Support f.lux on Windows
Flux will reduce the amount of blue light emitted by the screen which aids going to bed. As it stands, there is no support for color calibration to DisplayLink connected monitors. DCC/CI commands are supported, but there are issues that make it not a viable solution (http://superuser.com/questions/257606/is-there-a-work-around-to-configure-brightness-or-color-on-a-displaylink-monitor).
Matthew Maclean
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f.lux latest releases have enabled support for DisplayLink indirect displays (Windows 10)
You can download f.lux from https://justgetflux.com/
For the few wanted to do real monitor calibration, please contact technical_enquiries@displaylink.com to discuss how to enable this on your particular configuration.
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Henrik Christiansen
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@Alban,
Thanks! I found the setting for getting email notifications on new comments, so I suppose I'll catch any exciting updates fairly easily. Thanks! -
@Henrik, best channel is here. When ready I will communicate how to try for those who want and have the adequate hardware and OS. I'll probably open a new forum board for the colour correction feedback on Windows. Testing will tell me when it's ready.
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Henrik Christiansen
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What's the best channel to be updated on the progress (or more specifically; when a public beta is available) for this feature?
I just bought a Lenovo dock using DisplayLink technology, and the F.lux support is surely missed. -
Hello Piotr, our Mac team is starting evaluating if it possible. We have met issues with another part on Mac (DDC/CI) so this is not a straight forward port from Windows.
Hello Sven, very nice monitor, I use it for trade shows as it's light. This device will not be supported in the initial version version. We are still unsure about possibility. They are built differently and already have gamma curve tables which manufacturers like Asus would use to calibrate them in factory depending on panel used. We need to see if we can override the feature. Investigating is definitely planned.
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Piotr Zientarski commented
I hope it will be for macOS, I have a device (VID: 0x17e9, PID: 0x4300) and I use it everyday (as well as f.lux) so I can help test it
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Sven
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I was searching for a small size full HD monitor today and came across the ASUS MB169B+.
What are the plans for f.lux support on that USB display? -
Anonymous
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Count me in as another tester
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Alex Fox
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This is awesome news, Alban! Thanks to you and your team. Count me in for the development build testing!
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@johan and all. The products which will first be supported have their hardware ID starting with USB\VID_17e9&PID_43. You can get the hardware ID from Device Manager in the device details (see how to find the HWID in http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/544834#otherdevices).
Once I have a development build, I will probably create a forum board. -
Anonymous commented
This is great news... keeping fingers crossed that this will work on my Targus docking station
Johan
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memiks
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Really great to know you are working on a new version with f.lux support ;)
if you need some tester... I can !
Best regards,
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Anonymous
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I'm sad to find that my Asus usb external monitor can't do f.lux... This won't be fun. If you think it's possible to support, please do.
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It's not been "planned" for two years Rowen...
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Jay
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We need f.lux support!
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chenjingxiong
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Please add functionality to adjust colors, gamma, contrast, brightness and other appropriate settings.
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Rowen Gunn
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So it's "planned" but never released?! It's been 2 years... it doesn't take that long to add in FLUX support. Please our eyes are begging you, add FLUX support!!!
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Brian,
TL;DR: It's a big job and we don't do hack jobs so it takes time.
Details:
f.lux support is under analysis. This requires extensive firmware and some host software work.
There are 10s of millions of devices in the field with a bit more than one version of Windows, some with one display, some with two, some with three... Some with HDMI, VGA, DisplayPort, DVI, and a combination of everything.
Today, we do not modify the image in any way, we take the output of the graphics card. This is brand new feature that is requested, not just a tweak. This new feature MUST NOT, in any way, create issues when not in use (so in most cases). We need to setup brand new test rigs and test suite to defend it. -
I have deleted injurious comments from Marek Ziel (Apsik).
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Brian G. Shacklett
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Is there anything that we, as consumers, can do to assist with this feature? Also, I'd still love to hear about anything Alpha/Beta that comes along.
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Anonymous
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Really appreciate if you can provide the feature to control the colour using flux through Display Link... Thanks....