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    Thinklight

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by leo1981, Aug 13, 2007.

  1. leo1981

    leo1981 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    I'm doing an application that needs to use the ThinkLight.
    I was able to make it works in Linux.
    How can I switch on the light in Windows?

    Thank you,
    Leonardo
     
    leo1981, Aug 13, 2007
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  2. JabbaJabba

    JabbaJabba ThinkPad Facilitator

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    Press Fn key + PgUp. It is controlled by the bios.
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 13, 2007
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    leo1981 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry, I didn't explain my problem well.
    I need to switch on the light through a program, not manually.
    I want to create a Windows application that switches on/off the ThinkLight automatically.


    Leonardo
     
    leo1981, Aug 13, 2007
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    panteedropper Notebook Deity

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    you can use the thinkvantage tools to turn the light on ..... you may be able to somehow integrate that into your program.
     
    panteedropper, Aug 13, 2007
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    Jeremy092288 Notebook Consultant

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  6. leo1981

    leo1981 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I did an extension for Thunderbird that switches on a led in ASUS laptop when a new email arrives.
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4540

    I introduced the support for ThinkLight for Linux, now I'm try do the same for Windows too.
    I don't have a Thinkpad, so it's quite hard to understand which software I have to look at.

    I'll check AutoHotkey.Thanks.

    Leonardo
     
    leo1981, Aug 14, 2007
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    pretty cool, what happens if the thinklight is already on?
     
    panteedropper, Aug 14, 2007
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  8. leo1981

    leo1981 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It starts to flash till the email is read.

    Leonardo
     
    leo1981, Aug 14, 2007
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