search

ollo69 / ha-samsungtv-smart

📺 Home Assistant SamsungTV Smart Component with simplified SmartThings API Support configurable from User Interface.
Apache License 2.0
444 stars 59 forks source link

Control brightness (backlight) possible? Important for Smart Monitors #331

Open MakaanPL opened 1 week ago

MakaanPL commented 1 week ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Many computer monitors use DDC/CI to allow controlling its brightness from operating system level (like in laptops, but mostly via third party app). However, Samsung Smart Monitors are essentially smaller TV's and lack this functionality in Tizen. Right now, the plugin allows switching picture modes of my 2022 M7 monitor, but this limits brightness levels to two pre-set values in Graphic and Entertain profiles instead of full 0-50 range.

Describe the solution you'd like I'd like to control Samsung Smart Monitor current brightness 0-50 steps, just like the volume. Ideally, from PC taskbar, so it's not a feature request but rather a question about what's possible when connecting to Tizen TV's at the moment.

Describe alternatives you've considered A few months ago, developer of DisplayBuddy application released an update which promises support of Samsung Smart Monitors. Looks like it offers similar features like this HA integration (without SmartThings ones e.g. picture modes). However, the blog article does not explicitly tell that the app is able to control brightness (like it does via DDC/CI), but the brightness/contrast sliders are still shown on screenshots. They might have discovered a way to do it, or use image dimming in software (like f.lux app).

The app is proprietary with closed source, with Samsung features available only on Mac (I don't have), in June the developer told me they plan to update Windows version "this year". They didn't answer my questions about network requirements (ports etc.), important in corporate environment, also didn't provide any status update after my email last week. Today I asked about the exact method of brightness control / screen dimming and will update if I get the response.

Additional context https://displaybuddy.app/blog/2024-05-22/control-samsung-smart-monitor-from-mac https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/31/displaybuddy-mac-brightness-samsung-monitors/ https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcmonitors/comments/18j8zti/control_monitor_brightness_on_my_samsung_m7_on/

Thank you!

MakaanPL commented 1 week ago

Previously suggested here, but closed without conclusions: Issue #165