      <property name="maximumSize">
+       <size>
+        <width>120</width>
+        <height>16777215</height>
+       </size>
+      </property>
+      <property name="maximum">
+       <number>255</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="orientation">
+       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="6" column="1">
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="green_button">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Green</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="7" column="1">
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="blue_button">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Blue</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="9" column="0">
+     <widget class="QLabel" name="presets_label">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Presets</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="8" column="1">
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="off_button">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Off</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="12" column="0">
+     <widget class="QLabel" name="info_log_label">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Information log</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="11" column="1">
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="reload_preset_button">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Reload</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="10" column="1">
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="set_preset_button">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Set</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="10" column="0">
+     <widget class="QComboBox" name="presets_dropdown"/>
+    </item>
+    <item row="13" column="0" colspan="2">
+     <widget class="QTextEdit" name="info_log_textarea"/>
+    </item>
+   </layout>
+  </widget>
+ </widget>
+ <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
diff --git a/qt/RGBController/main.cpp b/qt/RGBController/main.cpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4d44399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/RGBController/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "controllerwindow.h"
+#include <QApplication>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	QApplication a(argc, argv);
+	controllerWindow w;
+	w.show();
+
+	return a.exec();
+}
diff --git a/qt/RGBController/serial_communication.cpp b/qt/RGBController/serial_communication.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94e75db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/RGBController/serial_communication.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#include "serial_communication.h"
+#include "controllerwindow.h"
+serial_communication::serial_communication()
+{
+
+}
+
+bool serial_communication::serial_connect(QString port)
+{
+    /* this function will attempt a serial connection if we are not already connected */
+    if (!serial.isOpen())
+    {
+        serial.setPortName(port);
+        serial.setBaudRate(QSerialPort::Baud9600);
+        serial.setDataBits(QSerialPort::Data8);
+        serial.setParity(QSerialPort::NoParity);
+        serial.setStopBits(QSerialPort::OneStop);
+        serial.setFlowControl(QSerialPort::NoFlowControl);
+        serial.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
+        serial.waitForBytesWritten(9000);
+        if (serial.isWritable()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool serial_communication::serial_disconnect()
+{
+    /* this function disconnects from the serial port if it is connected already */
+    if (serial.isOpen())
+    {
+        serial.close();
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+void serial_communication::rgb_change(int r, int g, int b)
+{
+    /* here we send our rgb values to the serial port */
+    data = "";
+    /* the 0 is a hack, i need to look into it at some point */
+    data.append("0" + QString::number(r) + "," + QString::number(g) + "," + QString::number(b) + "\n");
+    if (serial.isOpen())
+        serial.write(data);
+}
diff --git a/qt/RGBController/serial_communication.h b/qt/RGBController/serial_communication.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d037757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/RGBController/serial_communication.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef SERIAL_COMMUNICATION_H
+#define SERIAL_COMMUNICATION_H
+
+/* includes */
+#include <QSerialPort>
+#include <QSerialPortInfo>
+
+
+class serial_communication
+{
+public:
+    /* function declares */
+    serial_communication();
+    bool serial_connect(QString port);
+    bool serial_disconnect();
+    void rgb_change(int r, int g, int b);
+    /* variables */
+    QString port_name;
+    QSerialPort serial;
+    QByteArray data;
+};
+
+#endif // SERIAL_COMMUNICATION_H