Power Monitor Off/On from command line

Krumpy · 10-15-2010, 07:41 AM

Any way of powering the monitor off/on or providing the display options/mirror options from command line?

Trying to automate powering on and off the monitor for a multiscreen kiosk solution.

Preference is to be able to control each monitor separately.

Thank you.

Krumpy · 10-15-2010, 11:31 PM

I have 10 of your devices and would appreciate a response.

Thank you.

Wim · 10-20-2010, 01:04 PM

No - there is no way to do that through a DisplayLink API. You could use the Windows API and set the screen into "power saving" mode, but of course mouse movement or keyboard presses would wake it up, so won't work if you just wanted to power down a single display.

Thanks

Wim

redviper · 10-21-2010, 06:43 AM

You can use http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html nircmd to turn off the monitor.

nircmd monitor off

You can also use a simple command line script to sleep the displaylink monitor

nircmd service stop DisplayLinkService

10-15-2010, 07:41 AM	#1
Krumpy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2	Power Monitor Off/On from command line Any way of powering the monitor off/on or providing the display options/mirror options from command line? Trying to automate powering on and off the monitor for a multiscreen kiosk solution. Preference is to be able to control each monitor separately. Thank you.

10-15-2010, 11:31 PM	#2
Krumpy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2	I have 10 of your devices and would appreciate a response. Thank you.

10-20-2010, 01:04 PM	#3
Wim Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,561	No - there is no way to do that through a DisplayLink API. You could use the Windows API and set the screen into "power saving" mode, but of course mouse movement or keyboard presses would wake it up, so won't work if you just wanted to power down a single display. Thanks Wim

10-21-2010, 06:43 AM	#4
redviper Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 6	You can use http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html nircmd to turn off the monitor. nircmd monitor off You can also use a simple command line script to sleep the displaylink monitor nircmd service stop DisplayLinkService