[APP] LUMOS v1.0 FINAL (Complete HTC Auto-Backlight replacement) [UPD.:08-02-2011]

DeepThought · Nov 27, 2008

nik3r said:
Well AFAIK as long as you can switch to an application using HTC Task Manager (or similar) it has own window and the task manager shows you the name. Or IGO works differently and has no window? Or minimizes to tray so you can't look? I never tried it.

In fact igo works differently, that's the reason I was asking. As long as igo is running it maximizes the app screen, so you don't see any window title. It is possible to minimize the app but when it's minimized it is not shown by any taskmanager. You just see the igo.exe process running with an process monitor but that's all. I don't know why they've done this - seems quite stupid to me - but it's like that.

nik3r said:
The process support is possible but I have to test it, so this will delay the release by an hour or so.. look what have you done, I already wanted to release! You're bad

I feel really guilty now! really! I promise not to do it again soon! ;-)

nik3r said:
(BTW I managed to program the killing without using any kind of polling, it's 0% CPU overhead now, I just used a very smart trick )

I don't want to give you too much credit because I don't want to sound like an apple-polisher but for me your whole app seems to be quite smart programed!

DeepThought · Nov 27, 2008

nik3r said:
The process support is possible but I have to test it, so this will delay the release by an hour or so.. look what have you done, I already wanted to release! You're bad

But it was an own goal! Now I have to go to bed with Lumos v03 instead of having the pleasure to play with v04

nik3r · Nov 27, 2008

Lumos v04 has been released
- Please read the first post again
- Please read the second post again to see changes
- please don't just overwrite but delete the last version first completely
- enjoy

DISCLAIMER: Any similarities with Harry Potter books is mere coincidence and completely unintentional.

PS 4 DeepThought: The process detection is not possible without additional CPU stressing, guess we will have to figure out the iGO window name then, it has to have one

snark_be · Nov 27, 2008

So far, so good, it works fine for me! Thanks!

nik3r · Nov 27, 2008

How about your task manager issue? Is it any better?

Haha DeepThought is already in bed, if he only waited 10 minutes... the delay is his fault anyways

snark_be · Nov 27, 2008

nik3r said:
How about your task manager issue? Is it any better?

No problem anymore. And I didn't remove PocketShield. So it looks like the new version of Lumos fixed it. Or something else ... one more mystery of computing...

DeepThought · Nov 27, 2008

nik3r said:
Haha DeepThought is already in bed, if he only waited 10 minutes... the delay is his fault anyways

Yep, I'm in bed but thanks to opera that doesn't mean that I can't read the forum and thanks to lumos my wife does not complain about the bright screen in the dark bedroom anymore

nik3r · Nov 27, 2008

Everyone please report your findings about bugs or if it's working perfectly as soon as you can, I want to start GUI tomorrow and that means the core must be bug-free and finalized

I am also looking for a talented designer who would make a nice icon for this app.

DeepThought · Nov 28, 2008

nik3r said:
Lumos v04 has been released

Thank you Sir! I'm using it since yesterday evening and it's working great as usual!

nik3r said:
PS 4 DeepThought: The process detection is not possible without additional CPU stressing, guess we will have to figure out the iGO window name then, it has to have one

Thank you for trying. Maybe you find a possibility at a later point? I still feel guilty for costing you at least an additional hour of coding/researching! But I still think it would be a nice feature because also some apps (as f.e. HTC Album or PocketInformant) change the window title depending on the folder which is displayed).

nik3r said:
Everyone please report your findings about bugs or if it's working perfectly as soon as you can, I want to start GUI tomorrow and that means the core must be bug-free and finalized

There is just two things i noticed but probably both aren't bugs:

1.) Lumos is disabled when the device is on external power
This is probably not a bug but a feature I guess? But maybe it would be possible / worth it to provide an additional option in the settings-file where you can choose to enable or disable lumos on external power? Just a suggestion, I don't want to feel guilty for spending you additional time again!

2.) I don't manage to get the backlight minimum+1 to work
I'm still using the same settings as posted two days ago. Yesterday after updating to v4 I tried once more to fiddle around with the DIM_TO_MINIMUM_PLUS_ONE_BELOW setting. I have the DIM_TO_MINIMUM_BELOW setting configured to 1. And the Min/Max range to 4/9. But as soon as I enable the DIM_TO_MINIMUM_PLUS_ONE_BELOW setting with a value of f.e. 2 it doesn't fall back to level 1 anymore. I tried various combinations but as soon as the MIN+1 setting was enabled it never switched to minimum backlight level.

It's not important and I can definitely live with it as it is but since you said "the core must be bug-free" I thought I mention it.

nik3r said:
I am also looking for a talented designer who would make a nice icon for this app.

A friend of mine is a quite talented designer (he made the graphics for hTorch). I could ask him if you want? Do you have something in mind how it should look like?

nik3r · Nov 28, 2008

Thank you for trying. Maybe you find a possibility at a later point?

Well look at this:

Code:

FindWindowCE(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);

- ClassName
- WindowName
.. this may be used to detect even processes IMO, I just can't figure out how

Well I will implement 'EXCCLS: name, bl' in next version and hopefully we will google and figure out how to use it.

some apps (as f.e. HTC Album or PocketInformant) change the window title depending on the folder which is displayed).

Don't know about Pocket Informant but try name 'Album' for HTC Album, works fine for me.

Lumos is disabled when the device is on external power

I thought there would be no point in doing this, but seeing you can be on AC power in bed while surfing, yeah I will add it it's not difficult.

I don't manage to get the backlight minimum+1 to work

minimum_plus_one must be greater number than minimum, or it must be zero (disabled). But your point is right it doesn't work as intended, I seem to have switched the priorities.

It's not important and I can definitely live with it as it is but since you said "the core must be bug-free" I thought I mention it.

Bad attitude, just report everything you find, nicely done

A friend of mine is a quite talented designer.. Do you have something in mind how it should look like?

I have no idea, I can do something myself but it's delaying me from next releases, YOU don't want that

Actually I have some ideas, let me try first.

nik3r · Nov 28, 2008

Lumos v05 has been released with all changes and bugfixes DeepThought has requested and some extras

! ability to use on AC power
! manual min and min+1 not working simultaneously
! another CPU usage decrease
! added both program and class exceptions

- Use Nox and select NO if you can't overwrite old Lumos with the new version.
- Please don't use your old configuration file, there are additions and you would lose the new features.

Now if anyone has a program which can detect running classes so the last 2 options get actually useful it would be great

Magus · Nov 28, 2008

wow just one day and i`m out of date with te v0.3

thanks a lot for your excelent work!! i wil try the new version !!

nik3r · Nov 28, 2008

GUI is in the works, first release with GUI configurator will be without installer just like now, I need to weed out bugs before I pack things up.

GUI will bring:
- a simple and clean Wizard with sensor and backlight calibration (done)
- Settings tab to set up low level stuff like polling and tolerance etc. (done)
- Exceptions tab to set up per-application backlight

When this is done, bugs fixed and everything is packed inside an installer, the original HTC Auto-backlight will become obsolete for most people, you have my word

PS: the CPU usage and memory footprint will probably already stay as low as in v05, there is only little room for improvement and the GUI is completely independent program.

For those who are anxious about the release, you can take a look at the grill

http://niker.hopto.org/lumos_gui.jpg

IceEyz · Nov 28, 2008

nik3r said:
Lumos v05 has been released with all changes and bugfixes DeepThought has requested and some extras
Now if anyone has a program which can detect running classes so the last 2 options get actually useful it would be great

Gyrator is able to detect classes in it's learning mode.

Anyhow, very nice program, yet I have one question. Is it stable enough for me to install? It's not gonna mess up too much?

nik3r · Nov 28, 2008

It's completely stable, but there is no option to just "install" it or launch it automatically after soft reset for safety reasons, because it's still just betatesting. You launch it as any other program and it will be invisible in the background managing your backlight until you kill it with Nox.exe or soft reset. Config.txt holds all options, it's well commented. All details are in the first post and I recommend you to read it if you are unsure.

BTW: Please read Betatesting as "Parts of it are still missing" instead of "Something doesn't work"

patrickrivard · Nov 28, 2008

nic3r
I have tested it and it does not seem to kill LUMOS but ratter override the backlight settings... Because when I go to restart LUMOS it tels me that it is running... But it's not controlling the Backlight...

By Auto profile switching I mean that I have Phone Alarm set up to automatically switch the profile on certain set time of the day...

let me know if you have any solutions...
PS: I will try your new version .5 and advise, thanks

DeepThought · Nov 28, 2008

patrickrivard said:
Because when I go to restart LUMOS it tels me that it is running... But it's not controlling the Backlight...

You probably misunderstood the text which "Nox" displays as I did first. Nox instantly kills Lumos and than asks "Lumos has been deactivated, do you want to restart it?".

If it's not working for you, you should try to use some process monitor to view if the exe is running or not. It's not a general problem, but it could of course be something related to other software you are using etc.

HTH

DeepThought · Nov 28, 2008

nik3r said:
Lumos v05 has been released with all changes and bugfixes DeepThought has requested and some extras

I feel honored!

nik3r said:
GUI is in the works, first release with GUI configurator will be without installer just like now, I need to weed out bugs before I pack things up.
[...]
For those who are anxious about the release, you can take a look at the grill
http://niker.hopto.org/lumos_gui.jpg

The GUI looks nice, I think it will probably result in much more people who are willing to use Lumos! One question: Are you planning to change Lumos into a service at a later point?

nik3r · Nov 28, 2008

Done

This is a BIG surprise, let me first update info in the first 2 post before I upload the new version 06g (you guessed it, G for GUI)

There are some important changes in functionality (things are more simple).

If I use a service, there might be problems with interprocess communication, if that would mean implementing another way and increasing CPU load - NO, I would leave is as a process but I will definitely try some day.

nik3r · Nov 28, 2008

Lumos v06g has been released!

Please delete the old version ENTIRELY before using this one.
Please READ THE FIRST TWO POST for changes in Lumos architecture.

Fixed/added
! possible bug in exceptions causing Lumos service to crash
! Lumos.exe now acts as a switch (on/off)
! Removed Nox
! Updated default failsafe values
! added LumosWizard

Enjoy and report in please

PS: You can still configure the old way if anything goes wrong with the Wizard

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