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May 22, 2025 15:48
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little script for toggling PIP on a dell monitor using ddcutil
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#!/bin/bash | |
TARGET_DIS=1 | |
VCP=E9 | |
ON_VALUE=0x21 | |
OFF_VALUE=0x00 | |
# possible options: | |
# Feature: E9 (Manufacturer specific feature) | |
# Values: 00 01 02 21 22 24 (interpretation unavailable) | |
# | |
# 0x00 is off | |
# 0x01 toggles makes big small... | |
# 0x02 switches position? | |
# 0x21 is SMALL | |
# 0x22 is LARGE | |
# 0x24 half and half | |
while [ "$1" != "" ]; do | |
case $1 in | |
on|On|ON|1|off|Off|OFF|0) | |
D_VAL="${1^^}" | |
case $D_VAL in | |
ON|1) | |
SET_ON=1 | |
;; | |
OFF|0) | |
SET_ON=0 | |
;; | |
esac | |
;; | |
--dis=*) | |
TARGET_DIS=$(echo "$1" | sed 's/--dis=//g') | |
case $TARGET_DIS in | |
1) | |
PLACE_HOLDER=0 | |
;; | |
2) | |
PLACE_HOLDER=0 | |
;; | |
*) | |
echo "DISPLAY must be 1 or 2" | |
exit 1 | |
esac | |
;; | |
*) | |
printf "unknown argument! '%s'\n" $1 | |
printf " use --help / -h for usage examples\n" | |
exit 1 | |
;; | |
esac | |
shift | |
done | |
if [ -z $SET_ON ]; then | |
echo "NEED ON or OFF arg!" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if [ $SET_ON == 1 ]; then | |
ddcutil --display=$TARGET_DIS setvcp $VCP $ON_VALUE | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if [ $SET_ON == 0 ]; then | |
ddcutil --display=$TARGET_DIS setvcp $VCP $OFF_VALUE | |
exit 1 | |
fi |
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