Support for Alienware m16 R2

[madipietro]

Hello folks! I'm testing this package on ArchLinux and my Alienware m16 R2, I'm able to.

• Configure touchpad colors and style
• Configure power profile
• Configure fan speed

I just modified /etc/awcc/database.json as follows...

"Alienware m16 R2": {
        "featureSet": "1111111",
        "thermalModes": "11001111",
        "lightingModes": "000111"
    }

Is it something I can add to manage my keyboard colors ? Thanks in advance.

[tr1xem]

make this "lightingModes": "000111" to "lightingModes": "111111"

For keyboard, is it per zone rgb or single/multi zone?
Also can u list all part of ur laptop that supports colours
Also i need output of

#!/bin/bash

c(){ echo "$1" | sudo tee /proc/acpi/call >/dev/null && sudo cat /proc/acpi/call;echo;}

for mode in 0xa{0..9} 0xa{a..b}
do
    echo "Trying mode ${mode}"
    echo "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, ${mode}, 0x00, 0x00}"
    c "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, ${mode}, 0x00, 0x00}"
done
echo "Reverting to balanced."
c "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa0, 0x00, 0x00}"

I would try to find a work around for your device

[madipietro]

make this "lightingModes": "000111" to "lightingModes": "111111"

For keyboard, is it per zone rgb or single/multi zone? Also can u list all part of ur laptop that supports colours Also i need output of

#!/bin/bash

c(){ echo "$1" | sudo tee /proc/acpi/call >/dev/null && sudo cat /proc/acpi/call;echo;}

for mode in 0xa{0..9} 0xa{a..b}
do
    echo "Trying mode ${mode}"
    echo "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, ${mode}, 0x00, 0x00}"
    c "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, ${mode}, 0x00, 0x00}"
done
echo "Reverting to balanced."
c "\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa0, 0x00, 0x00}"

I would try to find a work around for your device

Added this

"Alienware m16 R2": {
        "featureSet": "1111111",
        "thermalModes": "11001111",
        "lightingModes": "111111"
    }

The script output

[root@alien ~]# bash /tmp/test.sh
Trying mode 0xa0
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa0, 0x00, 0x00}
0x0
Trying mode 0xa1
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa1, 0x00, 0x00}
0x0
Trying mode 0xa2
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa2, 0x00, 0x00}
0x0
Trying mode 0xa3
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa3, 0x00, 0x00}
0x0
Trying mode 0xa4
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa4, 0x00, 0x00}
0x0
Trying mode 0xa5
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa5, 0x00, 0x00}
0xffffffff
Trying mode 0xa6
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa6, 0x00, 0x00}
0xffffffff
Trying mode 0xa7
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa7, 0x00, 0x00}
0xffffffff
Trying mode 0xa8
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa8, 0x00, 0x00}
0xffffffff
Trying mode 0xa9
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xa9, 0x00, 0x00}
0xffffffff
Trying mode 0xaa
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xaa, 0x00, 0x00}
0xffffffff
Trying mode 0xab
\_SB.AMWW.WMAX 0 0x15 {0x01, 0xab, 0x00, 0x00}
0x0
Reverting to balanced.
0x0

[tr1xem]

alright now i know which modes ur device supports

[tr1xem]

Okay thermal modes are done 94202d3
now it supports all fan modes your device have including the legacy ones :)

[tr1xem]

https://github.com/tr1xem/AWCC/tree/awcc-m16
Run test-zone command from this branch

[madipietro]

@madipietro

Hy @tr1xem my keyboard is fully iluminated, using awcc or not, since I installed it I'm able to
control the touchpad light color and theme, it also controls the alien head color on the back side > of the laptop, but it doesn't control the keyboard behavior, maybe I didn't explain it right in
the first comment.

Now i understood i added colors in 2df8bff now it should show random bright colors instead of cyan

cd AWCC 
git restore .
git pull --rebase
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
sudo make install
./awcc test-zones

this should do the work

great thing u can control other parts that means we just need keyboard's area code is ur keyboard per key rgb?

The keyboard isn't modified, still on cyan color, but the touchpad is modified while running the test-zones command.

Zones found:
1: 0x1
10: 0x10
100: 0x100
1000: 0x1000
11: 0x11
12: 0x12
14: 0x14
15: 0x15
16: 0x16
17: 0x17
18: 0x18
19: 0x19
1a: 0x1a
1b: 0x1b
1c: 0x1c
1d: 0x1d
1e: 0x1e
1f: 0x1f
2: 0x2
20: 0x20
200: 0x200
2000: 0x2000
3: 0x3
4: 0x4
40: 0x40
400: 0x400
4000: 0x4000
5: 0x5
6: 0x6
7: 0x7
8: 0x8
80: 0x80
800: 0x800
8000: 0x8000
9: 0x9
a: 0xa
b: 0xb
c: 0xc
d: 0xd
e: 0xe
f: 0xf

[madipietro]

@madipietro

Hy @tr1xem my keyboard is fully iluminated, using awcc or not, since I installed it I'm able to
control the touchpad light color and theme, it also controls the alien head color on the back side > of the laptop, but it doesn't control the keyboard behavior, maybe I didn't explain it right in
the first comment.

Now i understood i added colors in 2df8bff now it should show random bright colors instead of cyan

cd AWCC 
git restore .
git pull --rebase
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
sudo make install
./awcc test-zones

this should do the work

great thing u can control other parts that means we just need keyboard's area code is ur keyboard per key rgb?

Not sure about the per key rgb.

[tr1xem]

@madipietro alright then
We figure the keyboard out later
I'm merging it into main for now,so you can download via aur

Edit: Merged! Install it from AUR (if ur on arch) or See Readme for manual installation

[madipietro]

@madipietro alright then We figure the keyboard out later I'm merging it into main for now,so you can download via aur

Edit: Merged! Install it from AUR (if ur on arch) or See Readme for manual installation

Sure @tr1xem thank you sou much!

[tr1xem]

Sure @tr1xem thank you sou much!

any time :>

[tr1xem]

Follow up could be found here #49