Toggle Button - Monitor Off

[alpine1]

Instead of assigning a Monitor On/Off to 2 separate button. Is it possible to use one button and test for monitor state before jumping?

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psuedo:
if ( IsMonitorOff() )
     System.MonitorPowerOff().
else
     System.MonitorPowerOn().

[Bitmonster]

It's not possible to query the current monitor state (as far as I know). So all you can do is build a toggling action like this (assign the wanted event to both macros):

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1129">
    <Folder Name="Toggle Monitor State" Expanded="True">
        <Macro Name="Monitor Standby" id="1860" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="X10.Radio">
            </Event>
            <Action>
                System.MonitorStandby()
            </Action>
            <Action>
                EventGhost.EnableExclusive(XmlIdLink(1862))
            </Action>
        </Macro>
        <Macro Name="Monitor Reactivate" id="1862" Enabled="False" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="X10.Radio">
            </Event>
            <Action>
                System.MonitorPowerOn()
            </Action>
            <Action>
                EventGhost.EnableExclusive(XmlIdLink(1860))
            </Action>
        </Macro>
    </Folder>
</EventGhost>

[alpine1]

Wonderful approach, thank you! I bet this idea would come in very handle with some of my other macros.

[stisev]

I have nothing to really add, but to just say that this worked for and is a wonderful idea.

Also, people - make sure you KEEP the entries in the folder BitMonster put them in (just copy and paste); otherwise, it'll disable the other macros inside of the folder!

[CollinR]

Yeah that is a sweet trick for several instances.

In my case which input on my amp? Luckily I only have two I use.


However this logic won't work for things you also have local control over, or use that control....

Errr ax that , I just realized worst case you need to push the button twice! So even x10 can use this for scene control allowing one FireFly button to toggle through lighting scenes OFF>Dim>Bright>ON. Very cool as I have more lighting scenes then I do unlabeled buttons.

For some reason I have enable exclusives linked to folders in my mind and never tried individual macros, this will help alot. I dunno how I got that confused.