I have a triple monitor setup, which are positioned next to each other. The far right monitor is my main monitor for Windows. The middle monitor receives 2 sources, one of the PC's and one PlayStation. The left one, like the right one, only receives the pc.
about the topic:
As I said, I use the middle monitor to play my PlayStation games, the left and right monitors for Discord and Spotify. I also sometimes use all three monitors for Windows only.
To the question:
If I use the middle monitor for the Playstation and the two next to it for Windows, then I want Windows to recognize this, so that it automatically fires only the far left and the far right monitor and the one in the middle should not get any reception there this is received by the PlayStation. But if I turn off the PlayStation and change the source of the middle monitor to that of Windows, then I want Windows to recognize it again, so that Windows switches the middle monitor to the middle of the two monitors.
It should be said that I do not want to always plug and unplug cables. Is there a solution for this automation?
Most of the things can be done with the "display fusion" program. The one with the switch has to be m.M.n. Solve differently, there are various A / B switches. Then press it and then switch from signal A to B and when you press again from B to A. So wire everything up and then just press the button when changing.
There's no interface to switch the signal source of a monitor via software.
Not even with DisplayFusion?
I would then do the switch with a hotkey on my keyboard… But maybe you could explain to me again how DisplayFusion works. I would buy the program on Steam.
https://www.displayfusion.com/
DisplayFusion only manages the output of the PC to monitors.
This program also has no influence on the internal functions of the monitor electronics.
This is not possible with the hotkey, this is a physical switch that has to be pressed, you can't switch via software, there are switchers that also have a USB port and can then be disturbed via software.
In this case, display fusion is used to set up profiles that can then be switched using a hotkey or, ideally, automatically recognized. So that you have 2 layouts, depending on whether 2 or 3 monitors are active then you can switch. From there I recommend displayfusion anyway for a multimonitor setup whether it helps you with the problem exactly or not.