[MMM-Remote-Control](v2-dev) Extensible REST API, Dynamic Menus, and Socket Communications, plus other updates

bolish

@Cr4z33
Strange, it worked for me… FMI, what output do you get in the terminal with “echo pow 0 | cec-client -s -d 1”.
When the screen is ON? When the screen is “OFF”?

Cr4z33

@bolish depending wheter the TV is on or off it says power status: on or power status: standby.

bolish

@Cr4z33 same as me…let’s try to cross check our node helper .js to see if they are written the same on line 610 and 620.

Cr4z33

@bolish wait cannot remember if I am using perhaps the developer version, but line numbers are different.

Mine are 601 (on), 604 (off) and 607 (status).

bolish

This is what I did on my side :

            if (["MONITORTOGGLE", "MONITORSTATUS", "MONITORON"].indexOf(action) !== -1) {
                screenStatus = exec(monitorStatusCommand, opts, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
                    if (stdout.indexOf("TV is off") !== -1 || stdout.indexOf("false") !== -1) { // REPLACE "TV is off" or "false" by "power status: standby"
                        // Screen is OFF, turn it ON
                        status = "off";
                        if (action === "MONITORTOGGLE" || action === "MONITORON") {
                            exec(monitorOnCommand, opts, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
                                this.checkForExecError(error, stdout, stderr, res, { monitor: "on" });
                            });
                            this.sendSocketNotification("USER_PRESENCE", true);
                            return;
                        }
                    } else if (stdout.indexOf("HDMI") !== -1 || stdout.indexOf("true") !== -1) { // REPLACE "HDMI" OR "true" by "power status: on"
                        // Screen is ON, turn it OFF
                        status = "on";
                        if (action === "MONITORTOGGLE") {
                            this.monitorControl("MONITOROFF", opts, res);
                            return;

At least this is what worked for me.

Cr4z33

@bolish what about the previous lines?

I thought that was the part to edit by replacing monitor commands with HDMI CEC ones like mines?

        monitorControl: function(action, opts, res) {
            let status = "unknown";
            let monitorOnCommand = (this.initialized && "monitorOnCommand" in this.thisConfig.customCommand) ?
                this.thisConfig.customCommand.monitorOnCommand :
                "echo on 0 | cec-client -s -d 1";
            let monitorOffCommand = (this.initialized && "monitorOffCommand" in this.thisConfig.customCommand) ?
                this.thisConfig.customCommand.monitorOffCommand :
                "echo standby 0 | cec-client -s -d 1";
            let monitorStatusCommand = (this.initialized && "monitorStatusCommand" in this.thisConfig.customCommand) ?
                this.thisConfig.customCommand.monitorStatusCommand :
                "echo pow 0 | cec-client -s -d 1";

bolish

No. From my understanding, you only need to modify the customcommands into your config file not in the node.js.

The one you mention into your post (extract of node.js) are the default ones, don’t modify them.

What you need to modify into node.js are the ouput conditions as I posted above because the way the node.js is written (and how it’s explained on git) those commands will only work if your ouput are :

customCommand: {
        monitorOnCommand: 'shell command to turn on your monitor',
        monitorOffCommand: 'shell command to turn off your monitor',
        monitorStatusCommand: 'shell command to return status of monitor, must return either "HDMI" or "true" if screen is on; or "TV is Off" or "false" if it is off to be recognized'
    }

That’s why we need to replace those conditions into the node.js by the one we get with our TV’s (which are different than the “true” / “flase” “TV is on” etc… but are “power status : stand by” and “power status: on”).

Clear now??

Cr4z33

@bolish sorry, but it is quite hard to get the difference for me lol. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

Do you mind doing please a pastebin of your edited node_helper.js so that I can try it out?

bolish

Just replace related lines by the following ones (it’s approx. around line 610) into your node.js :

            if (["MONITORTOGGLE", "MONITORSTATUS", "MONITORON"].indexOf(action) !== -1) {
                screenStatus = exec(monitorStatusCommand, opts, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
                    if (stdout.indexOf("power status: standby") !== -1 || stdout.indexOf("false") !== -1) { // MODIF DONE HERE
                        // Screen is OFF, turn it ON
                        status = "off";
                        if (action === "MONITORTOGGLE" || action === "MONITORON") {
                            exec(monitorOnCommand, opts, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
                                this.checkForExecError(error, stdout, stderr, res, { monitor: "on" });
                            });
                            this.sendSocketNotification("USER_PRESENCE", true);
                            return;
                        }
                    } else if (stdout.indexOf("power status: on") !== -1 || stdout.indexOf("true") !== -1) { // MODIF DONE HERE
                        // Screen is ON, turn it OFF
                        status = "on";
                        if (action === "MONITORTOGGLE") {
                            this.monitorControl("MONITOROFF", opts, res);
                            return;

Cr4z33

@bolish OK thanks now the TV can be turned off succesfully, but still can’t be turned on ( although I keep getting the Done! confirmation message ) . :thinking_face: