LCD Montior Off on demand

I like the fact that screen blanker turns the LCD off at some stage after some given time while running a blanker display.

I do however want to remove it from wbstartup

I decided to try and look for something that exists that'll turn the monitor off after double clicking (say 3 secs later? allowing you time to release the mouse) and again reactivate after a movement or keystroke but then exit the program-the user having to double click the icon again to start the process over again...

something like? (I cut from the web after a fast glance, I know it probably isn't Amiga code but it's the idea that counts)

RunProgram(turnOff_LCD in 3 secs)
Loop
Until mouse moved or key pressed
RunProgram(turnOn_LCD and exit program)

I guess perhaps a open source solution is out there but I haven't installed sdk yet anyway...

anyone feel like coding something like this and uploading it to depot? (heh cheeky) or pointing me in the right direction to find something that'll do what I want...

perhaps the blanker could be set to do just this, I have no idea... sorry for the ignorance

thanks

@Slayer

What about setting a hotkey to load the Blanker with a custom set of preferences which shut the monitor down, and another hotkey to restore the original blanker settings? Should be pretty easy with some ARexx...

@Slayer

If you are going to press a hotkey to activate the program that turns off the LDD, and then later do another action to terminate the program. Then the simplest solution would be to press the button on your LCD

@Shadow

If doesn't seem to have an off function. Turns off when the cpu is turned off and turns on when it gets a signal.

trust me, I've searched the menus!

just like my 50" plasma, I never leave it going unless I am there, turn it off with remote... etc

All I need is a command to turn a LSD off and another to turn it on again. Then I can just script it with whatever, waitLMB etc kind of programs already exist, although I do hope they are OS4 compliant...

help, I do not know arexx and then wouldn't I have to have arexx running all the time too...

Code

Turn Monitor Off
WaitLMB
Turn Monitor On
Exit

even this would be good!

help Jahc

@Slayer

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You shouldn't do LSD ;)

@fryguy

I'll see if I have the time to knock something together later on for you :)

@fryguy

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don't you hate it when that happens?

But seriously, would never do anything like that even remotely similair, always been too much of a head case to even consider allowing anything mind altering

@Daedalus

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That's very decent and helpful of you and if it doesn't see the light of day, no hard feelings, thanks for the interest

@Slayer

Yeah i do, and you can bet that there is atleast one annoying person who will quote it and make a comment about it :)

@Slayer

Are you just talking about "turning it off" via the DPMS control? On my blanker, Shift-F1 blanks the screen, and Shift-F2 turns the monitor off this way. If you don't want it to blank at other times, you can control the blanker timeouts also. That and the hotkeys are setup in the ScreenBlanker prefs that comes with the OS.

Scott Woodall

@swoodall

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Are you serious? Shift-F2 sounds exactly what I need-can anyone confirm this to work on the SAM? Trouble is I'm thinking one would need to double click on the Blanker to start the program then hit Shift-F2 depending whether you can do it immediately and even then the Blanker program will always been running in the back ground too, after that first instance.

Guess I'm too much of a purist and like to control the OS too much

thanks for this though Swoodall, it might just do in the meantime but I'm still hoping for a cleaner solution

@Slayer

I still dont get it, what is wrong with the power button on the LCD??

@Shadow

laff, nothing I guess, cept wear and tear

@Slayer

Well, it seems swoodall is correct, the standard Blanker engine has hotkey assignments in the preferences program in the Workbench:Prefs drawer. I've tried it here on my A1 and it works just fine, turning the monitor back on when the mouse is moved or a key pressed. I don't see why it wouldn't work on the Sam - it's down to the video driver to support it, not the motherboard. I wouldn't think there was a current video chipset in the world that didn't support it, and the driver's not gonna be much different on the Sam, if at all.

@Daedalus

Well okay, thanks for your support and interest. It can be my first programming assignment, a commandline monitorturneroffa

@Slayer

Well, I can still look at putting together an ARexx script to fudge the blanker settings, but opening the graphics driver to send DPMS signals is probably a lot more work than it's worth IMHO. (Though I stand open to correction on this!). I'll check it out anyway - I guess a script would be more useful in some situations than the hotkey for automation etc.

@Daedalus

I want to thank you for your time and generous consideration but really, I don't want arexx running either

I'm after a shell command I suppose, either one that goes monitor [off/on] or seperate commands for each of those options...

and yes you're right, it's handy in script file situations

thanks everyone

@Slayer

How about this little tool?

http://aminet.net/package/util/cdity/cybgfx-DPMS

Seems to work here with P96 on SAM.

You can set the tooltypes to 3secs and dpms-mode off.

Put it on your WB, double click it and 3 secs later the screen will blank. Move the mouse and the screen comes back. Double click it and it will be disabled.

CU,
Mario

@padrino

Sounds pretty good indeed!

downloaded it and will try it later on, thanks padrino!

@padrino

Sounds pretty good indeed!

downloaded it and will try it later on, thanks padrino!