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HDMI Monitor

A Node object whose type is HDMI_MONITOR. This object is only available on receiver devices.

info

This node type is included in the response to a get edid command (in addition to get settings). However, in the response to a get edid command, the returned node only contains the status member.

Configuration

None

Status

HdmiMonitorNodeStatus
{
"connected" : Boolean,
"edid" : String
}
Member nameTypeDescription
connectedBooleanWhether there is actually a connected monitor (HPD, Hot-Plug Detect)

Note: This member is included in the response of both the get edid and get settings command.
edidStringEDID of the connected monitor. The format of this member is a hexadecimal string with a length of 512 characters (which represents 256 bytes of data). If no monitor is connected (see connected member), this member contains an empty string.

Note: This member is not included in the response of a get settings command.

Inputs

Input nameConfigurableDescription
mainNoHDMI encoder which sends video to this monitor.

Example

As returned by get device:

{
"type" : "HDMI_MONITOR",
"index" : 0,
"configuration" : {},
"status" : {
"connected" : true,
"edid" : "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"
},
"inputs" : [
{
"name" : "main",
"index" : 0,
"configuration" : {},
"status" : {
"source" : {
"ref_class" : "NODE",
"ref_type" : "HDMI_ENCODER",
"ref_index" : 0
}
}
}
]
}