Start TV from command line with CEC?

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Hi there,

I was just wondering if there’s a way to start my TV via the shell with the help of CEC? Plex is able to launch the TV if I put it on, so some kind of library or something exists…

Any help appreciated.
Regards,
Chris.

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@SolykZ said:
Hi there,

I was just wondering if there’s a way to start my TV via the shell with the help of CEC? Plex is able to launch the TV if I put it on, so some kind of library or something exists…

Any help appreciated.
Regards,
Chris.

You need to change the CEC settings in Preferences.

Regards

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@NedtheNerd said:
You need to change the CEC settings in Preferences.
Regards

Hello,

Could you please tell me where, in the CEC settings, I would be able to start my TV by command line? Some screenshots or something, maybe? All I see there is GUI related.

Regards,
Chris.

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@SolykZ said:
Could you please tell me where, in the CEC settings, I would be able to start my TV by command line? Some screenshots or something, maybe? All I see there is GUI related.

Regards,
Chris.

Sorry misunderstood.

Try:

 echo "on 0" | cec-client -s

To put TV in standby use:

 echo 'standby 0' | cec-client -s

Regards

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@NedtheNerd said:
Sorry misunderstood.
Try:
echo “on 0” | cec-client -s
To put TV in standby use:
echo ‘standby 0’ | cec-client -s
Regards

Okay, that’s a total answer. It works like a charm for the power on. Thank you! :slight_smile:
(I tried the standby as well but it didn’t worked, which is, in my case, not a real issue.)

Could you tell me if these commands were documented and where? I’m curious to know all the possibilities about this.

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I’m sure they are documented somewhere, theses came out of my head, been using them for years.

Regards