The cheap TCL/RokuTVs seem to powerdown automatically at idle which makes things quite annoying if attached to a PC or HTPC.
Majority of GPUs do not support CEC and units like the Pulse Eight HDMI-CEC USB adapter are $50 just to turn a TV on and Off
Luckily the RokuAPI (External Control Protocol (ECP) allows us to do this for free
This is setup on windows but extremely easy to setup on Linux/MacOS as well.
Grab IP address of RokuTV (static IP recommended)
Modify poweron-tv.bat with IP address. Example:
curl -d '' "http://<IPADDRESS>:8060/keypress/powerOn"
Modify poweroff-tv.bat with IP address. Example:
curl -d '' "http://<IPADDRESS>:8060/keypress/powerOff"
Press Windows + R, and type “taskschd.msc“ to open Task Scheduler. Select "Create Task"
Name the task whatever you want. I named it poweron-tv & poweroff-tv. make sure to select "Run whether user is logged on or not"
Go to "Triggers" tab and select "New"
Add the following for poweron-tv:
Add the following for poweroff-tv:
Go to "Actions" tab > New. Action = Start a program. Program/Script is the on/off .bat file.
That's it. TV will now PowerOff at lock screen/idle and Power On at startup/unlock