philchillbill wrote: > @staresy runs two locations/servers on Win10, having followed the > instructions at > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026268/windows-10-change-startup-apps > and using Python for the updater script (not sure if manually or somehow > linked to the ngrok startup). Maybe he can pitch in?
Indeed I do! I run x2 Win 10 LMS 8.0 servers, using ngrok (free version) with auto-update via the Python script. I tried the Perl version 1st but had some trouble getting it to run so used the Python version which worked 1st time after I had installed all the libraries and with some help from PhilChill (thanks!). It all works very well. The trick to running the auto-update in Windows is to run a couple of batch files from the Windows start-up shell. The 1st batch file points to the relevant directory containing the ngrok and auto-update script. This file then goes on to run ngrok to open the tunnel and call a second file to run the updater script. This may seem a bit long winded (ie. why x2 batch files?) but the answer is that ngrok has to run first to establish the tunnel before updater can run, the problem is running ngrok from a batch file stops the batch file running (meaning you can't then run the updater script). So the solution is to call a 2nd batch file which calls a short delay (to let the tunnel get established) and then runs the updater script. It works fine, if you can think of a more elegant solution, let me know! Example batch files below: Batch File 1 (call this from the start-up shell): cd/ CD C:\Google Drive\LMS Stuff\ngrok start /min batch2.bat ngrok start -region=eu server name Batch File 2 (called from batch file 1 above): cd/ cd C:\Google Drive\LMS Stuff\ngrok timeout 5 updater.py Adjust the timeout to the minimum to allow the ngrok tunnel to reliably get up and running. Hope that helps. location 1: lms 8.0 on win 10 brix server, x2 sb radios, x1 touch, x1 controller : location 2: lms 8.0 on win 10 brix server, x2 sb radios, x1 duet receiver, x1 controller : alexa mediaserver smart skill, material android, squeezelitex control ------------------------------------------------------------------------ staresy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=807 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111016 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
