I want to use a KVM switch with a few computers but I notice that I'm not able to use VCP commands to control it the way I can when the montior is plugged into the computer directly. For example, when it is plugged in directly, I can use Nirsoft ControlMyMonitor to see various information:
and I can also use it to control the monitor in various ways (put it into sleep mode, change the brightness, switch inputs, etc.)
However, when I use an HDMI KVM between the graphics card and the monitor, I'm no longer able to access the monitor:
I frequently need to toggle the monitors between sleep mode and being powered on, which I was able to write an Autohotkey script to automate by using the command line interface for ControlMyMonitor.
However, it no longer works once I use the KVM for the reason specified above.
Is there any way I can still programmatically control the monitor when I'm using the KVM? Or am I completely out of luck?
