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same here. my device reports "bright light detected" even when there's not enough ambient light to see the keys on my keyboard. turning off the monitor seems to help, but...

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It works by detecting infrared light - the lightsource is likely an infrared one that you can't see, possibly your monitor.

absolutely. yet if it won't work properly with the monitor turned on, there's little use for it.

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