Display Control is used to allow a supported device running the Rise Vision software to use Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) to control the power state of a connected screen. Once configured, Rise Vision can automatically turn the screen on and off based on whether there is content to play.
There are two parts to the configuration of CEC for your device: the first is the configuration on risevision.com, and the second is the configuration on your supported device.
Display Control supports most but not all brands of TVs. To make sure your TV is compatible with the underlying tech, check this resource from Pulse Eight.
Table of Contents
- Enabling CEC in your Rise Vision account
- Setting up CEC on the Rise Vision Hardware as a Service Media Player
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Setting up CEC on your own device
- Before you begin
- Operating System-specific configurations - How it works / Next steps
Enabling CEC in your Rise Vision account
Each display must be configured in the Rise Vision app before it can use CEC. The easiest way to do this is to log into your account at risevision.com and click on the Displays tab.
To activate this CEC setting on several displays, select the desired displays, and within the “Actions” drop-down, choose “Enable Display Control”.
This setting can also be changed within an individual display’s setting. Scroll down the menu on the left-hand side and toggle the “Display control” to ON. Make sure to save this change.
After saving the change, click on the “Actions” drop-down and choose “Restart Rise Player” to have all the displays restart and update.
You can disable this setting by selecting the action “Disable Display Control” or within an individual display toggle the “Display control” setting to OFF.
Setting up CEC on the Rise Vision Hardware as a Service Media Player
The Rise Vision HaaS Media Player has one enabled HDMI-CEC port which should be preconfigured to use with CEC. The only thing you need to do is connect your HDMI cable to the correct port.
There are 2 HDMI ports on the back of the Rise Vision HaaS Media Player. The HDMI port to use is the rightmost one when facing the ports, which is labeled HDMI 2.0 in the following diagram:
Here is a photo of a connected device for some additional reference:
The Rise Vision HaaS Media Player includes an RS-232 serial port option that can be used with CEC.
To enable the RS-232 toggle the "Display Control" option to ON and select the RS-232 option. (Note: This option is only available on the Rise Vision Media Player.)
Once selected, a prompt will appear to configure the serial port settings.
If you encounter any issues with the serial configuration, please contact our support team at Support@risevision.com.
Setting up CEC on your own device
Before you begin:
Two things are required on a device to use Display Control:
- An enabled HDMI-CEC port.
- A supported Operating System.
Supported operating systems are:
- Ubuntu 18.04 or newer
- Windows 10 or newer
- Raspberry Pi OS
Some devices, like Intel NUCs, have support for CEC but don't have a builtin HDMI-CEC port. You may need to install an adapter to use CEC on these devices. Here's a link to Pulse Eight's NUC adapter.
Operating System-specific configurations:
On Ubuntu, install cec-utils using the following command:
sudo apt-get install cec-utils
On Windows, Install the libCEC drivers for Windows which can be downloaded from the Pulse Eight.
Raspberry Pi OS has native support for libCEC and does not require any additional configuration.
How it works / Next steps
Now that your displays are configured for CEC, the power state of their connected screens will be controlled by their Rise Vision schedules. The screen will be powered on only within the schedule timeline, and only if there is also playlist content to show. The rest of the time, your display will be powered off.
You can find out more about setting up schedules by following this related article.