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Turn monitor on/off with MMM-voice

  • M

    Re: Want to turn off my monitor

    Hey guys! I’ve been reading some old threads and trying to make my monitor turn off and on with a voice command via MMM-voice.

    I’m NOT using a Pi, but a laptop. I’ve tried @Mykle1’s following commands: (from Hello-Lucy - which works)

    exec('xset dpms force off', null);
exec('xset dpms force on', null);

    I’ve implemented the code in the node_helper.js that executes a command when a voice command is detected:

    } else if (/(CUSTOM)/g.test(data)) {
	    exec('xset dpms force off', null);
            this.sendSocketNotification('CUSTOM');

    The above code is executed when my mirror register the word “custom”.

    this.sendSocketNotification(‘CUSTOM’); is there just so I can see if the command is recognized.

    Problem: As it is right now, I can see that my mirror registers and executes the this.sendSocketNotification(‘CUSTOM’); however the exec(‘xset dpms force off’, null); does nothing. Any ideas?

    Thanks in advance!

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    @mdhenriksen
    Your laptop works with xset dpms force off on a shell? See your energy-saving setting in your environment.

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  • M

    @sean said in Turn monitor on/off with MMM-voice:

    @mdhenriksen
    Your laptop works with xset dpms force off on a shell? See your energy-saving setting in your environment.

    Hey Sean! I’m on Ubuntu 18.10, so I guess it should work. I’m pretty sure Mykle1 is on Ubuntu 16.04.

    As far as I know there is no energy-saving settings really. Could you elaborate you answer maybe? 😃

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  • Module Developer

    @mdhenriksen
    I’m not experienced with Ubuntu, but I think there might be DPMS manager (Screen saver, monitor on/off) on X. You’d better check using DPMS enabled.

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  • M

    @sean So you’re saying there might be a setting that allows for the DPMS being turned on and off, right?

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    @mdhenriksen
    What would be displayed as the result of xset -q ?

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    @sean Hey again Sean,

    So here’s the output of xset -q:

    I noticed the following: Server does not have the DPMS Extension 😑 Figured that’s why it’s not working. So I’m not sure about this whole DPMS thing. Is it an extension I can install or is it something native to a computer, e.g. hardware?

    Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
  XKB indicators:
    00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    off    02: Scroll Lock: off
    03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
    06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
    09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
    12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
  auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  33
  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                        fadfffefffedffff
                        9fffffffffffffff
                        fff7ffffffffffff
  bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  0    cycle:  0
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x23    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
  /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Server does not have the DPMS Extension
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  • Module Developer

    @mdhenriksen said in Turn monitor on/off with MMM-voice:

    DPMS (Energy Star):
    Server does not have the DPMS Extension

    I’m not expert of this kind, so I might be wrong.

    As I know, in nowadays modern linux machine, DPMS is auto detected and enabled if ACPI is also enabled at kernel runtime. However check /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ in the Monitor section (Or corresponding alternatives on your environment. Again, I’m not familiar with *nix machines 😃 )

    Option "DPMS" "true"
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  • M

    @sean Yeah, I’m trying to look into that right now, but without much luck at the moment 😃

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  • M

    SOLVED

    This is not really a solution, but my error was that I was logged in on “Ubuntu on Wayland” which doesn’t have DPMS.

    On the login screen of Ubuntu you can click the little gear-icon and choose what kind of Ubuntu you want to login to. Wayland is a bit restricted, so just go with “Ubuntu” and not “Ubuntu on Wayland”

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