LG 27UL550-W ddcutil notes

Backlight control

$ ddcutil setvcp 10 $percentage

where 10 = VCP code for backlight

Picture mode

Propritrary extension.

VCP code: 0x15. Changing 0x15 alone is not sufficient maybe, picture modes change backlight sometimes too.

Reader mode:
$ ddcutil setvcp 15 1 --force
$ ddcutil setvcp 10 23
1 = Reader Mode, 11 = Custom, ...



Reversing settings for other modes


$ # Dump current settings
$ ddcutil getvcp scan -v > 1
$ # Change monitor settings using the buttons 
$ ddcutil getvcp scan -v > 2
$ diff 1 2