From f0712a6d504b48b55486cfcc1b62f8f67a31431b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Barnett Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 22:41:30 +0100 Subject: Update readme --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9f046f7..6e79607 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,22 @@ # Intel NUC LED Controller -GUI and command line tool to control the front panel LED ring on Intel NUCs. +Simple GUI tool to control the front panel LED ring on Intel NUCs. Requires the 'SW Control' option to be set in the BIOS. -This application request to run as admin in order to use the WMI interface to control the LED. +![manual control](http://james-barnett.net/files/intel-nuc-led-controller/screenshots/manual.png) ![auto control](http://james-barnett.net/files/intel-nuc-led-controller/screenshots/auto.png) + +## Install +Grab the latest release zip [here](https://github.com/jamesbarnett91/intel-nuc-led-controller/releases/download/v0.2/NucLedController-v0.2.zip) (or from the releases page). +Unzip somewhere, and run NucLedController.exe + + +## Use +This tool provides options for both manual control and some experimental automatic controls. +In manual mode the desired LED colour and blink/fade rates can be set, or the LED disabled all together. + +Currently the automatic control options allow cycling or fading between all the LED colours at a given rate. Lower rates (i.e. quicker colour changes) will consume more CPU resources to manage. +These automatic modes are fully controlled by this software, and so the program must be left running to use these modes. +In manual mode the setting can be applied and the application closed. + + +Note that this application requests to run as admin in order to use the WMI interface to control the LED. I'm not a C# developer so some of this may be janky. \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3