# AsusSMC

**Repository Path**: rockjesus/AsusSMC

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: AsusSMC
- **Description**: A VirtualSMC plugin provides native support for ALS, keyboard backlight and Fn keys on macOS
- **Primary Language**: C++
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-06-29
- **Last Updated**: 2020-12-19

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# AsusSMC

A VirtualSMC plugin provides native support for ALS, keyboard backlight and Fn keys for Asus laptops on macOS.

#### Features
- Full Fn keys support (including sleep, airplane mode, trackpad)
- Native ALS support
- Native keyboard backlight support (16 levels, smooth transition, auto adjusting, auto turning off)

#### Requirements
- Asus laptop with ATK device
- Knowing how to patch DSDT (if not, read [this](https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-patching-laptop-dsdt-ssdts.152573/))

#### Boot arguments
- Add `-asussmcdbg` to enable debug printing (available in DEBUG binaries).

#### How to install
- Patch DSDT (instruction coming)
- Install this kext together with VirtualSMC and Lilu

#### Credits
- [Apple](https://www.apple.com) for macOS
- [vit9696](https://github.com/vit9696) for [Lilu](https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu) and [VirtualSMC](https://github.com/acidanthera/VirtualSMC)
- [lvs1974](https://github.com/lvs1974) and [usr-sse2](https://github.com/usr-sse2) for developing laptop sensor support
- [EMlyDinEsHMG](https://osxlatitude.com/profile/7370-emlydinesh/) for [AsusNBFnKeys source code](https://github.com/EMlyDinEsHMG/AsusNBFnKeys)