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| HanoiBoi:
--- Quote from: Ravenger on June 19, 2012, 03:20:46 am ---Most PC monitors will turn on automatically when power is restored.... --- End quote --- I'm either unlucky or don't know if the monitor needs a configuration change, because I'm 0 for 2. I've got two machines with smart strips with monitors that stay asleep when I believe they should wake. (Any suggestions are welcomed..) |
| kiwasabi:
A friend of mine said that monitors either have the capability to auto power back on or they don't. It seems like a standard BIOS setting for computers, but for monitors they have to be built for it. Fortunately mine is newer and auto powers up. Go through each setting on the monitor see if it has the ability to auto power on after power outage (which is the setting in your BIOS you want to turn on to get your computer auto powering on). It seems to me like any power strip will suit this purpose fine if you just turn on and off the power strip. Or do all normal power strips still allow some power to come through when turned off? |
| yaksplat:
Any monitor with a latching power switch will stay on. Other than that i don't know of a certain way to know if a monitor will come back on after a power off. |
| tony.silveira:
--- Quote from: HanoiBoi on June 19, 2012, 07:19:06 am --- --- Quote from: Ravenger on June 19, 2012, 03:20:46 am ---Most PC monitors will turn on automatically when power is restored.... --- End quote --- I'm either unlucky or don't know if the monitor needs a configuration change, because I'm 0 for 2. I've got two machines with smart strips with monitors that stay asleep when I believe they should wake. (Any suggestions are welcomed..) --- End quote --- if i'm not mistaken, my smart strip has a small dial on it to set the sensitivity for the plugs that are controlled. playing with that, you should be able to get the right setting so the monitors power back up |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: yaksplat on June 20, 2012, 12:54:50 pm ---Any monitor with a latching power switch will stay on. Other than that i don't know of a certain way to know if a monitor will come back on after a power off. --- End quote --- If the monitor will not power on automatically, this approach should work. Disclaimer: Never tried it with the tv/monitor plugged into a smart strip slave outlet. You'll need a DPST momentary pushbutton. (green) Wire (red) the two individual sides in parallel with the power switches on the TV and computer. Scott |
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