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<chapter id="usage">
<title>Usage</title>
<sect1>
<title>GTK+ GUI</title>
<para>If GTK+>=2.4 is installed on your computer, the configure process will
detect it, and build the GTK+ application.</para>
<para>The GTK+ GUI is designed to be user-friendly, so it should be easy to
use it. To launch this GUI, simply type:</para>
<screen format="linespecific">
# gddccontrol
</screen>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Command line tool</title>
<para>The command line tool is useful for debugging purpose, and to create
automatic scripts.</para>
<note>
<para>We won't present everything you can do with ddccontrol, if you want more
information, type:</para>
<screen format="linespecific">
# ddccontrol -h
</screen>
</note>
<sect2>
<title>Usage example</title>
<para>This example explains how to list all available controls and then
change the brightness parameter.</para>
<sect3>
<title>List available controls</title>
<para>To list available controls, type:</para>
<screen format="linespecific">
# ddccontrol -p
</screen>
<para>This probes for available monitors, then takes the first probed monitor
and lists controls supported by it. This should give you an output like this
(this example uses a Samsung Syncmaster 173P and a nVidia GeForce FX 5700):
</para>
<screen format="linespecific">
ddccontrol version 0.1
Copyright 2004 Oleg I. Vdovikin (oleg-at-cs.msu.su)
Copyright 2004 Nicolas Boichat (nicolas-at-boichat.ch)
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Device : pci:01:00.0-0
Error while reading write message answer: Bad message
Reading EDID 0x50 failed.
Device : pci:01:00.0-1
Device : pci:01:00.0-2
Detected monitors :
- Device : pci:01:00.0-1
DDC/CI supported : Yes
Monitor Name : Samsung SyncMaster 173P (DVI)
Input type : Digital
(Automatically selected)
- Device : pci:01:00.0-2
DDC/CI supported : Yes
Monitor Name : NEC Multisync 2080UX+
Input type : Analog
Reading EDID and initializing DDC/CI at bus pci:01:00.0-1...
Device : pci:01:00.0-1
EDID readings:
Plug and Play ID: SAM00E2 [Samsung SyncMaster 173P (DVI)]
Input type: Digital
= Samsung SyncMaster 173P (DVI)
> Color settings
> Brightness and Contrast
<emphasis>> id=brightness, name=Brightness, address=0x10, delay=-1ms, type=0
supported, value=55, maximum=100</emphasis>
> id=contrast, name=Contrast, address=0x12, delay=-1ms, type=0
supported, value=60, maximum=100
> id=magicbright, name=Magic Bright Mode, address=0xdc, delay=-1ms, type=2
Possible values:
> id=text - name=Text, value=1
> id=internet - name=Internet, value=2
> id=entertain - name=Entertain, value=3
> id=custom - name=Custom, value=4
supported, value=4, maximum=4
> Others
> Restore defaults
> id=defaults, name=Restore Factory Defaults, address=0x4, delay=-1ms, type=1
Possible values:
> id=default - name=Restore Factory Defaults, value=1
supported, value=0, maximum=1
> id=defaultluma, name=Restore Brightness and Contrast, address=0x5, delay=-1ms, type=1
Possible values:
> id=default - name=Restore Brightness and Contrast, value=1
supported, value=0, maximum=1
> id=settings, name=Settings, address=0xb0, delay=-1ms, type=1
Possible values:
> id=store - name=Save Current Settings, value=1
> id=restorefactory - name=Restore Factory Settings, value=2
supported, value=0, maximum=2
> Input settings
> id=inputsource, name=Input Source Select, address=0x60, delay=-1ms, type=2
Possible values:
> id=analog - name=Analog, value=1
> id=digital - name=Digital, value=3
supported, value=3, maximum=3
> Power control
> id=dpms, name=DPMS Control, address=0xd6, delay=-1ms, type=2
Possible values:
> id=on - name=On, value=1
> id=standby - name=Standby, value=4
supported, value=1, maximum=4
</screen>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Change the brightness</title>
<para>The lines concerning brightness in the available controls list are:</para>
<screen format="linespecific">
> id=brightness, name=Brightness, <emphasis>address=0x10</emphasis>, delay=-1ms, type=0
supported, <emphasis>value=55</emphasis>, <emphasis>maximum=100</emphasis>
</screen>
<para>The important elements are address (here:
<computeroutput>0x10</computeroutput>), current value
(<computeroutput>55</computeroutput>) and maximum value
(<computeroutput>100</computeroutput>).</para>
<para>To change the brightness value to 70/100, type:</para>
<screen format="linespecific">
ddccontrol -p -r <userinput>0x10</userinput> -w <userinput>70</userinput>
</screen>
The last lines of the output should be:
<screen format="linespecific">
Writing 0x10, 0x46(70)...
Control 0x10: +/70/100 [Brightness]
</screen>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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