@Astan If you really want to turn your monitor on and off, you should probably try pyserial are pyparrallel(http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/pyparallel.html), along with a solid state relay. That worked for me on linux not sure about windowXP,but it should work.
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Astan Chee <astan.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to turn off my monitor, pause and then turn it on again. > I'm doing this in python 2.6 and windows xp. Here is my script so far > (that doesn't work): > > import time > import win32gui > import win32con > import win32api > > def turnOffMonitor(): > SC_MONITORPOWER = 0xF170 > win32gui.SendMessage(win32con.HWND_BROADCAST, > win32con.WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, 2) > > def turnOnMonitor(): > SC_MONITORPOWER = 0xF170 > win32gui.SendMessage(win32con.HWND_BROADCAST, > win32con.WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, -1) > > if __name__ == "__main__": > turnOffMonitor() > time.sleep(5) > turnOnMonitor() > > For some reason, the script doesn't turn the monitor back on. What am > I doing wrong here or are there any other alternative? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Regards Leotis Buchanan
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