Add ability to create and configure custom DDC controls (ranged, bool/toggle, command)

[waydabber]

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I am using a monitor in PBP/PIP mode and I would like to use the internal KVM to "USB Switch" feature. I have reverse engineered the software and found the VCP and value that needs to be sent to the monitor. On a Linux machine I can use ddcutil to successfully make this work. But it seems like Monitor Control doesn't allow you to do this by default (would need to recompile the thing).

Describe the solution you'd like

It would be nice if there was a feature to allow us to issue extra commands or custom ones.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Considered m1ddc but it doesn't work on m2 it seems.

Anything else?

No response

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Transferred from here: MonitorControl/MonitorControl#1452, originally posted by @acama

[andyjenkinson]

Out of interest what is the monitor you have and what are the DDC commands you figured out?

I am wanting to do the same for a Dell S3423DWC, in order to make keyboard shortcuts work the same as Dell DDM for Windows: hotkeys for USB switch in PIP/PBP modes, and input switch. There's a reasonable chance they use the same commands between models.

[acama]

Hi, it seems like this was never implemented ?

[waydabber]

This feature is still planned. You can use betterdisplaycli to issue any command though.

[ekamil]

Hi, I have Dell U4323QE and I'm also interested in this feature. Is there anything I could do to help? Like, test if the same commands work on this model or something?

[waydabber]

Custom DDC commands is not a model specific feature, I should just implement it (plan to do so eventually). :)

[waydabber]

Custom DDC was available for a while both as CLI and in Shortcuts. The current focus now is to add the ability to create custom DDC commands, built upon custom controls introduced by #4125

[waydabber]

Here are some configured custom ranged, bool (toggle) and command style controls:

This is how these appear under the display: