I do not know of an existing tool or utility that could perform what you want, but it would be possible to write something utilizing the Power Management API to detect a running application and switch to a different Power Scheme (one that has all sleep functions disabled for example).
I have done a quick search and nothing exists that does that at this time. Now if you have some programming tendancies... There is also SetThreadExecutionState which Enables an application to inform the system that it is in use, thereby preventing the system from entering sleep or turning off the display while the application is running. Here is an example in VB. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2479403/stop-the-screen-saver-and-hibernation-temporarily-in-vb-net If I get some time this weekend, I will create a little windows form application that will do this. ------------------------------- Richard A Clafton, W5\G7EIX 'the brITish guy' - rclaf...@riroc.com RIROC - Hosting - Development - Technology - www.riroc.com -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Robert delaney Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:28 PM To: FLEXRADIO Subject: [Flexradio] sleepy computer and PSDR I would like to know if someone could tell me how to allow power saving or sleep mode on my PC ONLY when PSDR is NOT running? I am not sure if there is a way to override power savings when a certain program is running or not? I would like to save energy here and heat but I turned my sleep mode off since it would come on while PSDR was running and I didn't want to cause problems. running WinXP Home SP3 Thanks, 73 Bob KA9UVY _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
