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Dell Alienware m16 R1 AMD #134

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@luxexcudo

Hi,
i got 2 Alienware m16 R1 AMD for me and my wife, we are Linux users and want to get rid of Windows.
So we have the problem not to be able to control our LED Stuff because of the unsupport for Linux from Dell.
I also Put a request to OpenRBG,.. and had to collect some information before.
Maybe you also have use for them,...

Name of device:
Dell Alienware m16 R1 AMD

Link to manufacturer's product page:
https://www.dell.com/de-de/shop/game/amd/spd/alienware-m16-r1-amd-laptop

Machine INFO:
https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=134a43f7ee

LEDs are controlled via USB

Linux-LsUSBTree-Out.txt
Linux-LSUSB-Out.txt
Linux-HWInfo-USB.txt
Linux-HWInfo-Keyboard.txt

Additional Information:

The Laptop has 4 LED "Parts":

  1. the Logo on the lid
  2. on the backside the so called Arena
  3. The PowerButton ...
    The Powerbutton changes it's color only if you safe to default while the other Parts changes color imediatelly by assigning it
    ... The Powerbutton has 2 Main States: "Wired" and "on Battery"
    4.The Keyboard

... in because of USBCap/Wireshark Problems i was only able to capture the root hub of the devices, it includes the Bluetooth device which i have disabled before captureing ...

Captured Files:

PowerButton:
PowerButton_.zip

Logo and Arena:
Logo_and_Arena.zip

Keyboard:
Keyboard - select .zip

Screenshots of the OEM Software in Windows:

PowerButton.pdf

Logo_and_Arena.pdf

Logo_and_Arena.pdf

... and at last the link to the OpenRGB Issue on Gitlab:

https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/issues/3877

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