Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
monitor power button unreachable
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hey im looking for advice on how to fix a problem with my magicmirror monitor. so i have built a magicmirror as a christmas present and everything software side works but when i plug everything together the display doesnt automatically turn on, i have to press the monitors power button. but the problem is that the powerbutton is on the other side against the glass already stuck on and i cant rebuild it in time. i checked if i could use cec client to turn it on but my monitor doesnt support that. any other suggestions? thanks
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@SILLEN-0 sadly I don’t think there is any easy solution.
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@SILLEN-0 Would you be able to dismantle it (carefully) enough to get rear access to the button?
I was thinking either to be able to remove and relocate it perhaps, or to solder a switch or other solution in parallel to the existing one to put that somewhere accessible?
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@SILLEN-0 you might try looking in the monitor setup for a power option that turns on the monitor when power is applied.
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@SILLEN-0 look in the monitor set up itself.
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@SILLEN-0 Doesn’t your MM run off a Raspberry Pi? When it powers up you should get a signal to power the monitor from the HDMI cable… check your pi settings also for autoboot
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@jturczak just fyi. every post from users with less than 2 reputation are reviewed before being posted on the forum. this stops all the spam we get.
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@jturczak hey sorry for late reply thing were alittle bit stressful before christmas turn out i was just stupid and there was just an error in the config when the mirror didnt connect to the home network and because of that i just got a blank mirror i didnt notice that it was on but just not displaying anything. thank you so much for your help
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@SILLEN-0 lol yeah that config file can be touchy. I’m glad you figured it out. Happy new year!
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