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    • garblefluxG Offline
      garbleflux Project Sponsor
      last edited by

      I use via crontab the CEC-function of the Monitor:

      turn on monitor weekdays 8 o clock:

      0 8 * * 1-5 echo “on 0” | cec-client -s -d 1 >/dev/null 2>&1

      turn on monitor on saturday & sunday 9.30 o clock:

      30 9 * * 0,6 echo “on 0” | cec-client -s -d 1 >/dev/null 2>&1

      turn off monitor daily at 20.30 o clock

      30 20 * * * echo ‘standby 0’ | cec-client -s -d 1 >/dev/null 2>&1

      this works like a charme since over one year
      regards Mike

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      • thgmirrorT Offline
        thgmirror
        last edited by thgmirror

        @natebrown enter crontab -e at the prompt and insert the data garbieflux mentioned.
        If you struggle with the syntax, you can use several internet-pages to define the rules:
        https://crontab-generator.org/
        or
        https://crontab.guru/ for exapmle

        I use
        @reboot sudo sh -c ‘echo none > /sys/class/leds/led0/trigger’
        @reboot sudo sh -c ‘echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/led0/brightness’
        @reboot sudo sh -c ‘echo none > /sys/class/leds/led1/trigger’
        @reboot sudo sh -c ‘echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness’
        to turn off the LEDs at my RPI 3+

        Btw, an # at the beginning of the line marks it as a comment.

        Or use a time-switch to turn on and off the whole construction.

        Thomas

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        • BKeyportB Offline
          BKeyport Module Developer
          last edited by

          If you use a time switch to turn on and off the entire construction, you should still have a crontab to shut down the pi prior to shutting down the power, so you don’t corrupt your media.

          The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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          • thgmirrorT Offline
            thgmirror
            last edited by

            Yes, @BKeyport idea is highly recommended:-)

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            • E Offline
              ember1205
              last edited by

              I have a WiFi plug that switches the device on at a specific time in the morning.

              I use a cron job entry to shut the Pi down at a specific time at night.

              I have the WiFi plug turn off at a specific time at night, five minutes after the time I’ve configured the cron job to shut the Pi down.

              There is also an IFTTT integration where you can have the shutdown script make a specific call to create a calendar entry on a Google calendar and IFTTT will pick up that entry and use it to trigger the power-off event for the plug. I used to do this until IFTTT changed their account structure and I’ve been moving away from using any of their integrations.

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                natebrown @garbleflux
                last edited by

                @garbleflux
                Thanks, so i want it to turn on at 6:30 every morning and turn off at 9 every night, If i copy and paste that into crontab -e, will that work? What is the exact code i need?

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                • H Offline
                  hamid
                  last edited by

                  I did not test with there are motion detectors that turn on the screen when moving the front screen does not know how it works

                  https://www.swedx.se/product_info.php?cPath=137_12800030&products_id=1955

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                    TJuTZu
                    last edited by TJuTZu

                    You can use also MMM-ModuleScheduler with MMM-Remote-Control to turn monitor on/off if you don’t need to turn off the whole system.

                    It works similar to crontab

                    Here is example from my mirror configuration

                       {
                          module: 'MMM-Remote-Control'
                          // uncomment the following line to show the URL of the remote control on the mirror
                          // , position: 'bottom_left'
                          // you can hide this module afterwards from the remote control itself
                        },
                    
                       {
                            module: 'MMM-ModuleScheduler',
                            config: {
                                notification_schedule: [
                                    // TURN THE MONITOR/SCREEN ON At 10:00
                                    {notification: 'REMOTE_ACTION', schedule: '00 10 * * *', payload: {action: "MONITORON"}},
                                    // TURN THE MONITOR/SCREEN OFF At 00:00 
                                    {notification: 'REMOTE_ACTION', schedule: '00 00 * * *', payload: {action: "MONITOROFF"}}
                                ]
                            }
                       }
                    
                    
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                    • BKeyportB Offline
                      BKeyport Module Developer
                      last edited by

                      If you wanna go down that path, there’s MMM-Remote-Control, too.

                      The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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                      • rejasR Offline
                        rejas Module Developer @hamid
                        last edited by

                        @hamid you can use a standard webcam (like the pi cam or a playstation camera like I do) and my module https://github.com/rejas/MMM-MotionDetector to detect motion and turn your monitor off and on.

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