DisplayFusion RSS: Monitors sleep on timer https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5 DisplayFusion RSS: Monitors sleep on timer Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:08:49 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5 RE: Monitors sleep on timer https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#8 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:12:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#8 DisplayFusion Thanks! I still haven't had any luck getting that to happen here. Do you have another computer that you can test this on to see if you run into the same issue with it as well? ]]> RE: Monitors sleep on timer https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#7 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:15:42 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#7 DisplayFusion Here's the video. Basically, as soon as I toggle the fading, it starts to go crazy. This continues until I toggle the fading back off.

The connected screens for digital signage behave the same way. I've tried closing other programs and the only thing that allows the fade to work properly is closing VLC. ]]> RE: Monitors sleep on timer https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#6 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:52:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#6 DisplayFusion Thanks! I'm not seeing anything out of the ordinary in the log. Any chance you could record a video of it so I can see what it looks like? When I play a video full screen in VLC here I don't get any flickering with Monitor Fading enabled. ]]> RE: Monitors sleep on timer https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#5 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:25:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#5 DisplayFusion Thanks for the schedule help. Attached is the debug file you asked about. Manually toggled the monitor fading at 3:02 and 3:05, both recreated the spastic flicker effect. ]]> RE: Monitors sleep on timer https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#4 Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:30:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#4 DisplayFusion Make sure to choose New Task and not New Basic Task when creating it. That will allow you to put in the program and arguments separately.

Program: C:\Program Files (x86)\DisplayFusion\DisplayFusionCommand.exe
Arguments: -functionrun "Toggle Monitor Fading"

For the flickering, could you send me a debug log?

  • On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal" and click Apply
  • Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
  • Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
  • Reply with the file attached
  • Disable debug logging after sending the log
]]> RE: Monitors sleep on timer https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#3 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 19:40:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#3 DisplayFusion
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C:\Program Files (x86)\DisplayFusion\DisplayFusionCommand.exe -functionrun "Toggle Monitor Fading"


Pardon my ignorance, but when using this script, windows scheduler wants to make "C:\Program" the task and everything else an argument. I'm a noob when it comes to task scheduler..

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For the issue with it flickering while VLC is running, can you try enabling the "Ignore Full Screen" option in the Settings > Advanced Settings window?


Still getting the flicker when I adjust this setting ]]> RE: Monitors sleep on timer https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#2 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:44:06 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5#2 DisplayFusion You could use Windows Scheduled Tasks to enable/disable the fading. Create tasks for 8am and 9pm that run this command:

C:\Program Files (x86)\DisplayFusion\DisplayFusionCommand.exe -functionrun "Toggle Monitor Fading"

For the issue with it flickering while VLC is running, can you try enabling the "Ignore Full Screen" option in the Settings > Advanced Settings window? ]]> Monitors sleep on timer https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:34:50 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitors-sleep-on-timer/?ID=cfde3931-755c-4a8f-8da3-89a4046026c5 DisplayFusion We use DisplayFusion to run digital signage at our venue on Peerless AV monitors. We have two monitors looping static signs and one playing a video in VLC. Our new monitors do not have a built in timer, which is what we used previously.

We'd like to have Displayfusion sleep/wake those external monitors on a timer. Say sleep at 9pm and wake at 8am with our operational hours. I've looked at the fade displays option, but it seems to lack a timer, and the VLC video seems to break this anyway. With the video off, fade darkens the monitors appropriately, but with the video playing the displays look like they're having a seizure.

Thanks! ]]>