{HowTo} turn on/off your monitor (Time based, PIR/Button, App)

[E3V3A]

@OdomLinx copy paste error?

[OdomLinx]

@E3V3A Yes copy paste error, I adjusted it

[E3V3A]

Most modern monitors also have a PowerSave function that completely turn off the monitor when there is no HDMI signal, after a set amount of time. So I guess experimentation will be needed as to what really happen after you have turned it off using either:

1. vcgencmd display_power 0
2. sudo tvservice -o
3. DISPLAY=:0 xset dpms force off (Notice, it’s not necessary to export!)
4. xset -display :0 dpms force off

The first 2 turn off HDMI and most likely put your monitor into PowerSave mode, eventually.
The last 2 only blanks the screen (visible when dark), and does not disable HDMI signals.

[ninjabreadman]

@E3V3A Some monitors, but almost all television displays turn off after delay (and then cannot be woken in software).

That, and some folks have complained that they can’t hear a podcast or Alexa because their integrated speakers turn off when the monitor is in powersaving.

You’re right, it takes some experimentation to tailor to a given use case/situation depending on requirements.

[MadScientist]

I would like to use the MMM-PIR-sensor module to trigger the relay to power off the LCD. However, whenever I set
relayPIN: 27, in the config.js, the motion detector doesn’t do anything anymore. Anyone know what else I have to change in the config? It’s working just fine without the relay.

Config working without relay (switches off HDMI):

                {
                module: 'MMM-PIR-Sensor',
                config: {
                        sensorPIN: 22, 
                        relayPIN: false,
                        powerSaving: true,
                        }
                },

Not working with relay:

                {
                module: 'MMM-PIR-Sensor',
                config: {
                        sensorPIN: 22,
                        relayPIN: 27,
                        relayOnState: 1,
                        powerSaving: true,
                        }
                },

The problem is I am using a V59 LCD controller board which doesn’t power on again once the HDMI is re-activated.

[cruunnerr]

1. Can u turn on GPIO27 with gpio -g write 27 1 and off with gpio -g write 27 0 ?
2. Have u tried just to connect a LED on GPIO27 ?
3. What relay do u use and how exactly is it connected? ?

[MadScientist]

Hmm, I get

Unable to determine hardware version. I see: Hardware   : BCM2835
,
 - expecting BCM2708 or BCM2709. Please report this to projects@drogon.net

when I run gpio -g write 27 1 .

[cruunnerr]

@MadScientist said in {HowTo} turn on/off your monitor (Time based, PIR/Button, App):

Unable to determine hardware version. I see: Hardware : BCM2835

Huh… a quick google search tells, that this could be several causes. Some wrote to update or downgrade the kernel., some wrote to update wiring pi and so on.
So its not a problem of the module at all. I’m sorry but for the first u should try to google.

Maybe start with this: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=182191

However you should start a new thread if you cannot get to target :(

[randomnoise]

@MadScientist said in {HowTo} turn on/off your monitor (Time based, PIR/Button, App):

Hmm, I get

Unable to determine hardware version. I see: Hardware   : BCM2835
,
 - expecting BCM2708 or BCM2709. Please report this to projects@drogon.net

when I run gpio -g write 27 1 .

I had the same issue. I just followed the instructions on the wiring pi site to install. Don’t have my notes but there was a different version depending if you use wiringpi or wiring-pi. I’ll see if I can find the right one.

[randomnoise]

So I think as wiring-pi is the npm specific version the reason it didn’t work was because they haven’t compiled it to work with the pi3 chip.

Try http://wiringpi.com/download-and-install/