Dell Command | PowerShell Provider Version 2.3 User's Guide
Using the Keyboard Backlight Color feature
This feature
allows you to configure the supported colors for the keyboard backlight
on rugged systems. There are six available colors: four predefined
colors (white, red, green, blue), and two user configurable colors
(custom1 and custom2). You can configure custom1 and custom2 colors
using KeyboardBacklightCustom1Color and KeyboardBacklightCustom2Color attributes.
KeyboardBacklightEnabledColors
Possible values: White, Red, Green, Blue, Custom1, Custom2, and NoColor.
Displays or enables the supported colors for the keyboard backlight in the rugged systems. Multiple colors out of the six colors can be set as enabled colors. After enabling colors, you can switch among the enabled colors by pressing Fn+C keys. Enabled color can be set as NoColor which means no color is selected.
NOTE:
- If value “NoColor” is provided, keyboard backlight color switching by pressing Fn+C keys is not possible.
- The value “NoColor” cannot be combined with any other color.
Example: To set the list of enabled colors as red, green, custom1, and custom2
for KeyboardBacklightEnabledColors attribute.
Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\SystemConfiguration\KeyboardBacklightEnabledColors "Red,Green,Custom1,Custom2" –PasswordSecure <Secure Text Password>Provide the secure password, if set, using the secure password parameter.
Example: To set the enabled colors as NoColor for KeyboardBacklightEnabledColors
attribute.
Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\SystemConfiguration\KeyboardBacklightEnabledColors "NoColor"Provide the secure password, if set, using the secure password parameter.
KeyboardBacklightActiveColor
Possible values: White, Red, Green, Blue, Custom1, and Custom2
Displays or sets an active color for the keyboard backlight in the rugged systems. Any one out of the six colors can be chosen as an active color at a time.
Example: To set the Custom2 color as an active color for KeyboardBacklightActiveColor
attribute.
Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\SystemConfiguration\KeyboardBacklightActiveColor "Custom2" –PasswordSecure <Secure Text Password>Provide the secure password, if set, using the secure password parameter.
KeyboardBacklightCustom1Color
Configures the custom1color by specifying the Red, Green, and Blue (R:G:B) values. The color can be selected using RGB components by mentioning it in ‘R:G:B’ format. Each color component value ranges from 0 to 255.
Example: Retrieves the RGB value in R:G:B format of Custom1 color for keyboard
backlight.
Get-ChildItem -Path DellSmbios:\SystemConfiguration\KeyboardBacklightCustom1Color
KeyboardBacklightCustom2Color
Configures the custom2color by specifying the Red, Green, and Blue (R:G:B) values. The color can be selected using RGB components by mentioning it in ‘R:G:B’ format. Each color component value ranges from 0 to 255.
Example: To set the red as 234, green as 35 and blue as 56 for Custom1 color
using KeyboardBacklightCustom1Color attribute. Provide the secure
password, if set, using the secure password parameter.
Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\SystemConfiguration\KeyboardBacklightCustom2Color "234:35:56" –PasswordSecure <Secure Text Password>Provide the secure password, if set, using the secure password parameter.
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