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Go to SolutionU3014, shortcut to quickly switch inputs?
Is there a fast way to change from one input to another on the U3014? I have two different computers going to two separate inputs, and using the "Input Source" menu gets tedious after a while. I couldn't find any faster shortcuts in the manual, but was wondering if there any "hidden" features to accomplish a fast input switch.
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Posted March 24th, 2014 15:00
mj2014,
I have never seen one.
DELL-Chris M (old account)
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Posted March 27th, 2014 21:00
Swamped207, thanks very much for that suggestion. I'll definitely try that out and reply with results.
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Posted March 28th, 2014 10:00
swamped207, I have one more computer on which I need to test your solution, but so far it is working perfectly for me :) By configuring a shortcut, I made the process even easier. Thanks very much!
BTW, I did some Google'ing to try and find some documentation which defined the supported arguments for ddm.exe, but I couldn't find any. I could only find the generic user's guide. Do you know where I can find such information? Note that I also tried to see if there was any "usage" information output if ddm.exe was launched from a command prompt window with bogus options, but I was not successful in that endeavor: Nothing was output to the command prompt window.
Thanks again :)
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Posted March 30th, 2014 20:00
swamped207, Your solution works perfectly. Many thanks.
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Posted June 26th, 2015 16:00
This worked for me on my home PC, but I can't get Dell Display Manager working on my laptop. It's connected via an ePortPlus 2 - Pro2x docking station where both hdmi ports are connected to the mini-display ports on the monitors.
Dell Display Manager tells me it can't detect the monitors, although they work fine in all other regards.
Any ideas?
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Posted June 26th, 2015 18:00
Not one you will like - I'm afraid the culprit is likely to be the docking station. To see if this is the case, connect the monitor directly to the laptop.
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Posted August 5th, 2015 17:00
Is there by any chance another parameter to change the brightness up or down from what it is currently? Something like
ddm.exe /1:SetBrightness +5
I found another program called ScreenBright that lets you set a particular brightness level via the command line (and hence keyboard shortcut via batch file), but not change by a certain amount. It has a "-get" parameter, but it returns the value in a popup window and I can't see any way to get at this value programmatically.
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Posted August 5th, 2015 22:00
Or you could do this:
ddm.exe /1:IncControl 10 Y
--OR--
ddm.exe /1:DecControl 10 Y
This will increase or decrease Brightness respectively, by Y steps.
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Posted August 5th, 2015 22:00
May not be exactly what you're looking for but:
ddm.exe /1:SetBrightnessLevel X
Sets brightness to X%, where X is a value between 0 and 100.
swamped1
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Posted March 27th, 2014 19:00
If you have Dell Display Manager installed, you can try setting up a Windows shortcut to it with a command-line parameter. Assuming the 3014 is your only monitor (or monitor #1):
ddm.exe /1:SetActiveInput DVI1
ddm.exe /1:SetActiveInput HDMI1
ddm.exe /1:SetActiveInput DP1
ddm.exe /1:SetActiveInput DP2
MiniDP is DP2 on the 3014. Append an "/exit" if you just want DDM to start, switch inputs, and close.