First of all, thanks to all who threw in their two-cents worth on this.
After trying some of the ideas, and then a few of my own, I got this to work - pretty much. Environment: Windows XP Pro, with a two-year old HP PC that has good power management options. Action #1: Disabling the Clock Screensaver had no affect on the problem. The Squeezebox still re-awakened the PC seconds after going into standby. Action #2: The device manager for my network card (Realtek Fast Ethernet NIC) had some fairly confusing settings for Wake on LAN functions, but by checking the box "Only allow management stations to bring the computer out of standby," I got the results I was hoping for. The computer would enter Standby mode as planned, and would not wake up until I pressed a key on the Squeezebox remote. If music was playing, the system would not enter Standby mode until the music stopped. Success! An aside here - For testing purposes, I had the Standby Mode timer set to a minute, which worked great except the computer would go into Standby while the music was still playing. I finally figured out it was because enough music was being buffered ahead that Squeezebox wasn't asking for more before the timer expired. (FLAC files) I upped it to 2 minutes and cured the problem. Action #3: I'm halfway there. The PC will enter standby after the music stops playing and wake up when I press a Squeezebox remote button, but the Squeezebox alarm function won't work. Presumably the alarm is controlled by Slim Server, which is peacefully slumbering in Standby. I cured this by setting a Scheduled Task in Windows to wake up an hour or so before the alarm is set to fire. (My Standby mode is set at 2 hours.) Sure enough, the PC wakes up and the alarm fires as scheduled and Slim Server begins playing. Unfortunately, the fact that Slim Server is playing doesn't necessarily mean any music is coming out. After being in Standby, SS occasinally seems to forget where the volume is set, which means it's either muted completely or so low I can't hear it. Touching the volume button on the remote immediately cures the problem - assuming I'm awake. Other than this niggly problem, however, everything works exactly as I hoped. When I'm not using it, my PC now draws 3 watts instead of 100, and tomorrow morning I'll feel like an environmental giant - if I'm awake. Cheers - Mike -- Mike New ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike New's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33678 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
