Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Just want to say thanks once in a while for the maintenance-free plug-in. :-) scaleo home server 2105 | logitech media server 7.7.3 - 1355443035 | server power control 20120427.163654 | transporter duet boom radio | rotel rc-995 rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
No idea, sorry. I am not using that plug-in. Isn't it a Windows thing? And even though I am running LMS on a Windows machine, it works well without. mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
You could only suspend your server if you switch to mysqueezenetwork.com, first. But if you do, the plug-in will hibernate the server for you. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.6.2 - r33310 | server power control 20110601.120532 | transporter duet boom radio | rotel rc-995 rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Thank you, Gordon, for your great work. This is actually the only plug-in I am using, and you even custom-tailored it to my needs more than once. It makes using my SqueezeboxServer a smooth and carefree experience (and has always been friendly to this user), and I don't want to miss it. I completely understand your reasons for discontinuing support, and I hope the server code will stay stable enough for as long as possible, so compatibility issues won't arise for yet a long time. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.6.1 - r32935 | server power control 20110601.120532 | transporter duet boom radio | rotel rc-995 rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Ah, all right. It is okay for the server to wake at that point in time, because it is running already. Thanks for your help. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.4 - r32150 | server power control 20110322.213539 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;620411 Wrote: It was a bug that was causing SCPowerTool to be executed twice for each alarm. ... That out to get rid of SCPowerTool.exe instances that are are left running if you wake your machine before the scheduled alarm.Which alarm? I don't have any alarms. Why is SCPowerTool.exe started when there aren't any alarms? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.4 - r32150 | server power control 20110322.213539 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;620498 Wrote: if you're using the EOD feature, the EOD start time counts as an alarm too.I am using the EOD feature. Does that mean SPC will wake my server at the end of day? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.4 - r32150 | server power control 20110322.213539 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;620498 Wrote: Let me know If SCPowerTool is still being launched even though none of the above are true.It is still happening. I have configured the command -Push Players- as -cli://srvrpowerctrl setwakealarmsrvrpowerctrl pushtoas- and have configured it as the action for both monitors. There are no alarms on mysqueezebox or on my SBS. When I select -Push Players- from the menu , SCPowerTool is launched. Is what you say only true if the players idle out, and when I pick an action from the menu, the wake alarm is scheduled, no matter what? I attached my settings and the log. +---+ |Filename: srvrpowerctrl.zip| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11578| +---+ -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.4 - r32150 | server power control 20110322.213539 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Sorry for being so talkative. I just let the SBS idle out, but still the SCPowerTool was launched. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.4 - r32150 | server power control 20110322.213539 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Dreaded time zones. I'll test tonight. Thanks for your dedication. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20110315.125752 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Thanks a lot. It just went from nothing works at all to perfect. What about the srvrpowerctrl setwakealarm CLI command? Is that what sets the wake timer in case there is an alarm? Could it be that a wake timer is also set if there aren't any alarms, or is that the spurious bug you fixed? Those SCPowerTool.exe instances seem to interfere with smooth operations. I upgraded my SBS to 7.5.4 (because it kept up- and downgrading my SBR software) and witnessed how the SBS service kept crashing until I stopped all SCPowerTool processes. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.4 - r32150 | server power control 20110322.213539 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
From the advanced settings menu, you can enable audio playback which turns the controller into a player. (That's what the headphone jack is for. ;-) -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.4 - r32150 | server power control 20110322.213539 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;619769 Wrote: That's because you haven't checked Power-off attached players when shutting down? in the SrvrPowerCtrl settings Command Tweaks section.No, that option is checked. Could it be that it doesn't get triggered when I use the menu to push the players? gharris999;619769 Wrote: Since you aren't actually using SrvrPowerCtrl to suspend your machine, I think you should modify your approach. Rather than having the System Idle Monitor use the Suspend to www.mysqueezebox.com action at idle-expiration..having substituted a blank command for the suspend command...I think instead that you should create a custom command: Label: Push Players Command: cli://srvrpowerctrl setwakealarmsrvrpowerctrl pushtoas ..and then use Push Players as your 'on idle' action.I'll try that. gharris999;619769 Wrote: you do have push all checked in the settings, don't you?Yes. gharris999;619812 Wrote: Ok, I've posted a new version.Thank you. I'll try it. Maybe that will fix the problem with not powering down the players, too. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20110315.125752 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
No. Round-trip is 14 ms. But my problem is with powering them down on the local server, not on mysqueezebox. The current version doesn't do anything, not even push the players. I had some trouble getting everything to work again after the update. I rebooted the server and all boxes before they were able to connect. Could my settings be broken? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20110315.125752 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
\SCPowerTool.exe --wakeup=1300914180 -q
--log=C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All
Users\Anwendungsdaten\Squeezebox\Logs\srvrpowerctrl.log
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0404] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::SystemExecCmd (751)
Command: cmd /C start /B %ProgramFiles%\SqueezeboxHelpers\SCPowerTool.exe
--wakeup=1300914180 -q --log=C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All
Users\Anwendungsdaten\Squeezebox\Logs\srvrpowerctrl.log returned 0
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0414] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::CLIExecCmd (705)
results == { _wakealarm = wakealarm:1300914180 }
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0422] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::CLIExecCmd (701)
Receiver requesting command: no id srvrpowerctrl pushtoas
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0444] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::CLI::pluginCLI (356)
pluginCLI request == bless({
_cb_args = undef,
_cb_enable= 1,
_cb_func = undef,
_clientid = undef,
_func = sub { ??? },
_isQuery = 0,
_langoverride = undef,
_needClient = 0,
_params = {
_action = pushtoas,
_fromjive = undef,
_message = undef,
_switchclient = undef,
},
_request = [srvrpowerctrl],
_requeststr = srvrpowerctrl,
_results = {},
_status = 1,
_useixhash= 0,
}, Slim::Control::Request)
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0452] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Plugin::prepareAction (297)
Timer # EV::Timer=SCALAR(0x84d35ac) created. Action pushtoas is pending in 0
seconds..
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0473] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Plugin::prepareAction (300)
Pending Action: {
action = pushtoas,
actionid = 512,
cancelwait = 0,
checkblock = 0,
cmdwait = 1,
command = sub { ??? },
dispblock= 1,
exeTime = 1300838013,
getcommandargcoderef = undef,
isSleepDefered = 0,
menuindex= -1,
menutext = ,
message = Pushing players to Alternate Server,
messagedone = Players pushed to Alternate Server,
poweroffplayers = 0,
push2as = 0,
refreshwait = 1,
setrtcwakeup = on,
stopsc = 0,
}
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0482] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::CLIExecCmd (705)
results == { _action = pushtoas in 0 seconds.\n }
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0498] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Alarms::SetRTCWakeup (367)
SetRTCWakeForAlarm called..
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0505] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Alarms::GetNextAlarm (250)
No alarms pending..
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0512] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Alarms::GetRTCWakeupTime
(325) Rescan scheduled for 1300914300 == 03.23.11 22:05 will be used as next
alarm time..
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0518] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Alarms::SetRTCWakeup (398)
Setting system wakeup for 1300914180 -- 2011-03-23 22:03:00
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0526] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::SystemExecCmd (727) 1
commands: cmd /C start /B %ProgramFiles%\SqueezeboxHelpers\SCPowerTool.exe
--wakeup=%d -q --log=C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All
Users\Anwendungsdaten\Squeezebox\Logs\srvrpowerctrl.log
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0556] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::SystemExecCmd (740) no
modelName: no name executing command: cmd /C start /B
%ProgramFiles%\SqueezeboxHelpers\SCPowerTool.exe --wakeup=1300914180 -q
--log=C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All
Users\Anwendungsdaten\Squeezebox\Logs\srvrpowerctrl.log
[11-03-23 00:53:33.0760] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::SystemExecCmd (751)
Command: cmd /C start /B %ProgramFiles%\SqueezeboxHelpers\SCPowerTool.exe
--wakeup=1300914180 -q --log=C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All
Users\Anwendungsdaten\Squeezebox\Logs\srvrpowerctrl.log returned 0
[11-03-23 00:53:34.0154] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::__ANON__ (810) Command
is a coderef!
[11-03-23 00:53:34.0161] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::AltServer::PushToAltServer
(176) client == no modelName::no model::'no name'--no id
[11-03-23 00:53:34.0171] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::AltServer::SaveSyncGroups
(337) Saving syncgroups: undef
[11-03-23 00:53:34.0180] Slim::Utils::Timers::__ANON__ (258) Error: Timer
failed: Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at C:\Dokumente und
Einstellungen\All
Users\Anwendungsdaten\Squeezebox\Cache\InstalledPlugins/Plugins/SrvrPowerCtrl/AltServer.pm
line 341.
--
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'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 |
squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control
20110315.125752 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 |
rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
I had about 20 instances of SCPowerTool running. Rebooting the server ... -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20110315.125752 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
It is entirely broken, and re-setting the settings didn't help. Every time I request Push Players, two new instances of SCPowerTool.exe are started, but nothing else happens. The configuration web dialog sometimes isn't displayed properly, and I get funny duplicate entries in the SBC's Extras menu. I even tried re-installing SBS, but it didn't help. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20110315.125752 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;619552 Wrote: The code, as it currently stands performs two iterations. 1st, it powers off all locally attached players one by one. On the 2nd iteration, it pushes each player (again, one by one) onto the alternate server using $curclient-execute(['connect', $szAltServerIP]); Immediately after making the 'connect' request, the code then sets a timer for 15 + n seconds in the future. When the timer fires, the code sends a JSON request to the alt server requesting a [ $client_id, ['power', '0'] ]. As the code iterates through the player list, n is increased by 4 seconds for each player.In this case, it simply doesn't seem to work for the Boom. I'll unsync and test it again. gharris999;619552 Wrote: If you have the 'Alternate server delay time' in the SrvrPowerCtrl settings set too low, it's possible that the local server gets put to sleep before the timers fire.I am not using SPC to put my server to sleep. That is done automatically by my power manager 20 minutes after no network load can be detected, which is 5 minutes after SPC has pushed my players to mysqueezebox. gharris999;619552 Wrote: Do you mean a bug with SrvrPowerCtrl or with Squeezebox Server?I mean with SqueezeboxServer/mysqueezebox. There are some more funny things. In the current version, if I sync player 1 with player 2, I can't unsync player 2 from player 1. I always have to pick the player I originally sync'ed, which is not always what I want to do. This was different not too long ago. gharris999;619552 Wrote: If I could make it so that things went: unsync, power-off, push remote-power-off, sleep, wake, fetch, resync ..would you think that that would solve the problem?I actually want to avoid you to custom-build a solution for me. It wouldn't quite work that way because I don't fetch the players back when the server wakes. The server does more than just to play music, and fetching the players back for example when the backups start could be annoying. Unsyncing first would do the trick for me, though. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20110315.125752 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
mvordeme;619569 Wrote:
I'll unsync and test it again.Here are the results. It doesn't power off any
player, regardless of
whether they are synchronized or not. Only switching them off on the
alternate server works. I have no idea exactly what is the issue. Maybe
the server log can provide a clue?
Code:
[11-03-21 20:34:05.6408] main::init (323) Starting Squeezebox Server
(v7.5.3, r31792, Mon Jan 24 07:32:03 PST 2011) perl 5.01
[11-03-21 20:37:21.0158] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Watchdog::IdleWatchdog (250)
Activity history: 000 System is idle with 12 minutes left in the
idle countdown..
[11-03-21 20:38:11.8613]
Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Jive::jiveServerPowerControlMenu (91) Processing jive
reqest for action items..
[11-03-21 20:38:16.1601] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::CLI::pluginCLI (356)
pluginCLI request == bless({
_ae_callback = sub { ??? },
_cb_enable= 1,
_clientid = 00:04:20:16:f5:76,
_connectionid = 4a744808,
_func = sub { ??? },
_isQuery = 0,
_langoverride = undef,
_needClient = 0,
_params = {
_action = suspend2as,
_fromjive = 1,
_message = Suspending to Alternate Server,
_switchclient = undef,
},
_request = [srvrpowerctrl],
_requeststr = srvrpowerctrl,
_results = {},
_source = /4a744808/slim/request|244|,
_status = 1,
_useixhash= 0,
}, Slim::Control::Request)
[11-03-21 20:38:16.1613] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::DisplayPlayerMessage
(321) Not displaying message on Squeezebox Receiver: Receiver
[11-03-21 20:38:16.1620] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::DisplayPlayerMessage
(328) Skipping display on Squeezebox Receiver: Receiver
[11-03-21 20:38:16.1626] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Plugin::prepareAction (297)
Timer # EV::Timer=SCALAR(0x53a0d44) created. Action suspend2as is pending in 1
seconds..
[11-03-21 20:38:16.1649] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Plugin::prepareAction (300)
Pending Action: {
action = suspend2as,
actionid = 260,
cancelwait = 1,
checkblock = 1,
cmdwait = 30,
command = ,
dispblock= 1,
exeTime = 1300736297,
getcommandargcoderef = undef,
isSleepDefered = 0,
menuindex= 1,
menutext = Suspend to Alternate Server,
message = Suspending to Alternate Server,
messagedone = Server is suspended,
poweroffplayers = 0,
push2as = 1,
refreshwait = 30,
setrtcwakeup = 0,
stopsc = 0,
}
[11-03-21 20:38:17.0172] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::BlockPlayerMessage
(396) All Clients: Suspending to Alternate Server
[11-03-21 20:38:17.0197] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::AltServer::PushToAltServer
(176) client == Squeezebox Receiver::receiver::'Receiver'--00:04:20:16:f5:76
[11-03-21 20:38:17.0204] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::AltServer::PushToAltServer
(259) Attempting to push Receiver(Squeezebox Receiver)--00:04:20:16:f5:76 to
www.mysqueezebox.com..
[11-03-21 20:38:17.0216] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::AltServer::PushToAltServer
(266) Attempting to power-off Receiver
[11-03-21 20:38:17.0223] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Alarms::GetNextAlarm (232)
SN Boom next alarm time == 0..
[11-03-21 20:38:17.0228] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Alarms::GetNextAlarm (247)
No alarms pending..
[11-03-21 20:38:19.0165] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::SleepButton::mapKeyHold
(196) Skipping Squeezebox Receiver: Receiver
[11-03-21 20:38:20.0093] Slim::Web::JSONRPC::requestMethod (383) request not
dispatchable!
[11-03-21 20:38:20.0197] Slim::Web::JSONRPC::requestMethod (383) request not
dispatchable!
[11-03-21 20:38:20.0258] Slim::Web::JSONRPC::requestMethod (383) request not
dispatchable!
[11-03-21 20:38:20.0325] Slim::Web::JSONRPC::requestMethod (383) request not
dispatchable!
[11-03-21 20:38:20.0400] Slim::Web::JSONRPC::requestMethod (383) request not
dispatchable!
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
This line looks suspicious: Code: poweroffplayers = 0, -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20110315.125752 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
It doesn't work for me. My Boom is never powered off. Either the code doesn't work for Booms (unlikely) or synchronizing boxes gets in the way of your code. How do you do it? If you iterate through the attached boxes and power each one off before you push it to mysqueezebox, I could imagine that as soon as you push the first box, the other one is dragged along, and when you try to power it down it is no longer available. This could be fixed by iterating the boxes twice, powering them all down on the first pass, and only then pushing them to mysqueezebox. gharris999;618984 Wrote: What about SBS-Settings-mysqueezebox.com Integration: Enabled, keep player settings in sync | Disabled, do not keep player settings in sync. Does changing that to -Disabled- and then specifically un-syncing the players on mysqueezebox.com change the behavior?No. I have already switched it off. Every time a synchronized player is pushed back to mysqueezebox, the synchronization settings are carried over. After that has happened, it is difficult to get rid of the synchronization again, and yes, it includes unsynchronizing them locally and on mysqueezebox, but in my experience, you need to pick the same box you initiated the synchronization from. It is all rather messy. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20101130.112729 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Let me test it for a few days. Last night it didn't work as desired, and I have no idea why not. I fetched one box back from mysqueezebox, and when I started the music, the other box played it as well. Maybe I messed up the configuration. The main problem is with mysqueezebox and not with your software. I want those two boxes synchronized on my SqueezeboxServer, but I don't want them synchronized on mysqueezebox. So far, I haven't found a way of preventing the synchronization from being propagated to mysqueezebox. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20101130.112729 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;618086 Wrote: As it now stands with SrvrPowerCtrl, a player gets (optionally) turned off twice per action: once locally so that IRBlaster/PowerCenter actions can propagate, and then a 2nd time at the remote server.This is also great for another reason. When two players are synchronized, they are as well fetched back from mysqueezebox.com simultaneously (which I actually don't like). I have two players in adjoining rooms which I only want to synchronize in case I switch them both on. Since the SqueezeboxController and ServerPowerControl both can push a box to or fetch it from mysqueezebox.com regardless of power state, it sometimes happens that the box in the next room suddenly comes to life just because I fetched the other box back from mysqueezebox.com. If everything is always powered down properly, surprises like that should be prevented. Thanks a lot for your continuing work. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.3 - r31792 | server power control 20101130.112729 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Envy! -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.0 - r30464 | server power control 20100115.005818 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Currently there is no interaction at all between SPC and LightsOut. Apart from the things LightsOut is monitoring anyway like daily backups and hard disk activity, I have set it to monitor network activity of more than 8 KB/s. I have configured a timeout value of 20 minutes, so 20 minutes after I stop streaming any music, the server will hibernate. To make sure there is network load at all when I play music, I have switched all players to proxied streaming mode. Since I never suspend the server, I removed the suspend command from the SPC settings. Selecting suspend to mysqueezebox.com now only pushes all players to mysqueezebox.com. I have set up idle player monitoring with a timeout of 15 minutes and no not-idle command, so before the server hibernates, the players are pushed to mysqueezenetwork.com. Additionally I have configured an end-of-day action that pushes all players to mysqueezenetwork.com before my wireless network shuts itself down. So far it is working really well. Alternatively, I could create and remove a lock file with SPC and have LightsOut monitor that, but because SPC starts the grace period again immediately after it expires, I was concerned that LightsOut would not find the time to shut down the server. And I like the idea of keeping the server awake while data is being transferred, anyway. This way, I don't have to keep the server awake just because the odd notebook is powered up. It will simply not hibernate as long as data is being transferred. The only downside is that network monitoring (and file monitoring) are features of the licensed version, so I will have to pay 15 bucks when the trial period is over, but I was planning to donate, anyway. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.5.0 - r30464 | server power control 20100115.005818 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
mvordeme;504852 Wrote: I am not sure how many people are interested in this It looks like (the trial and licensed versions of) 'Lights Out 1.0' (http://addins.home-server-blog.de/verwaltung/lightsout/#en) for Windows Home Server can now monitor various sources to keep the server from hibernating. The easiest way to integrate Lights Out is to create a file when you want the server to stay awake and to remove that file when the server may hibernate or shut down. This can be done conveniently by configuring the required commands directly in the Server Power Control settings. I am going to install the new Lights Out and run a few tests, and then I'll post the commands.Took me some time because the old version was working so well and I didn't want to break it. I am now using ServerPowerControl solely for switching the players over to mysqueezebox.com. LightsOut 1.0 comes with network load monitoring. I set the threshold to 8 KB/s (= 64 KBit/s) and set all my players to proxied streaming, so SPC does not need to issue any not-idle commands at all. It works like a charm with the added benefit of other network operations being monitored as well. If you run your SqueezeboxServer from a WHS which you are using for other purposes as well, I recommend having a look at LightsOut. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.2 - r29756 | server power control 20100101.164543 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
That is correct. The tool is invoked from the plug-in. You must configure the plug-in such that it prevents Windows from hibernating the server as long as SBS is playing any music and to set all necessary alarms before allowing the server to go to sleep. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.2 - r29756 | server power control 20100101.164543 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
colincliff;522872 Wrote: Thanks for the reply. There must be something else stopping its sleeping after torrent downloads, i'll do some more experimentsIt used to depend on various settings, so maybe in your case it doesn't work. I think you may need to configure a not-idle command. You can watch the log to see what SPC is doing. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.2 - r29756 | server power control 20100101.164543 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
As far as I can see it does. If the server does not shut down immediately, it starts the grace interval again issuing the not-idle command. The shut-down command will be submitted periodically. I actually don't like this to happen, but in your case, it is probably going to help. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.2 - r29756 | server power control 20100101.164543 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
staresy;512153 Wrote: Hi, Is SvrPowerControl compatible with WHS running on an HP Media Smart Server? I've installed the plug-in and can view the config setting in the squeezecenter server, the bit I'm stuck on is I think I have to install scpowertool? I don't know where or how to install this on WHS? Can anyone advise? TaIf you cannot connect a terminal to your WHS you can open a remote desktop connection and log in as administrator. If you are interested in a complete power manager solution for WHS you can try 'Lights Out' (http://addins.home-server-blog.de/verwaltung/lightsout/#en). If you have Lights Out and you only want to keep your server awake while music is being played, you don't need SCPowerTool. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.2 - r29756 | server power control 20100101.164543 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
There is a typo in the latest beta's description. A -raidio- is a communications device originally invented by the Vikings to co-ordinate crews of multiple ships when pillaging foreign shores ... -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.2 - r29756 | server power control 20100101.164543 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
I am not sure how many people are interested in this at all, but alas ... It looks like (the trial and licensed versions of) 'Lights Out 1.0' (http://addins.home-server-blog.de/verwaltung/lightsout/#en) for Windows Home Server can now monitor various sources to keep the server from hibernating. The easiest way to integrate Lights Out is to create a file when you want the server to stay awake and to remove that file when the server may hibernate or shut down. This can be done conveniently by configuring the required commands directly in the Server Power Control settings. I am going to install the new Lights Out and run a few tests, and then I'll post the commands. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091215.121332 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
epoch1970;500874 Wrote: For me, it looks like SBS tries to restore the status of the SB3 player when it reconnects (playlist among other things), and does restore the last power state.This explains what I am experiencing, but there seems to be more to it. I have synchronized my Boom and my Dual on my server. In the past this meant that they would play the same music only if they were both powered on and connected to the server. With 7.4 whenever I fetch one of the two boxes from mysqueezenetwork.com, the other box is fetched as well and switched on, but the display still looks as if it was switched off. Very annoying. Is any of this fixed with 7.4.2? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091215.121332 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
mvordeme;493286 Wrote: It does not keep the server awake. I need to run a few tests to find out what exactly is wrong. I used to get Perl errors, but those seem to have disappeared.Several things had happened. The idle monitoring had been switched off for some reason, the service was running under the wrong user account, and SPC wasn't executing any of the configured commands. I first had to fix the service, and then I reset the SPC configuration. After that, SCPowerTool would work again, and finally, I was able to convince the server to execute my LightsOut integration script. I'll keep an eye on it, and if it looks like it is working satisfactorily, I will write a short manual and upload the script. I am going to modify the logging so the log output can be redirected as you did with SCPowerTool. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091129.121001 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;491983 Wrote: What do you guys think: should the 'on-idle' and 'not-idle' stuff be broken out of SrvrPowerCtrl and put into a separate plugin...something along the lines of the PreventStandby plugin for Windows?I actually like the way SrvrPowerCtrl currently works, but of course I have no idea what the design looks like, so I am sure you have a point. I use SrvrPowerCtrl to keep the Server awake as long as I play music and to switch all players over to SqueezeNetwork before the Server or the WLAN shut down. I would probably need both plugins if you broke the busy command out. In that case, I could as well use Alex' LightsOut plugin instead of your new one. gharris999;492146 Wrote: To explain to others who might be interested in what Epoch1970 is getting at here: One of the problems with trying to stick with using SqueezeCenter 7.3.4 is that every time you connect to SqueezeNetwork, your player's firmware asks to be updated. And every time you switch back to your local SqueezeCenter, the players claim to need yet another firmware update, or rather a down-date. Let's call this the -firmware shuffle-.Thanks for the explanation. I played the firmware shuffle several times a day, and I am back on 7.4. Now I am tempted to try the downgrade again. Do I understand this right? The players will actually run under the old software but they will think it is the latest one? By the way: Is the busy command supposed to work with 7.4.1 or is that something that is still broken? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091026.155305 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;493179 Wrote: The players actually run under the new firmware, but they play content from the old server. In other words, the new player firmware is actually backwards compatible with SC 7.3.4.That is bad. I need the old software on the Squeezebox Controller because the new Controller software is a train wreck. gharris999;493183 Wrote: What is the 'busy command'?The not-idle command. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091026.155305 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;493238 Wrote: Re old Controller firmware: I was speaking of PLAYER firmware...not the firmware for the SBC. I'm happily running 7.3 r6038 on my SBC right now. As long as you don't try to have the SBC interact with MySqueezebox.com, things will be just fine.Does that mean you must not use the Controller when connecting players to the SqueezeNetwork? gharris999;493238 Wrote: Re not-idle command: what doesn't work for you?It does not keep the server awake. I need to run a few tests to find out what exactly is wrong. I used to get Perl errors, but those seem to have disappeared. Maybe it is fixed but now my configuration is broken. After the firmware shuffle, my whole system has gone crazy. E.g. when I try to fetch my Receiver back from the SqueezeNetwork using the SqueezeCenter GUI, it actually fetches my Boom back. The Boom will start playing music from my server while still showing the SqueezeNetwork standby display. I may need to re-set all components, dump my server configuration and start over. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091026.155305 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;478978 Wrote: No, you didn't miss anything. You're just having better luck than some of the rest of us who can't get this to work at all.Now I am with you all in this. I tried to fix my other problem with the SBC not booting properly by switching off the audio playback feature of the SBC. If I now try to connect to my library while the server is hibernated I get a message telling me to install SqueezeCenter. I am going to give Mr. Richardson the log file he has been asking for, and then I will downgrade the server to 7.3.4. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091026.155305 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
I heard that with 7.3.4 you won't be prompted to upgrade to 7.4 even if you connect to the SqueezeNetwork. It might be worth a try. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091026.155305 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Yes it is. I always make sure by browsing my favourites (which for some unknown reason are not synchronized). I remember that in the beginning, it did not work. The first time I made it work I tried a few things, but I don't remember exactly what and in which order. I believe I tried to select the menu entry a second time and maybe I pressed the play button. From then on, it has been working. I will have to check the firmware version when I am back at home, but it should be the official one that comes with 7.4.1. I have a different problem with my SBC, though. If I leave it connected to itself (after I needed a Walkman around the house) when shutting it down, and I try to re-boot it the next day, it gets stuck and boots over and over again. I will then have to downgrade the firmware, after which it upgrades itself again. So, I am not so sure about having better luck ... -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091026.155305 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;478540 Wrote: Yes, but had you connected the SBR to mysqueezebox.com before your local server shutdown? That's the case where we seem to be running into trouble.I always connect everything to mysqueezebox.com before shutdown (Hibernate to SqueezeNetwork). Did I miss anything? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20091026.155305 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;477988 Wrote: Under 7.3.x, the SBC was capable of doing this. But this is yet another feature that's been removed from 7.4.x and from 7.5 to make way for all those groovy Apps. The SBC (and presumably the Radio and the Touch) just don't seem to have the ability to WOL a previously connected server as the SBC did with 7.3.x.This is funny. My SBC currently is a wreck because it won't boot without me downgrading and re-upgrading its firmware first, but after that, it will reliably wake my server when I connect to -My Music-. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;476722 Wrote: The only change that I made is that I packaged up the three windows utilites (SCPowerTool.exe, StartHidden.exe, SCCLITool.exe) yesterday in an installer exe that, by default, installs those three to the C:\Windows\System32 directory.I don't feel like that is the right location for those files. SCPowerTool.exe writes a log file in the same directory which means that I need to give the user running the server process write access to this central directory. I had been thinking about something like C:\ProgramFiles\SqueezecenterHelpers or rather %ProgramFiles%\SqueezecenterHelpers where I could also place my LightsOut script and which would be rather safe for any process to have write access to. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
mvordeme;478492 Wrote: Sorry, wrong test. I connected the SBC to the server, not the SBR. I will try that again, later.I just tested it again. The server also wakes up when I use the SBC to connect the SBR to -My Music-. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
I am not sure whether this has been announced anywhere: With the current software (7.4.1) I can connect the Squeezebox Controller to the SqueezeNetwork, so you can probably remove the exemption when connecting all players to it. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.1 - r28807 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
If you find the time: In the current version installed via the extension downloader, you did not include the fix for double quotes in the command strings. For the moment, I won't touch the settings, but it would be nice if I could see my current commands again. Thanks. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezebox server 7.4.0 | server power control 20090615.00 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Headphone Switcher for Squeezebox Duet
Thank you very much for this marvelous extension. I installed it last night and already had to use it twice, since. I need to create a BugZilla account anyway, so I am going to vote for that bug, but not tonight ... -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67139 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
mvordeme;452643 Wrote: It comes down to this: I shall restart SqueezeCenter with the alarm action disabled and see whether it will continue workingIt does, so now it should keep running reliably, but as far as I understand, you intended it to work differently. Do you require any configuration or log files from me? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
It comes down to this: - SquezeCenter is started with end of day and alarm actions enabled. SPC counts down the idle time and just before it sends the server to sleep it schedules a wake-up, although I have no alarms. - I switch off the alarm action, and no wake-up is scheduled at the end of the count-down, but after sending the server to bed, the watchdog starts issuing not-idle commands again. This is not such a big issue because LightsOut hibernates the server quickly enough after the idle action. The watchdog remains in this state even if I re-enable the alarm action. - I switch off the end of day action as well. This time, the watchdog goes to sleep after sending the server to bed. Unfortunately, it does not wake up again. Not when I resume playing music, not after the server wakes up from hibernation and not even if I re-enable the end of day command. I shall restart SqueezeCenter with the alarm action disabled and see whether it will continue working, but right now I am not feeling too well, so I call it a day. Cheers -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
LightsOut is completely free, but you probably won't have to install it at all. You just need to configure a hibernate command that does not hibernate your server. I'll be away, tonight, but maybe I find the time to repeat the tests, afterwards. Thanks for your support. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Our discussion is too long ago ... It started with this posting of mine and went on for quite some time. I will need to go back and have a look at how I can make it work consistently. I did already attach a log file, though. I am the guy who is using LightsOut, so the server does not hibernate at all as long as my notebook is powered up. WOL is working fine. It is only the watchdog that either keeps waking up again all the time or goes to sleep and never comes alive again. I was able to make it sort of work with a defined sequence of configuration changes, but I have forgotten. I will have a look at my old postings and try recreate that situation, so I can give you another log file. Cheers, -- mvordeme -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Is there any chance you will be able to sort out my problem? Have you been able to reproduce the behaviour? Currently, SPC works very unreliably for me. When SqueezeCenter is started, it will always schedule an alarm for one minute after it times out. Then I have to switch off the end of day action or alarm interaction (or both?) to stop that, but then it will not wake up again when I resume playing music. When I am lucky, I then manage to get it into a state where it repeats the idle timeout period and an idle command forever without scheduling a wake-up call by enabling those options once more, so it will actually work, but only until the server needs to be booted. Let me know if you need help with this. Thanks and regards, -- mvordeme -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
I does not work. The watchdog does not wake up again. Currently, everything is broken. WOL had disappeared from the SBC, Windows is running SqueezeCenter under a temporary user account so SC does not find my LightsOut script in the user profile directory, and the WHS console does not display the current value of the LightsOut action for some unknown reason. Microsoft sucks. My wife is complaining that the server is running all the time and my daughter wants me to play with her. I give up for today. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
mvordeme;437653 Wrote: I give up for today.Naah ... mvordeme;437653 Wrote: Windows is running SqueezeCenter under a temporary user accountI was able to fix this in the registry. Nevertheless, I don't get any closer to the source of the problem. I still have no EOD action configured and no wake-up on alarms. But while up to now, the watchdog would indeed go to sleep after the configured timeout and then fail to wake up again when I start to play music, it now has returned to the behaviour shown before. It goes to sleep and then wakes up only one minute later. I must admit that I changed one thing in the configuration. I suspect that trying to restart SqueezeCenter from the SBC butchered the Windows profile, so I unchecked -Include “Restart SqueezeCenter” as a menu option?-. If the watchdogs wakes up on its own the next time, I shall undo that change and see what happens. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
You may believe it or not. As soon as I add the restart option to the menu, the watchdogs goes to sleep after the timeout and does not wake up again - not even when I hibernate the server and start it up again. Here is my log file. Maybe you have an idea. +---+ |Filename: server-20090703.log | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7731| +---+ -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
guiness;437354 Wrote: How do I get my SB3 to find the executable?It is the SqueezeCenter that needs to find the executable. I have no idea about Vista, but you can simply supply the full path to SCPowerTool.exe, i.e. C:\Windows\system32\SCPowerTool.exe in SPC's settings. This way, you can put the executable just anywhere you like. Regards, -- mvordeme -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
mvordeme;437213 Wrote: I will let you know how well it works.I am disconsolate about the bad news I have to bear. Something still is not working. After the timeout, SPC creates a timer for the end of day action and hibernates the server. Everything looks fine, but one minute later the watchdog wakes up again and resumes barking. I attach the log file for you. Maybe you can see what is going wrong. I only set the log level to -Debug- after I noticed that something was not working as expected. +---+ |Filename: server-20090701.log | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7724| +---+ -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;437495 Wrote: Try your test with EOD turned off, any alarms disabled, auto rescan disabled. Let's eliminate extraneous stuff first.This is strange. I disabled the EOD action and the wake-up on alarms and the watchdog went to sleep as desired. Then I enabled EOD action and (a bit later) alarm wake-ups again, and the watchdog stayed asleep. Then I connected a Squeezebox to the SC and started playback, but the watchdog still stayed asleep. Something is not working. Is there anything I can try to get to the bottom of this? Thanks and regards, -- mvordeme -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090701.14 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;436900 Wrote: mvordme: I've posted a new snapshot that should do what you need it to do. Try: http://srvrpowerctrl.googlecode.com/svn/SrvrPowerCtrl_20090629.zipWow. This version was gone quicker than I could get hold of it. But I prefer the latest version, anyway, because ...gharris999;437149 Wrote: ==New settings option: Push players to SqueezeNetwork on external shutdown [X] This option allows players to be pushed to SqueezeNetwork when SqueezeCenter is stopped or the server is shutdown by an external cause, i.e. NOT by SrvrPowerCtrl. With this option set, an external shutdown event -- like shutting down the server by pressing its power button -- will send your players to SN this partially implements an idea of mine ...mvordeme;429982 Wrote: Last but not least I have been thinking about a new feature that could possibly be built onto your plug-in. Is there a way to know when the server is hibernated or shut down externally, e.g. by somebody pushing the power button? It would be nice if the players could be changed over to SN in that case, too. gharris999;437149 Wrote: This 'snapshot' version is not installable by the Extension Downloader, although I think you could manually install it OVER the released version.Yep. It is currently running. I will let you know how well it works. Thanks for the great work! -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090622.17 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;435227 Wrote: Have I got that right?Yes. I probably did not explain it detailed enough at first because I had been discussing the problem with Alex before, and we both already understood the requirements. gharris999;435227 Wrote: That should work for you, shouldn't it?Yes, perfectly. gharris999;435227 Wrote: Anyway, thank you for being patient with me and taking the time to explain exactly what it was that you needed.That is just my desire for harmony. I can't stand disaccord. :-) Thanks a lot for all the time you spend on this. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090622.17 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;434814 Wrote: Now, which post raises the next issue you'd like to see handled?I am really sorry if I am annoying you. I don't mean to. Maybe my limited English fails to convey what I am trying to express. I shall try once more. The old version of SPC without the not idle action would have been completely sufficient if not for one situation: I stop the playback while my PC is still running. SPC tells LO to hibernate, but LO waits for me to shut down the PC, first. After some time while the PC is still running, I decide to listen to some more music, but then I shut down my PC. LO will wait for the configured timeout and then hibernate the server while my SB is still playing music. This is what the not idle action fixes. It will tell LO not to hibernate the server once playback has resumed. gharris999;434814 Wrote: The only difference is that, in the second method, multiple idle-expired actions may be executed, potentially ad infinitum.I can see your point. It is functionally unnecessary to have the idle action repeated. It only gave me a feeling of confidence to see that it was repeated now and then. Just ignore what I have said. Maybe if you want to be really thorough, you could repeat it once - just to make sure. gharris999;434823 Wrote: Actually, yes...now that I think about it. This is a good idea...and a way to address any failure of the OnWakeupWatchdog to catch a system resume.This would be the preferred solution. It is the cleanest approach. The not idle action is performed whenever music is played - no matter what happened in the past. Just to make sure: I can live with the current solution. It works fine for me. It does not do what I would expect at one point, but that does not seem to be of importance in real life. Please don't get the impression that I am nagging about your plug-in. It is a great piece of software which helps me to save energy. Thanks for your support and your dedication. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090622.17 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;434525 Wrote: Remember that the not idle action is executed BOTH during music playback AND during the is idle countdown...i.e. your 15 minute idle time-out.I did not know that (and did not think about it). gharris999;434526 Wrote: I just posted a snapshot of the latest code, including the quote fix you requested and some clarity improvements in the debug messages. You can download it from: http://srvrpowerctrl.googlecode.com/svn/SrvrPowerCtrl_20090622.zipThanks a lot. You are really dedicated. :-) -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090615.00 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Okay. I think I know what happened. Since the firmware update (which was supposed to fix the connectivity issues of the SBC), my SBC suddenly has problems connecting. Sometimes it fails to connect to the SqueezeBox, sometimes to SqueezeNetwork and sometimes to the SqueezeCenter. It appears that when it is connected to SN and fails to connect to SC, it connects back to SN, and if you don't happen to watch the display when it gives up, you don't notice the failure. But this is a problem for another thread. It appears that last Sunday when I thought the SBR was connected to SC, it was actually connected to SN. The same thing happened again, today. So while I was listening to the SBR, SC was running the idle countdown. But because I was writing a reply in this thread at the time, the server did not hibernate when it was told to. So far so good. Now comes the unexpected bit. With the old version of SPC that I had modified, SPC would then repeat the hibernate command every idle timeout + 1 minutes as can be seen in the log: 7647 The current version of SPC starts to submit the not idle command again, immediately after the hibernate action: 7648 This is probably due to the fact that now, the not idle action is also being performed during the idle countdown. The question is whether this is desirable. The server only shuts down because LightsOut reacts quickly enough, and it only gets the chance to do so every idle timeout + 1 minutes. +---+ |Filename: server-20090623.log | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7648| +---+ -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090615.00 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Does the dog bark as well when I start playing music again before the server hibernates? This was the reason why the not idle command was needed in the first place. I actually liked the idea that the hibernate action was repeated occasionally, just in case someone else had been playing with the LightsOut configuration in the mean time. At the moment, I am not sure what I would expect from a generic watchdog, whether it should submit busy actions during the idle countdown and whether it should repeat the hibernate action or not. In the context of LightsOut, though, it would be nice if no busy actions were submitted during countdown and if the hibernate would occasionally be repeated. Maybe we should discuss this with the other potential beneficiaries of the new SPC features. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090622.17 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;434782 Wrote: The idle-watchdog would only get disabled at the expiration of the idle-timeout. Anytime between the last not-idle and idle-expire, if you start playing music, the idle-watchdog catches it. If there is significant lag time between sending the suspend/hibernation command and LightsOut actually putting the system to sleep...the idle-watchdog would be disabled and wouldn't hear any music playing and thus wouldn't catch it.That is bad. The only reason why I need the not idle action is that I may resume playing music before the server hibernates. Otherwise it would have been enough to issue the not idle action at wake-up and the hibernate action after the idle timeout. gharris999;434782 Wrote: Tell me more about how LightsOut works. What's the function of the not-idle message you're writing to the registry? How quickly does LightsOut react to the time to sleep message in the registry?LightsOut is an energy manager for WHS. I find it quite embarrassing that something like LightsOut is not included in the first place. LightsOut has a calendar where you can schedule up and down times, it will automatically wake the server during the configured backup window, but most importantly, it will keep the server running while any WHS clients are connected, and hibernate the system when after an idle timeout no clients are connected, no up time is scheduled and no backup is currently running. The only problem with LightsOut is that it does not recognize SqueezeCenter clients, so if all your PCs are shut down, it will hibernate the server even if you are currently playing music. The ideal way for SPC to interface with LightsOut would be to register as another client, so LO would not hibernate the server as long as SPC signals an active client. Unfortunately, there is no interface that allows registration of additional clients. The current workaround is to change the timeout action setting for LightsOut. In the LightsOut configuration, you can choose what to do when the server is no longer needed. You can do nothing, suspend, hibernate or shut down. This choice is stored in the registry and constantly monitored by LightsOut. The VB script I wrote changes this value, so when LightsOut wants to send the system to bed while there is still music being played, the configured action will be do nothing. As soon as SPC's idle timeout has been exceeded, the value will be changed to hibernate (or whatever else you choose to configure), and LightsOut appears to pick up the change pretty much instantly and send the server sleeping if there are no other known activities. gharris999;434782 Wrote: If LightsOut's reaction to the time to sleep message is configurable, then why not configure it to react as quickly as possible? Let the count-down delay happen in SrvrPowerCtrl.That appears to be the case, anyway, and cannot be configured. gharris999;434782 Wrote: Or, if it makes more sense to have the delay-before-sleep countdown happening in LightsOut, then set SrvrPowerCtrl's idle-countdown to 0. (This will require a code change to allow values lower than 5, I believe).That was my first thought before I saw the tools at work, but the timeout value configure in LightsOut only refers to active clients and not to modifications of the timeout action setting. A change of the timeout setting will take effect, immediately. gharris999;434782 Wrote: I could also make it so that there are three different custom idle-state commands: Playing: NotIdle_cmd gets executed. Not playing, but still counting down: IsIdleWaiting_cmd fires off. Countdown expired: IsIdle_cmd gets run.This is an option if anybody actually needs the IsIdleWaiting_cmd. gharris999;434782 Wrote: As soon as the IsIdle_cmd gets run, the idle-watchdog gets disabled and remains so until the wakeup-watchdog detects that the system has resumed. In cases where the system never goes to sleep, we could make it so that the idle-watchdog is automatically re-enabled after a suitable time out...e.g. 10 minutes?Can't you arrange for the watchdog to wake up when a player starts streaming music? Or as an alternative, you could make the disabling of the watchdog after the idle timeout optional. gharris999;434782 Wrote: This sort of approach ... will clutter up the settings pageTrue. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090622.17 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Great, thanks. Is there anything I can do to help you find the cause for the occasional hibernate actions? Should I set the log level to -Debug- and try to get more information? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090615.00 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
I had been playing music continuously, so there should not have been any hibernation at all. There were connection problems with Last.fm at some point in time, but unfortunately, they don't appear in the log, so I cannot say whether they had anything to do with it. But even if the connection problems have triggered the hibernation, it was 13 minutes early. My idle timeout is set to 15 minutes but the hibernate action was performed only 2 minutes after the last not idle action. I will step up the log level and listen to some more music. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090615.00 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
%\ConfigureLO.vbs /Action:busy /Log:true This has happened twice so far in 45 minutes, and in both cases, there is a two minute gap in the submission of the not idle actions. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.3 | server power control 20090615.00 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Sorry for not having tested the new release, yet. I first want to set up a new version of SqueezeCenter with a standalone MySQL database, so I am going to need some time which currently I don't have. Anyway, thanks for including the busy command. Cheers, -- mvordeme -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: LightsOut 0.1 - a Plugin for Squeezecenter on Windows Home Server
I am currently a bit busy, but I will test the plug-in as soon as I find the time. Sorry. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64348 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: LightsOut 0.1 - a Plugin for Squeezecenter on Windows Home Server
Just extract the zip file into the SqueezeCenter\server\Plugins directory. :-) (I am sure there is a Wiki about how to install plug-ins, somewhere ...) -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64348 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: LightsOut 0.1 - a Plugin for Squeezecenter on Windows Home Server
When I find the time, I will have a look at it. Currently, my hacked version of Server Power Control is working fine :-). Thanks a lot for your good ideas. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64348 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;430464 Wrote: But, again, at this point, I'd rather support this via calling a user configurable external command, as opposed to hard coding this stuff into the perl code.Yes, of course. (The current path will only work on German Windows systems, anyway. Maybe there is a way to use relative paths.) I only did not have the time to figure out how this is done, and because you said you wanted to do the programming yourself, I thought it would be okay to supply a solution that works and has the registry stuff externalized, and let you do the fine tuning. When it comes to user interfaces, I believe they are better built by one person alone, because they tend to get confusing, otherwise. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
I think both are valid alternatives. If you just want to prevent LightsOut from hibernating the server while you are listening, the small plug-in will do perfectly. If you need a solution that provides more options like switching players to SN, it would be better to have the SPC integration. What does the author think? Any chance of officially including a busy command option in SPC? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
mvordeme;429982 Wrote: I need to run a few tests tomorrow with my notebook powered down (so the server actually hibernates)Everything is working fine. I tried both waiting for SPC to request hibernation before shutting down the Windows client and vice versa. mvordeme;429778 Wrote: I suspect that when no other client is active, changing the action setting will hibernate the server immediately.This is actually the case. When I waited for LightsOut to timeout before stopping the playback, the server hibernated only two minutes after SPC switched the players over to SN. Another thought: Just like the initial settings of SPC are dependent on the OS of the server, you could also make them dependent on the presence of the LightsOut registry key. That would make LightsOut integration really simple. I am just not sure how this can be achieved without making the Perl code system dependent. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
not dispatchable! [09-06-07 02:20:29.5734] Slim::Web::JSONRPC::requestMethod (383) request not dispatchable! Last but not least I have been thinking about a new feature that could possibly be built onto your plug-in. Is there a way to know when the server is hibernated or shut down externally, e.g. by somebody pushing the power button? It would be nice if the players could be changed over to SN in that case, too. Regards, -- mvordeme +---+ |Filename: lightsout.zip| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7547| +---+ -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Architecture decisions ...
Since we don't get rid of SCPowerTool, we might as well move the
registry action there. That would keep the Perl code system independent.
You could for example introduce another flag ---lightsout-, so I would
just have to change -scpowertool.exe --hibernate --log- to
-scpowertool.exe --hibernate --lightsout --log- in order to use
LightsOut for controlling the server.
In the watchdog script, I would introduce a new -szBusy_cmd- which
would be something like -scpowertool.exe --busy --lightsout --log- and
be executed somewhere in this -if- Block:
Code:
#$g{log}-debug(Checking to see if scanner is running if players are
idle..);
if ( Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Block::IsBlocked() ||
Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::AnyPlayersPlaying() ||
Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::AnyPlayersUpdating() ||
Slim::Music::Import-stillScanning() ) {
$g{log}-debug(Not idle condition..);
#Not idle...reset the timer to check again..
$nIdlePlayersTimeCount = 0;
return 0;
}
This is approximately what Alex did with the system-specific code
externalized.
I am not sure whether you would also want to make the rate at which the
-szBusy_cmd- is performed configurable, too, but apart from that I
believe that you can feed almost any watchdog after the command has been
introduced.
gharris999;429267 Wrote:
If we were to go with just the is idle message via the registry, that
should avoid the sort of system deadlock as you describe. Presumably,
LightsOut has the responsibility of clearing the is idle flag.This has
somehow slipped under my attention radar. I don't think that
LightsOut changes the flag at all, save when the configuration is
modified by the user. I will test the assumption as soon as I have it
installed.
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
The current logic unfortunately requires both an idle and a not idle signal to be written to the registry, but it probably would not hurt to renew the not idle signal now and then if that is easier to implement. The good thing about the registry solution is that you can choose for the server to standby, hibernate or shut down, so apart from the timer features, it can replace SCPowerTool completely. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
gharris999;429256 Wrote: if the shutdown/restart/suspend/hibernate commands point to an executable or script that signals the is idle state in the registry and tells LightsOut what the appropriate next action should be, then really no changes to SrvrPowerCtrl are required at all. The user would just set SrvrPowerCtrl's on-idle time-out to a very short value and LightsOut's longer idle countdown will take up the slack.That is what I thought. I would have taken the registry commands from the existing VB script and tried to build one that accepts approximately the same options as SCPowerTool, so one would only need to replace the name of the command in SPC's configuration. gharris999;429256 Wrote: Forgetting the not idle signal... which would be the one change required? gharris999;429256 Wrote: If you can get me the full documentation on what LightsOut wants to see in the registry, I'll write the executable and we can begin testing.I see that Alex himself has pre-empted me. gharris999;429256 Wrote: What about scheduled server wake-ups for alarms and such? Does LightsOut handle this too? Or should SCPowerTool continue performing this chore?LightsOut does take care of those things but it offers no reliable interface to supply the data, so I think that SCPowerTool will still be needed for the alarm timers. psixilambda;429296 Wrote: Since LightsOut is the main handler for all shutdown and wakeup action on my Home Server i do not need the other options. I would never shutdown the server using my squeezeboxen, i just shutdown my pcs and stop playback - server goes to sleep. A simple checkbutton in the config Use Lightsout Integration does it for me. All other options are neither needed nor desired since they would interfere with normal HomeServer operations. This includes the force to SN options since in this environment there is always an active server if a client comes up. The one exception is the Alarm function which i would leave the way it works now.If only because it keeps the integration more flexible, I would rather use an external script or executable similar to SCPowerTool. Plus I like my Boom to be changed over to SN on hibernate. Other people might even prefer standby to hibernate. In my opinion, an external script and an added not idle command option are the cleanest and least intrusive solution. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Hey, great work! I am already looking forward to installing LightsOut on my server. :-) -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
mvordeme;428595 Wrote: I promise I will register in the home server forum, tomorrowIt seems like there is a solution about to emerge. LightsOut can be influenced using a registry entry. Fortunately, somebody has already been testing that and it appears to work. Only one tiny problem remains. After SPC has told LightsOut to hibernate the server, LightsOut will wait for all other clients to disconnect plus the configured timeout before complying. In the mean time, you could start listening to music again, but there is no configuration entry for a command to execute in that case. The person I was talking about wants to try and hard-code the command into your scripts, but I think this solution deserves official support once it has been tested and approved ... -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Have you tried Code: find / -name SrvrPowerCtrl_20090505.zip -print ? Maybe you were so tired you misplaced the file. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
What is this? Yesterday, I set the library rescan time to 0:30 and switched the rescan on. After that, I have not been able to hibernate the server any more. SPC would not hibernate the server at all, and when I used the windows controls, the server would wake up again as soon as it was hibernated. I now switched the rescan off again, and it seems that I can now hibernate the server again, but selecting Hibernate to SqueezeNetwork on the Controller does not work (and may have not worked at all before). In the log files, I keep seeing the following lines although the alarm should no longer be there: Code: [09-06-01 13:24:45.0011] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Alarms::ExecRTCWakeForAlarmCmd (341) Now trying to execute command: c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C start /B scpowertool.exe --wakeup=1243895280 --quiet --log [09-06-01 13:25:45.0005] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::__ANON__ (353) Now trying to execute c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C start /B scpowertool.exe --hibernate --log The timestamp should be -Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:28:00 GMT- which is two minutes before -Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:30:00 CET DST- and thus consistent with my earlier rescan settings. I will now wake the server up again and see whether it will at least go to sleep if I let it alone ... -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
I am sorry if I get a few things mixed up. The SqueezeCenter configuration confuses me mindless - and I don't think that I am easily confused by technology. I did not even know that the rescan was done by a plugin. Fact is that the server could be hibernated again after I disabled the rescan, so the plugin might do some scheduling itself. But how am I to know? It comes pre-installed, so I did not read the documentation - not to mention that I cannot find any. I actually configured an end of day action for 0:30 (I am on CET DST which is GMT+2), so that is the alarm that keeps popping up in the logs. The only thing the EOD action does is to shorten the timeout, but I may have a look at the CLI and follow your proposal. Meanwhile, I have found out a bit more about the remaining hibernation problem. It may have to do with the fact that I do not run SqueezeCenter under an administrative account. When I issue the command -scpowertool.exe --hibernate --log- as an administrator, the server hibernates immediately. When SPC runs the command (I see it in the log), nothing happens. It will make the server hibernate eventually if I configure a timeout in the server's energy options (wasn't that against your recommendation?), but although it sometimes hibernates the server directly after the command from SPC, it sometimes appears to wait for the configured timeout before hibernating. I have searched the internet for information on how to authorize a user to hibernate the server but had no success. Missing access permissions could as well be the reason for the rescan problem. In order for SCPowerTool to write a log file, I first had to give permission to the SqueezeCenter user. If the rescan plugin should try to write a file with the last successful scan timestamp, it would most probably fail. That could be the reason why it does not let the server go to sleep. Is this making any sense at all? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
It is Windows Home Server, and I think technically there should be no problem with running SqueezeCenter under an administrative account. It just makes my old Unix admin instincts scream in panic. The only way of granting permissions to a user account I can find is to add it to groups, and that does not appear to work as expected. I tried to authorize a user for remote desktop access by adding the account to the remote desktop users group, and it did not work. But even if it did, I have no idea how to authorize an account for hibernation of the system. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Prepare to suffer ;-)! This is a lot more than I expected and you should only do this if you have the time to spare. Thanks a lot for your dedication. I still need to talk to the Lights Out developer. If there was a way SPC could communicate with a running Lights Out service, these problems should disappear. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
As far as I understand, LightsOut is a full-blown energy manager which handles client connections as well as backup scheduling. I think LightsOut should be in charge and SPC could connect in as an extra client. If I had to design an interface, I would come up with three methods: - registerClient (inhibit hibernation) - deregisterClient (allow hibernation) - hibernate (request hibernation skipping any timeouts if possible)If a CLI was available, this could be simple, but you are probably right that it is not. I promise I will register in the home server forum, tomorrow, but for now I need to get some sleep. Thanks for all your help so far. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Thanks for the great plugin! So far, everything seems to work fine, but as always, I still have a few questions. (Sorry for not having read all of the 70 pages above.) Is there a way of keeping the server entry in the Controller's music sources list after it has been hibernated by SPC? If the server disappears from that list, there is no way I can easily wake it again using the Controller. Do you think SPC could somehow be wired up with 'Lights Out' (http://www.home-server-blog.de/add-ins/strom-und-laufzeitverwaltung/lightsout/) so the server stays active as long as it is still in use by either Windows clients or Squeezeboxes? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl
Thanks for your answers. I read the ten (actually twenty) posts above but could not find what I am looking for. Having thought about it some more I have come to the conclusion that it would be best if there was a command line interface for Lights Out where you could register and de-register a client. This would be very easy to configure in SPC. I will have a talk with the developer ... After some hassle I was able to install the WOL applet. 'Here is the link' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezePlay_Applets). For some reason it cannot be installed using the applet installer, so it had to be done manually. I think I have discovered a minor problem with the -Hibernate to SqueezeNetwork- feature, although I am not sure whether it ought to be fixed at all. If you let SPC switch all players to SqueezeNetwork, it switches the Controller, too. Since the Controller cannot (yet) be connected to SqueezeNetwork, it disappears to nowhere and can no longer be selected. I had to switch the audio playback feature off and back on again to regain control. I have now worked around it by manually listing the MAC addresses of the other players. Hopefully, SqueezeNetwork will support the Controller soon, so this will become a non-issue. -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
