Key illumination control on the Logitech G710+ - manual software method

[191x7]

I might have, potentially, found a way to turn on the illumination for the keys on my keyboard (that the controller/key for illumination stopped working) THROUGH SOFTWARE.

 

Includes having LGS (Logitech Gaming Software) running, using LED ILLUMINATION SDK from Logitech and having UnLight by HunterZ.
1. Have LGS run in the background. https://support.logitech.com/en_roeu/software/lgs
2. Start G910_SAMPLE.exe from the LED ILLUMINATION SDK https://www.logitechg.com/sdk/LED_SDK_9.00.zip
3. Set Lighting in it.
4. Have UniLight running (if not running, the LED illumination will turn off once you close G910_sample) https://github.com/HunterZ/UniLight (direct download: https://github.com/HunterZ/UniLight/releases/download/v1.5/UniLight_v1.5.zip )
5. Close the G910_SAMPLE.
6. Enjoy!!!

 

Having no illumination was such a PITA and it feels strange having the keys illuminated after getting used to no illumination. But I like it.
Now I have to find a way to optimize the procedure and make it run on startup.

 

Can anyone here test if it works for their G710 / G710+ or any other Logitech keyboard, especially if it's not an RGB one?

 

Logitech G has no intention to add Illumination control to LGS for their first mechanical keyboard, the G710+. My way proves it can be done.

 

#logitech #G710fix

[r2724r16]

5 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

https://github.com/HunterZ/UniLight

Link doesn't work.

5 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

Can anyone here test if it works for their G710 / G710+ or any other Logitech keyboard, especially if it's not an RGB one?

I'll try it on my G710+, as soon as you post a link that actually works. 

 

@seon123 I think you might be interested in this.

[191x7]

Thank you. The link does work, a tiny bit of scrolling down and you'll see the explanation what UniLight is and how it works and there's also the download link.

But I'll include that here too: https://github.com/HunterZ/UniLight/releases under Assets download the https://github.com/HunterZ/UniLight/releases/download/v1.5/UniLight_v1.5.zip and the UniLight exe is inside.

[191x7]

11 minutes ago, Geography said:

Link doesn't work.

I'll try it on my G710+, as soon as you post a link that actually works. 

 

@seon123 I think you might be interested in this.

Done

[r2724r16]

11 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

the https://github.com/HunterZ/UniLight/releases/download/v1.5/UniLight_v1.5.zip and the UniLight exe is inside.

My PC says this file is a trojan virus.

[191x7]

Just now, Geography said:

My PC says this file is a trojan virus.

Which antivirus?

 

I have F-Secure at the moment and it doesn't show anything wrong. Just to make sure I uploaded to VirusTotal to let some 59 antivirus engines have a look at it.

Zero show a detection, the file is safe.

Here's the report: https://www.virustotal.com/hr/file/c1ce3acf36ab0acc76db6a29c6023bb18aef8fae979c1e049da1ea125b22ffd9/analysis/1546724275/

Are you sure it's not just SmartScreen \ UAC messing with you?

[r2724r16]

1 minute ago, 191x7 said:

Which antivirus?

Windows Defender

[191x7]

1 minute ago, Geography said:

Windows Defender

It's a false-positive.

[seon123]

Why would you want that? You have two buttons on the keyboard to do that. 

[191x7]

21 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Why would you want that? You have two buttons on the keyboard to do that. 

And you skipped the first sentence in the post.

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(that the controller/key for illumination stopped working)

My illumination for the large zone is OFF and the key does not work. I can't turn the illumination ON.

 

Please, please do not reply to forum posts without actually reading through the first post in the theme, that is considered bad practice.

[seon123]

12 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

And you skipped the first sentence in the post.

My illumination for the large zone is OFF and the key does not work. I can't turn the illumination ON.

 

Please, please do not reply to forum posts without actually reading through the first post in the theme, that is considered bad practice.

Don't put relevant information in parentheses. 

Have you tried just cleaning it? Might be some debris inside

[191x7]

1 minute ago, seon123 said:

Don't put relevant information in parentheses. 

Have you tried just cleaning it? Might be some debris inside

Parentheses are inter-switchable with commas and can be used for what I did. At least I've been told so when I learned most of the languages I know.

 

Not just cleaning, I did a lot of things to make it work and nothing has really helped. The only lead I had (about software-controlling the illumination) was Battlefield 1 turning the illumination ON when in game. Until then I believed the illumination controller was dead. Only a few games could turn on the illumination for me (discovered after BF1), there was no other way, and the games always turned the illumination to MAX brightness so it was unusable that way.

Now I have a way of turning the illumination ON whenever I want and without the need for running a game.

 

Also, there's this old post...

 

[191x7]

So, does it work for anyone else?

 

Sometimes Unilight doesn't auto-detect the sync so you have to Synchronize manually before you close G910_SAMPLE.exe te keep the illumination ON.

[Adambean]

This kind of worked for me, thanks.

 

My G710+ was stuck in a situation where most of the keys were full brightness but the gaming keys (WASD+arrows) were stuck 1 level below full brightness. The 2 brightness adjustment keys do nothing at all.

 

When I started up UniLight the gaming keys have now moved to full brightness, so thank you for that.

 

(I still can't adjust brightness using the 2 keys for this, but I wanted the brightness matching anyway, so I'm as good as.)

[191x7]

2 hours ago, Adambean said:

This kind of worked for me, thanks.

 

My G710+ was stuck in a situation where most of the keys were full brightness but the gaming keys (WASD+arrows) were stuck 1 level below full brightness. The 2 brightness adjustment keys do nothing at all.

 

When I started up UniLight the gaming keys have now moved to full brightness, so thank you for that.

 

(I still can't adjust brightness using the 2 keys for this, but I wanted the brightness matching anyway, so I'm as good as.)

You can adjust the brightness using the G910_SAMPLE.exe - set the levels to 10 - 20 or 30 to get the desired brightness and apply.

 

And I've found something else that kind-of works. LGS, then G Hub then uninstalling G Hub, turning game illumination in LGS after that and the need for UniLight goes away.

[191x7]

On 7/17/2019 at 7:06 PM, Adambean said:

This kind of worked for me, thanks.

 

My G710+ was stuck in a situation where most of the keys were full brightness but the gaming keys (WASD+arrows) were stuck 1 level below full brightness. The 2 brightness adjustment keys do nothing at all.

 

When I started up UniLight the gaming keys have now moved to full brightness, so thank you for that.

 

(I still can't adjust brightness using the 2 keys for this, but I wanted the brightness matching anyway, so I'm as good as.)

And a few days ago I found the way to fix this.

 

The graphene (or whatever that conductive part on the membrane is) stops conducting or making contact. You just have to add something conductive to it to make contact.

In my case, that is some alluminium tape that's sticky on one side. And I cut in the shape of a ring so lighth would still shine through the key. Works like new.

If only I knew that method some 5-6 years ago.