turn off monitor

[icexswipe]

anyone know of a shorcut that turns off ur monitor (not using the switch on ur monitor)

like in the 'power option properties' u can set the monitor to turn off after 30 minutes of idle time

thanks

[dougkinzinger]

No, there isn't one. The best you can do is make a shortcut to the "Blank Screen" screensaver, then wait for your monitor to power down at whatever you have it set to (20 min, etcetera).

[icecaveman]

icexswipe there are quite few programs that give options for this, I have used few and they worked fine, even mapped one to my remote but I haven't searched for them again after last format.

[Rek]

its so if his mum walks in while looking at porn he can click it and make it go away LMAO :laugh:

J/K

I agree with Doug

[icecaveman]

yes but I put my web cam up as a security camera, it prompts me with a sound and flashing screen there is someone entering my room. Do that as I have head phones all the time.

[Kieran]

Yes there is one.. I coded it for myself a few years ago and then hacked my TV card remote control drivers so that I could turn off the monitor while in bed :) Ill have a dig around and see if I can find it.. It is really easy to code anyway, so in 2 weeks once my finals are over I can recode it if I cant find it.

[Storm]

Also Poweroff does it :)

[Kieran]

OK, here we go.. Its coded in Delphi hence the large file size.. sorry. If there is demand Ill recode it in C++ after my exams.

..:: click me to download ::..

[icexswipe]

Kieran thats awesome, exactly what i wanted

thanks man

much appreciated

thanks for all the replies too

LE3 - lol

icecaveman - thats pretty cool (the web cam as a security camera)

[Kieran]

Cause Im such a nice person I have recoded it in C++. As you can see its a hell of a lot smaller!

Enjoy

Kieran

[edit] as an afterthought here is a link to it on my website incase neowin has one if its fits and looses the file ..:: click me to download ::..[/edit]

MonOff.exe

[Kieran]

Just thought I would add the following.

The C++ version I just coded above will turn off the primary monitor. If you have a multiple monitor setup, the others will remain on. Ive just checked and I will be able to recode it to do all monitors, but wont do it at the moment as Im at uni without my second monitor to test it on.

Im pretty sure the same will apply to the delphi app (the first one I posted).

If people want it for multiple monitors then Ill do it during the summer, or in 2 weeks when my exams are over if some people could test it for me.

Hope the new, smaller, faster app is to everyones liking

Kieran

[kaffra]

i used wizmo some time back.

http://www.grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm

[icexswipe]

Kieran, thanks man

its newer, smaller, and faster...heh

kaffra

thanks for the link

tons of options to use

[Tovad]

Kieran

"and then hacked my TV card remote control drivers so that I could turn off the monitor while in bed "

if possible could you give some details on this - would a key remapping work as well?

[Kieran]

Kieran

"and then hacked my TV card remote control drivers so that I could turn off the monitor while in bed "

if possible could you give some details on this - would a key remapping work as well?

Well you can do anything that will just call the .exe that turns the monitor off. So for instance, if you have one of the microsoft keyboards with the shortcut keys on it, you can use their drivers to make one of the shortcut keys run the .exe. Alternatively, you could use a 3rd party keyboard mapper that has the ability to call an .exe. That way you could get any key on your keyboard to call the .exe. Personally, if going down this route, I would code my own app to do it that uses about 2k of memory and so doesnt bog your system down. If people want me to do this, I will, but this one really does have to wait till after my exams. They finish on the 19th, then Ill be drunk till the monday after. So Ill do it then.

Ill just have a little hunt and see if I can find an example of the TV card stuff I hacked. It was for the (any of then I think) hauppauge TV card... Well it looks like I deleted it at some point (I dont use my TV card anymore).

...... 5 minutes later.... OK Im back. The stupid fire alarm just went off in my building. Was a false alarm though..... now where was I?

OK. If you have a hauppauge TV card, the file you are looking for is something like IRRemote.dll or IRRemote32.dll. Something like that. I know it starts with 'IR', and its in one of the Windows directories (System32?). Anyway (make a copy of the file first before you do any editing incase you mess it up!) open this file and you will see a list of all the mappings from the remote. You will see how they have called programs in there, so you just have to follow the same format. One thing you have to be careful about is that it wont accept long file names, so either keep it somewhere near the root of your hard disk, or I think I got it working by typing the directories the way that DOS interperates them, like \Documen...\Kieran\ with the dots. Something like that anyway (if in doubt, just put it somewhere on the hard disk where you dont have to do this). Once you have made the changes, save the file, close the IR software and load it back up. Now press the button on the remote that you assigned. Hopefully it will work. If it doesnt work, it may just close down the IR software. This isnt an issue as it closes down nicely and can just be started up again when you have edited the file some more.

Once you have got that working you can go to town on it. I remember I could control most things on my computer from my remote. I could turn off the monitor, close down the PC, start media player, play tracks, skip tracks, close down any program, turn random play on and off, turn the system volume up and down. It was great, but now I just have a TV in my room so I dont use it any more.

Hope that helps

Kieran

Edited May 7, 2004 by Kieran

[Wannes]

yes but I put my web cam up as a security camera, it prompts me with a sound and flashing screen there is someone entering my room. Do that as I have head phones all the time.

what program do you use to do that? :)

[Tovad]

Kieran I thank you very much - I have enough info to go tinkering

I have a Philips manufactured USB IR remote that came with an Asus TV/FM card and I was thing of going the whole HIDClass-Related Device Driver route but what you have suggested is obviously going to be a lot less effort

[beckkeong]

kieran,

its a great program .

however, my monitor turns back on after like a minute or so ...

and it keeps doing that :p

any ideas?

[Rahul]

sweet stuff dude , thnx

[Kieran]

kieran,

its a great program .

however, my monitor turns back on after like a minute or so ...

and it keeps doing that :p

any ideas?

Sorry for the no-reply. Neowin did its wonderful thing of unsubscribing me from this topic. As I said in the PM I sent you, the monitor will come back on if a key is pressed or you move the mouse, so it sounds like the mouse is moving. This could be down to vibrations or it being an old mouse (they tend to wander). If its not an optical mouse, try cleaning the ball, otherwise turn the mouse upside down when your not using it :)

[+Cryton Subscriber²]

Googled for "turn off monitor" and i found this thread - just what I was looking for! thanks Kieran!

[QuarterSwede]

i used wizmo some time back.

http://www.grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm

Thanks for the link! I have multiple monitors and want my system volume turned up so I can hear it when I leave the room and this is perfect! I've mapped my Logoff key on my keyboard to run that shortcut and it works like a charm!

[+unabatedshagie Subscriber¹]

Kieran your monitor off program doesn't work for me.

It just makes the screen go blank for a second and then it reapears.

[Kieran]

Ive just been looking at the stats for my web site and I saw that one of the top referrer's is this topic. I also noticed that my link in a previous post is pointing to the wrong place on my server now. The correct link is:

..:: Click Me ::..

For some reason I can't edit my previous posts :angry:

Hope that helps some people,

Kieran

[Kieran]

What is up with Neowin these days. It just wont let me edit my posts. Oh well.

I made a page on my website for this program. You should go there and use that download link if you want the program:

http://www.koding.co.uk/index.php?page=monoff

Kieran