Script/Action to Dim Screen based on time of day - Page 2

thanassius · 03-17-2007, 11:48 PM

Thank you SO much Bugbyte. I hadn't even thought of the before noon/after noon way of doing it. I also like how the repeat function gives off an unintentional sort of animated/gradual dimming effect...pretty cool! Perhaps Aychamo can incorporate this with something similar to what Jirka linked to when Kindling is released (and I hope that's soon!).

It will definitely be cool to have this run according to the user's sunrise/sunset times. In the meantime, I plan on adjusting my iCal alarms according to daylight savings, so that will at least put me in the right ballpark for when to dim/brighten my display.

Thanks again for doing this, hopefully others will see how useful it can be!

zapwizard · 05-22-2007, 09:00 AM

Thought I would bump this as I installed it and it works great.
Will iCal still run the even if I set it for 8:00pm, but I dont turn my car PC on until 9pm?

thanassius · 05-22-2007, 11:27 AM

I'm pretty sure it will. I'm using my mini inside the house right now, and if the computer isn't on or awake when the iCal alarm runs, it runs when i turn it on or wake it up if it was sleeping. I THINK it only does the most recent one, so in other words, if your computer was off for 2 days and you turn it on, it won't brighten then dim then brighten then dim, etc. It will only run the most recent one that you missed.

hammer32 · 07-02-2008, 09:21 PM

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I just installed my screen and needed to find a way to dim the screen at night. I haven't tested this program yet, but it will allow you to adjust screen gamma automatically based on sunrise/sunset and your lat/long (looks like this is 'pro' version only ($10)).

It comes with a few AppleScripts, but I don't know how scriptable it is... if one could automatically update the lat/long once an hour or so with GPS data then this would remain accurate on long trips.

http://www.aquiladigital.us/DarkAdapted/index.html

Cheers,

Sean

NeonDev · 07-02-2008, 11:15 PM

I was going to use my arduino coupled with an ambient light sensor for this but I figure it prolly won't be too hard to extend that function to optionally use the time. I'll look into it for NBB 1.X

yeah this'll be easy