Power Scheduler

General

• Enable both shutdown and wakeup in the General section to globally enable both features. If you disable any of these options, it will be disabled for the MediaPortal client as well (only applicable for single seat installations).
• Set "Shutdown mode" to either Suspend or Hibernate
  • Suspend (or S3) mode sends the PC to sleep with RAM maintaining power for very fast resume.
  • Hibernate (or S4) mode sends the PC to sleep with an image of RAM on the harddisk for a more secure standby and a fast resume.

Advanced

Forced shutdown

Enable this when there are other external processes running on the computer preventing standby mode. It is however advised to look into why those process are preventing standby.

Enable extensive logging

Adds more information to logs, might be helpful if you're experiencing problems.

Pre-wakeup time in seconds

Sets the time in seconds the PC will resume before a recording starts.

Pre-no-shutdown time in seconds

Sets the time-span in seconds the PC won't shutdown if an event lays within.

Check interval in seconds

Sets the interval in seconds PowerScheduler will check the status-handlers.

Reinitialize service on wakeup

Triggers whether you want to reinitialize the server (also reinitializes tuners) after resume or not.

Run command before / after standby

Gives the option to specify a file (full path needed!) that is executed before standby and after resume. This is only executed if "Reinitialize service on wakeup" is also checked.

EPG

If you wish to wakeup the system for EPG grabbing and/or prevent standby when EPG grabbing is active, enable these options. You can also configure the time to wakeup the system and which days of the week the computer should wakeup for EPG grabbing.

Prevent standby when grabbing EPG

Triggers whether or not standby is entered if EPG is being grabbed.

Wakeup system for EPG grabbing on ...

Triggers whether or not the system should be resumed to grab EPG data at the specified time (HH:MM format).

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

System is resumed from standby on chosen days to grab EPG data.

Run command before internal handlers are triggered

Gives the option to specify a file command (full path needed!) that is executed before EPG grabbing.

Note 1: This is only executed if "Wakeup system for EPG grabbing" is checked and has a valid time.

Note 2: A command-line argument "epg" will automatically be added to the command. When using a script, you can perform certain actions based on the presence of this argument.

Processes

If you wish to configure additional processes which should prevent the system from entering standby mode, then either type the exact process name or better, click on Select process and choose the process from the process list. (You must have the process running to be able to select it.) Multiple processes are separated by commas.

Save the configuration by closing Setup via the OK button. The PowerScheduler plugin for the TV-service will immediately apply the changed settings.

Network Monitor

The network monitor is used to prevent PowerScheduler from entering standby mode when remote users are accessing network shares, FTP or other network services.

Prevent standby based on network activity

Enables the network monitor.

Minimum transfer rate considered as network activity in KB/s

If the network transfer rate is above the given value standby will be prevented, and the idle timer will be reset.

Shares

    Adds network share monitoring support to the TV-Server Power Scheduler plugin

• Share - enter which share to monitor
• Host - enter which connections from which host
• User - enter which users or all users

General

Shutdown idle time in minutes

Sets the time the PC needs to be idle until shutdown.

Only allow standby when on home window

Disabling this will allow the server to enter standby regardless of what window MP shows if no media is being played.

Shutdown mode

Suspend (or S3) mode sends the PC to sleep with RAM maintaining power for very fast resume.
Hibernate (or S4) mode sends the PC to sleep with an image of RAM on the harddisk for a more secure standby and a fast resume.

Advanced

Forced shutdown (shutdown even when prevented by another process)

Enable this when there are other external processes running on the computer preventing standby mode. It is however advised to look into why those process are preventing standby.

Enable extensive logging

Adds more information to logs, might be helpful if you're experiencing problems.

Press "OK" and "OK" again to close setup and save the configuration.