Yeah cheers I’m aware of that, it’s just monitor uses 37w whilst on and 2w in standby so I really don’t mind it being in standby at night.
I think I’m going to look into mmm-remote as trying the other method using vgenmcd power makes my screensaver come back to life even though it’s Been disabled for the last 8 months.
Is there any tutorials anywhere in setting up mmm-schedule and mmm-remote.
Cheers all
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RE: Want to turn off my monitor
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RE: Arcade button to turn on/off monitor
How would I use mmm-button to achieve this?
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So I’ve been looking through the net and have found I can use vcgencmd display_power 0 to turn off my monitor and the same again to power 1 to turn it back on, it also explains it can be run as a cron job but I’ve never done one of them so not to sure.
Would it all be possible to hook up a push button switch to the gpio and have them commands somehow turn the display off and on.
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Cheers for the replies everyone all is noted :)
For now think I’ll keep searching the net for a way to have the monitor on during the day and sleep at night.
I have found one site that shows how to do it but want to make a backup image first incase I break anything lol.
I do like the idea of a pir. Are they easy to setup if I cannot get on with the way I’m currently looking for.
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Or if I cannot achieve this is there a simple ssh command I could use from my app i use on my phone to set the monitor to sleep and wake as i want.
Obviously I would prefer the option for me to set on and off times for the monitor but if it’s not achievable this option would have to do.
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Want to turn off my monitor
Not sure if this belongs in troubleshooting but didn’t know where to post this so sorry if it’s in the wrong section, but my problem is something I want to achieve so I thought this would be the best place.
Basically been running my mirror for around 8 months now and really enjoy it but I usually only turn it on when we have visitors just to show it off lol.
What I would like to achieve is to have it on permantly but maybe have the monitor go to sleep at night so that the monitor isn’t on all the time.
Is this at all possible or if not what does everyone else do to cut down on electric cost due to the monitor being on all day.
Thanks in advance