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Themes... 17 Lighting... 17 Macros... 18 Device settings... 18
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Creating audio recon profiles... 20
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Introduction Alienware Command Center provides a single interface to customize and enhance your gaming experience... Alienware Command Center also supports AlienFX that enables you to create and assign game-specific lighting configurations to enhance the gaming experience... It also enables you to create your own individual macros and apply them to the attached peripherals...
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Supported Alienware computers Alienware 15 R4 Alienware 17 R5 Alienware Area-51 R5 Alienware Area-51 R6 Alienware Area-51 Threadripper Edition R6 Alienware Area-51 Threadripper Edition R7 Alienware Area-51m Alienware Area-51m R2 Alienware Aurora R11 Alienware Aurora R12 Alienware Aurora R13 Alienware Aurora R8 Alienware Aurora R9 Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Alienware M15 Alienware M15 R2 Alienware M15 R3 Alienware M15 R4 Alienware M15 R6 Alienware M15 R7 Alienware M15 R5 Ryzen Edition Alienware M17 Alienware M17 R2 Alienware M17 R3 Alienware M17 R4 Alienware M17 R5 Alienware x14 Alienware x15 R1 Alienware x15 R2 Alienware x17 R1 Alienware x17 R2
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Supported peripherals Alienware TKL Gaming Keyboard AW420K Alienware Wireless Gaming Headset AW920H Alienware Wireless Gaming Mouse AW720M Alienware Wired Gaming Mouse AW320M Alienware USB cable with DAC AW510H Alienware Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse AW610M Alienware Low-Profile RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard AW510K Alienware RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard AW410K Alienware Wireless Gaming Mouse AW310M Alienware Gaming Mouse AW510M Alienware Mechanical Gaming Keyboard AW310K Alienware Advanced Gaming Mouse AW558 Alienware Elite Gaming Mouse AW958 Alienware Elite Gaming Mouse AW959 Alienware Advanced Gaming Keyboard AW568 Alienware Pro Gaming Keyboard AW768 Alienware Wireless Gaming Headset AW988
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Supported operating systems Windows 10 1709 and later versions Windows 11
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What's new in Alienware Command Center 5... 5... 23 Dongle Re-pair feature for AW920H headphones... For more information, see Dongle Re-pair...
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AW2723HF monitors... For more information about Contextual help walkthrough settings, see Contextual help walkthrough... Added updates for user interface and user experience settings...
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What's new in Alienware Command Center 5... 5 Updated the installation procedure by combining all the installation files into a single file... For more information, see Install
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1... Go to www... dell... com/support... 2... In the Enter a Service Tag, Serial Number, Service Request, Model, or Keyword field, type the model number of your device... 3... Select the product from the results to load the product page... 4... On the product support page, click Drivers & downloads... 5... Click Find drivers... 6... Select the operating system as Windows 10 or Windows 11 from the Operating system drop-down list... 7... Choose the category as Application from the Category drop-down list... 8... Locate the Alienware Command Center application package... 9... Click Download...
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Updating Alienware Command Center from Microsoft Store If you have an older version of Alienware Command Center, it gets updated automatically to the latest version from Microsoft Store... You must ensure that the Microsoft Store update is turned on... If there is an update, when you launch the Alienware Command Center application, a message that states Additional components required is displayed... The additional components are automatically fetched from Microsoft Store... Wait for the installation to complete and restart the computer if required...
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Launch the Alienware Command Center application on your computer You can launch the Alienware Command Center application from the Start menu... If you have an Alienware Command Center desktop icon, you can also launch the application by double-clicking or tapping the icon...
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Contextual help walkthrough Contextual help walkthrough feature helps a new user get accustomed to the Alienware Command Center application... The walkthrough highlights the workflow of the features that you can use in the Alienware Command Center application, and gives you step-by-step instructions...
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Library Alienware Command Center automatically searches the games that are installed on your computer and adds them to the library... You can click the LIBRARY window to see the games that are added... If you cannot find a game that you have installed on your computer, in the LIBRARY tab, you can add it manually by clicking MANUAL... For more information, see Add games to Library...
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Themes You can either work in the ACTIVE DEFAULT THEME, or you can create a theme and assign to a game... In your custom theme, you can go to the individual devices screen and set macros or lighting according to the game... These settings are associated with the theme that you created... Once you launch the game, this theme and all the associated lighting, macros, and settings are applied automatically... When you navigate away from that game, the theme automatically reverts to ACTIVE DEFAULT THEME... If you start a different game which has a different game theme that is assigned to it, Alienware Command Center automatically changes the theme...
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Macros Macro is a set of instructions that can be assigned to a single key, to perform a task... There are dedicated keys on the keyboard or the devices that you connect to the computer for assigning macros... These keys are highlighted when you select the device in the MACROS tab... You can create, edit, switch, assign, and record a macro using Alienware Command Center...
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1... Under the FUSION tab, click to create an overclock profile... 2... In the Overclock Profiles section, click NEW PROFILE and enter the profile name... 3... Set the CPU, GPU, and memory settings from the right pane... 4... Click the ADVANCED VIEW tab next to the CPU OVERVIEW tab, to change the following settings:
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The newly created power profile is displayed in the Power Management section... 5... Select the power management profile and set the power and battery settings... 6... Select the box next to the name of the power management profile to select and activate the particular profile...
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The newly created audio recon profile is displayed in the RECON PROFILES section...
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Alienware feature support matrix Table 1... Alienware support matrix System Alien FX 2... 0 Alien Fusion Game Library Thermal Controls Overclocking
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System Alien FX 2... 0 Alien Fusion Game Library Thermal Controls Overclocking ControlsFull or partial support
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Dell G-series feature support matrix NOTE: Systems must be configured with the optional RGB keyboard in order to support Alien FX 2... 0... Systems that are configured with the standard backlit keyboard do not support AlienFX 2... 0... See your invoice to confirm the type of keyboard in your computer...
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NOTE: Alienware Command Center services continue to run in the background after you close the application... When you launch a game, these services detect and activate the preassigned FX game themes automatically...
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Add packages to Alienware Command Center Alienware Command Center Packager Manager automatically scans and installs the required application packages for your computer and connected peripherals... This topic is intended only for those users who must install a missing package that did not get installed automatically...
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Repair Alienware Command Center This task is intended for users who are facing issues with the Alienware Command Center application... You can repair Alienware Command Center application and reinstall individual features using this option...
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The uninstallation of the Alienware Command Center Package manager is initiated... NOTE: Alienware Command Center and all the related packages including the OC control package gets uninstalled during this process...
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During the installation process, the Alienware Command Center Package Manager is first extracted... The extraction of the file takes only about 20 s... After the file is extracted, all the required packages for your computer are downloaded and installed through Alienware Command Center Package Manager... The download and installation speed depends on the speed of the Internet connection...
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Your Alienware computer is uniquely identified by a Service Tag or Express Service Code... To view relevant support resources for your Dell computer, enter the Service Tag or Express Service Code at www... dell... com/support...
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