Thread: Auto dimmer (with GPS or LON/LAT position)

NEW: Dimmer now supports GPS-Receivers with NMEA protocols.

remember that this is a beta version, cause i don't had much time to test, so please give me feedback!

I just coded a program that automatically dims your monitor gamma.
It locates at your position (lonitude & latitude) where the sun is and dim the monitor if its dark.
Also you have a manual mode any MANY more really nice features.
If you set the COM port to "none", the manual lat and long settings are used!





Mirror of file: AutoAppMart

If you find any bug please let me know!



Changelog v3.1b1 since v2.1b2:
-Added Trigger Box feature to change the dimming mode manually
-Now Lonitude and Latitude can be set by GUI
-no dimmer.ini is needed anymore, all set by GUI
-now an offset can be set for manual sunrise/sunset differences
-many bugfixes

Changelog v2.1b2:
-various fixes

Changelog v2.1b1:
-Changed to another sun position algorithm
-now checks for a valid NMEA device before com port is set
-no timezone to set anymore. its calculated by longitude

Changelog v2.0b:
-Added GPS-Receiver support with NMEA protocol
-put some settings to the registry instead of the ini file
-cleaned up the code
-some other fixes

Changelog v1.2:
-Solved hibernation problems, because path to ini file lost
-ini file now automatically created if it not exists

Changelog v1.1:
-custom brightness can be set (20%-50%)
-Now the Timezone will be considered (please set this in dimmer.ini on utc=)
-If Centrafuse or other programs change the Brightness, dimmer change it back again
-All settings like brightness and the last active mode will be saved on exit
-more stable