detecting IF screen monitor is ON or OFF
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is it posible running windows XP to detect if the screen monitor (any type, size, brand) is connected to the ac power line and for how long it had it been in that state (and keep a log file of all changes of ON-OFF state)
Yes, but the monitor would need to have a usb port, and you'd have to know how to detect the monitor via usb, blah blah blah. No, I don't know specifics, but the method I described so poorly seems viable to me.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Yes, but the monitor would need to have a usb port, and you'd have to know how to detect the monitor via usb, blah blah blah. No, I don't know specifics, but the method I described so poorly seems viable to me.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I cannot recall how it is called, but there is a technique to query a monitor for possible resolutions, frequencies, etc. If it is possible to initiate such a check, one might assume that the monitor is off if there is no reply. That, however, ignores old monitors which do not support that mechanism. Othen than that, you could hire someone to sit in front of the monitor and press buttons accordingly.... child labor, etc....
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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I cannot recall how it is called, but there is a technique to query a monitor for possible resolutions, frequencies, etc. If it is possible to initiate such a check, one might assume that the monitor is off if there is no reply. That, however, ignores old monitors which do not support that mechanism. Othen than that, you could hire someone to sit in front of the monitor and press buttons accordingly.... child labor, etc....
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
But he doesn't care about resolutions and frequencies - he wants to determine the current power state (on or off).
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
