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Set-MonitorInputSource - wraps around the ControlMyMonitor.exe
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function Set-MonitorInputSource { | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Helper function to set the monitor state. | |
.EXAMPLE Switch to HDMI | |
Set-MonitorInputSource -InputSource HDMI | |
.EXAMPLE Switch to DisplayPort | |
Set-MonitorInputSource -InputSource DisplayPort | |
.EXAMPLE Switch to DisplayPort for monitor 1 and monitor 2 | |
Set-MonitorInputSource -InputSource DisplayPort -Monitor 1 | |
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 300 | |
Set-MonitorInputSource -InputSource DisplayPort -Monitor 2 | |
.NOTES | |
# https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/control_my_monitor.html | |
# https://johnstonsoftwaresolutions.com/2019/02/09/tip-switch-monitor-inputs-with-command-line/ | |
#> | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
param( | |
[parameter(Mandatory = $true)] | |
[ValidateSet('HDMI', 'DisplayPort')] | |
[string]$InputSource, | |
[ValidateSet('1', '2')] | |
[string]$Monitor = '1', | |
[string]$ExePath = "$env:AppData\ControlMyMonitor.exe" | |
) | |
if (Test-Path $ExePath) { | |
$monitorHash = @{ | |
'1' = @{ | |
Name = '\\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0' | |
InputSourceHash = @{ | |
'DisplayPort' = 15 | |
'HDMI' = 17 | |
} | |
} | |
'2' = @{ | |
Name = '\\.\DISPLAY2\Monitor0' | |
InputSourceHash = @{ | |
'DisplayPort' = 15 | |
'HDMI' = 17 | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
[string]$ExePath = "$env:AppData\ControlMyMonitor.exe" | |
$argList = @( | |
'/SetValueIfNeeded' | |
$monitorHash[$Monitor].Name | |
'60' | |
$monitorHash[$Monitor].InputSourceHash[$InputSource] | |
) | |
Start-Process -FilePath $ExePath -ArgumentList $argList -Wait | |
} else { | |
Write-Warning "Unable to locate ControlMyMonitor.exe at: [$ExePath]" | |
} | |
} |
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