# Scrcpy

**URL:** <https://community.aphhive.org/t/scrcpy/1865>\
**Category:** Monarch\
**Created:** [August 20, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/scrcpy/1865 "2024-08-20T15:35:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jerry.hillyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@jerry.hillyer](https://community.aphhive.org/u/jerry.hillyer)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/scrcpy/1865/1 "2024-08-20T15:35:26Z")

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Hi. This should be my third post. I’m a little behind due to some unexpected issues with my wife’s health. This means that I haven’t had much time to work with my Monarch over the summer and, again, I’m behind.

Anyhow…I’m trying to use the SCRCPY feature so I can project the Monarch onto my laptop and I don’t seem to be able to make that happen any longer. Was there an update that prohibits this now or did I forget? Or is there a new trick I need to learn?

Any help here would be fantastic.

Jerry

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**Author:** ![jschwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jschwartz](https://community.aphhive.org/u/jschwartz)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/scrcpy/1865/2 "2024-08-21T17:11:00Z")

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Hi Jerry, good to have you back! I hope your wife’s health concerns have been resolved. As we had discussed in training, SCRPY is a development tool and is no longer supported. The best way to get visual access to your Monarch is to connect it to a monitor via the HDMI port. Any monitor with HDMI capabilities should work and is essentially “plug-and-play”, meaning, your Monarch should display with no added commands. Hope this helps you get connected. -jeff

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**Author:** ![jerry.hillyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@jerry.hillyer](https://community.aphhive.org/u/jerry.hillyer)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/scrcpy/1865/3 "2024-08-22T12:52:05Z")

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Thanks. I had forgotten all about the use of HDMI. I will work on that and hopefully get back to business. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![jerry.hillyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@jerry.hillyer](https://community.aphhive.org/u/jerry.hillyer)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/scrcpy/1865/4 "2024-08-23T16:27:39Z")

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So, I have plugged the HDMI cable into the Monarch and I have plugged the HDMI cable at the other end into the HDMI port on my laptop. I got nothing. Do I need a different sort of cable? Do I have to set it up to use the laptop screen? Sorry, I am simply illiterate when it comes to this stuff and I don’t want to break anything.

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**Author:** ![jschwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jschwartz](https://community.aphhive.org/u/jschwartz)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/scrcpy/1865/5 "2024-08-23T20:38:43Z")

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Hi Jerry. Perhaps I wasn’t clear. At this time, you can no longer use your computer as a monitor. You will need to use a separate monitor with an HDMI port. There are plans for screen casting in the future, but I do not have a timeline.

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**Author:** ![adresselhaus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.aphhive.org/adresselhaus/32/97_2.png) [@adresselhaus](https://community.aphhive.org/u/adresselhaus)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.aphhive.org/t/scrcpy/1865/6 "2024-09-17T17:41:55Z")

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