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

@sean Hey again Sean,

So here’s the output of xset -q:

I noticed the following: Server does not have the DPMS Extension :expressionless_face: 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

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

@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? :D

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!

@strawberry-3-141 Amazing! I couldn’t find my home town with openweather, so I had to switch even though I liked the GUI better in the original one! Will check it out tomorrow for sure!

@dazza120 It’s the small things that make the difference :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Nice work! Looks really good!

@dazza120 said in Hello-Lucy:

@mdhenriksen works a treat but I don’t know how to make a third page. Not sure what I’ll put on it? But I’m sure I’ll find something to install if I figure out how to add more pages it’s stuck on two at the mo 😢

Hey Dazza!

It’s pretty easy actually. Now first you should install MMM-page-indicator as well. That makes it easier to see what page you are on.

Making several pages:

{
       module: 'MMM-pages',
       config: {
       modules:
                   	[[ "weatherforecast", "newsfeed", "compliments"],
                     	[ "calendar", "compliments", "calendar2"], ["MMM-CalendarWeek"]],
                	excludes: ["clock", "currentweather", "MMM-page-indicator", "MMM-voice"],
        	}
    		},

The pages are made in an 2D-array, which is basically a line of elements separated by the brackets “[” and “]”.

Your array starts at the double bracket, “[[” right before “weatherforecast” and ends at the “]]” right after “MMM-CalendarWeek”. Inside the array the pages are separated by one bracket.

So this is a page: (remember the comma at the end)

[ "weatherforecast", "newsfeed", "compliments"],         

And this is a page:

[ "calendar", "compliments", "calendar2"],

And lastly this is a page as well:

["MMM-CalendarWeek"]

Remember that the array is zero-based which means that the first page will be number 0. The second will be number 1 and the third will be number 2.

Hope it helps! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@mykle1 You’re right, guess I was too fast ;-)