Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-09 Thread gharris999
steve781;630207 Wrote: After I reset the SvrPowerCtrl to default and rebooted the players everything is now working properly. On the players when I go to the Extras menu the Server Power Control now has an icon in the left column. Before, even after I removed the release (repo for

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-09 Thread steve781
gharris999;630210 Wrote: I'm glad it's working for you. But please be aware that SrvrPowerCtrl isn't an app in the SBTouch sence. Everything resides on the server and the menu you see on your player is fed to the player from the server. The player / server mismatch uu were seeing probably

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-09 Thread ctweedle
gharris999;630112 Wrote: @ctweedle: If you're new to Linux, the syntax of the crontab file where these cron jobs are scheduled can seem pretty arcane. Once I'm back at a computer where I can do more than two-fingered typing, I'll create some examples for you and post them here. ..or

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-09 Thread ctweedle
gharris999;630133 Wrote: No such luck. The cron job, while it serves to block and unblock SrvrPowerCtrl, is really independent. Can you look in /var/log/squeezeboxserver/srvrpowerctrl.log and see if the plugin is actually attempting to program the rtc for alarm wakeup? I tried to look at

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-09 Thread ctweedle
gharris999;630133 Wrote: No such luck. The cron job, while it serves to block and unblock SrvrPowerCtrl, is really independent. Can you look in /var/log/squeezeboxserver/srvrpowerctrl.log and see if the plugin is actually attempting to program the rtc for alarm wakeup? Or... Since

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-08 Thread epoch1970
I think there is no weekly programming for EOD, but perhaps you could use a blocker that would inhibit the action until it is removed. You can set/remove blockers by the command-line or assigning such lines to a custom command, which would give you menu items to simply click on the web interface

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-08 Thread gharris999
@ctweedle: I'm presently in an undisclosed remote location with nothing more than an iPad so I can't go into any depth here. But epoch1970 has already gone into some detail and his ideas are always good ones. All I would add, for the moment, is that my experience has been the same as epoch's:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-08 Thread ctweedle
At my own peril, I spent some time this afternoon googling the Linux cron job protocol. I think I understand what it supposed to do but I need to do more research/investigation before having the confidence to try it. Conceptually, it seems like it is possible to execute a command something like

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-08 Thread ctweedle
epoh1970: Thank you for all the information! You have given much to think about. -- ctweedle ctweedle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46451 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-08 Thread gharris999
ctweedle;630115 Wrote: I assume that your excellent plug in somehow puts a friendly face on the chron job procedure, which is a real benefit for folks like me.No such luck. The cron job, while it serves to block and unblock SrvrPowerCtrl, is really independent. ctweedle;630115 Wrote:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-07 Thread ctweedle
I am a new member so please excuse me if I am posting this message in the wrong area. I am running the latest official version of Squeezebox server on a DIY Vortexbox NAS. So far, everything us working very well. One of the experts on the Vortexbox forum directed me here for my question about

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-06 Thread steve781
My system is starting to stabilize, but it's not quite there. After upgrading to the beta my alarms seem to be more reliable, but now I have a problem where my SBS randomly goes to sleep. With the repo version of SvrPowerCtrl the server would stay running as long as there was an active player.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-06 Thread gharris999
steve781;629666 Wrote: My system is starting to stabilize, but it's not quite there. After upgrading to the beta my alarms seem to be more reliable, but now I have a problem where my SBS randomly goes to sleep. With the repo version of SvrPowerCtrl the server would stay running as long as

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-03 Thread steve781
I have been using the plug-in for two months now and it has worked flawlessly at sleeping my SBS between 11pm and 10am, if there isn't player activity. In the past few days unexplained issues have cropped up. The first were the alarms on my SB Radio failing (this may have been resolved through a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-03 Thread aubuti
steve781;628936 Wrote: I'm running the release control, should I be using the beta? Yes (see Gordon's post at the top of this page, post #1741). -- aubuti aubuti's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-05-03 Thread gharris999
steve781;628936 Wrote: I have been using the plug-in for two months now and it has worked flawlessly at sleeping my SBS between 11pm and 10am, if there isn't player activity. In the past few days unexplained issues have cropped up. The first were the alarms on my SB Radio failing (this may

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-27 Thread coyrls
gharris999;627726 Wrote: This is a well known Touch/SqueezePlay problem and doesn't have anything to do with SrvrPowerCtrl. And it is precisely the problem that SrvrPowerCtrl's Suspend to mysb.com feature is designed to address. I've been seeing this problem ever since the 7.4x versions of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-27 Thread gharris999
coyrls;627900 Wrote: Thanks again for your help and if you have any idea what conditions might cause the Touch to issue the Problem Connecting message I'd be interested to know.I'm afraid I really can't say. These sorts of problems had been largely sorted out with SqueezePlay 7.3.x on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-26 Thread coyrls
I’m hoping that somebody can help me with a problem I’m having. I had SvrPowerControl set up and running well. However I started having problems I think after a 7.5.3 firmware upgrade to my Touch. Now when I hibernate my server using SvrPowerControl the touch turns on about a minute or so

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-26 Thread gharris999
coyrls;627714 Wrote: I’m hoping that somebody can help me with a problem I’m having. I had SvrPowerControl set up and running well. However I started having problems I think after a 7.5.3 firmware upgrade to my Touch. Now when I hibernate my server using SvrPowerControl the touch turns on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-26 Thread GS_Schimpf
Is there a way to get this running on MacOS X 10.6.7. The tutorial integrated with the latest stable doesn't work for it. Especially some pathes are not correct and therefore the scripts do not work ou of the box. I'm thankful for any hint... Thx in advance! -- GS_Schimpf SBS 7.5.0[/B] ON

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-26 Thread gharris999
GS_Schimpf;627764 Wrote: Is there a way to get this running on MacOS X 10.6.7. The tutorial integrated with the latest stable doesn't work for it. Especially some pathes are not correct and therefore the scripts do not work ou of the box. I'm thankful for any hint... Thx in advance!

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-21 Thread tuc
Thanks a lot - uninstalling the old version and installing the latest beta worked without having to do **anything** My old end-of-day command was even retained! I took your advice wrt. looking into --quirks options to the pm-suspend command. Fortunately, the --quirk-s3-bios as you use also

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-20 Thread tuc
Hi there gharris999, Thanks for a great plugin that has been working nicely ever since I installed it. How should I best upgrade from 20090615.00 to 20110417.170325? Should I uninstall first or simply install over the old version? I run SBS 7.5.4 under Ubuntu 10.10. This was my question -

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-20 Thread gharris999
tuc;626702 Wrote: Hi there gharris999, Thanks for a great plugin that has been working nicely ever since I installed it. How should I best upgrade from 20090615.00 to 20110417.170325? Should I uninstall first or simply install over the old version? I run SBS 7.5.4 under Ubuntu 10.10.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-17 Thread gharris999
Ok, I've posted version 20110417.170325. Code: == What's new: 20110417 == 1). Added support for

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-15 Thread epoch1970
Yeah. And I see the issues with testing and user support… -- epoch1970 Daily dose delivered by: 3 SB Classic, 1 SB Boom • iPeng (iPhone + iPad) • SqueezeCenter 7.4.2 (Debian 5.0) with plugins: MusicIP • Server Power Control by Gordon Harris • WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld • IRBlaster by

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-15 Thread tamanaco
gharris999;624920 Wrote: OK, I think I see where the problem lies. In your settings, in the field: Specific players to switch (or not) to the alternate server:, you have the NAME of your player, rather than what is supposed to be there, which the the player's MAC address. That right there

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-15 Thread pippin
gharris999;625024 Wrote: 1). At some point in the past you installed SrvrPowerCtrl and disabled the idle player monitor. 2). Recently, you updated SrvrPowerCtrl to a newer version. Recent versions added net disc I/O monitoring and cpu load monitoring so that the idle player monitor

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-15 Thread gharris999
tamanaco;625539 Wrote: Thanks... tested it today and now it works. After it failed for the first time I tried several permutations of the settings. I always had the switch All players options selected, but since it was not working I decided to try just a single player option for which I used

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-14 Thread gharris999
StanRex;624925 Wrote: Just a quick question : when you talk about pressing sleep+hold, does it simply means pressing the sleep button, then holding it ? Because if that's the case, I'm pretty sure it's not working with the remote of my Touch :( PeterW has chimed in and it's his opinion

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-14 Thread epoch1970
gharris999;625326 Wrote: Can anyone think of anything else they'd like to see in a SrvrPowerCtrl app? Maybe. I think I've read somewhere the Touch has a microphone; and receiver had motion sensing of course. My idea is the have the app be context aware beyond time of day; When something

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-14 Thread gharris999
epoch1970;625370 Wrote: Maybe. I think I've read somewhere the Touch has a microphone; and Controller had motion sensing of course. My idea is the have the app be context aware beyond time of day; When something distinct happens in its vincinity it could alter its scheduled operation. Like

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-12 Thread tamanaco
gharris999;624855 Wrote: Are you sure that the SB3 isn't connected to mysb.com? When you hit the power button on the IR remote, does the SB3 immediately wake the server? If yes, then we need to look into this. If no, then the player probably did make it to mysb.com and in that case, just

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-12 Thread gharris999
tamanaco;624883 Wrote: Yes, I'm sure that the SB3 is not connected to mysb.com because I use the SuperDateTime plugin clock for my SBS. Also pressing the power button wakes up the server. I had disabled the option to Request player power-off on the remote server?... I assume that this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-12 Thread StanRex
Just a quick question : when you talk about pressing sleep+hold, does it simply means pressing the sleep button, then holding it ? Because if that's the case, I'm pretty sure it's not working with the remote of my Touch :( -- StanRex

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-12 Thread gharris999
StanRex;624925 Wrote: Just a quick question : when you talk about pressing sleep+hold, does it simply means pressing the sleep button, then holding it ? Because if that's the case, I'm pretty sure it's not working with the remote of my Touch :( You're right. It doesn't work with the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-12 Thread pippin
gharris999;621816 Wrote: It's possible, but without knowing more, it's hard to say. I've just committed a new version that includes some new cli commands that should aid in troubleshooting. If you can update to this new version, there are some commands I'd like you to try. Once you've

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-12 Thread gharris999
pippin;625012 Wrote: Sorry, didn't have time to try this yet. However, I DO see something in the logs now: Code: [11-04-12 22:05:17.0110] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::SystemExecCmd (745) no modelName: no name executing command: sudo /usr/sbin/pm-suspend

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-12 Thread gharris999
pippin;625012 Wrote: Does this mean the plugin is trying to suspend my server and can't? And WHY is it trying this? I haven't done anything with it! Actually, the easiest explanation for what you're seeing would be this: 1). At some point in the past you installed SrvrPowerCtrl and disabled

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-11 Thread gharris999
kdnel;624611 Wrote: I think the plugin could be causing these warnings on my vortex box appliance. Don't know what they are all about, can you tell me if this is something to worry about? Nope, nothing to worry about here. Vortex box must be distributing an old, old version of SrvrPowerCtrl.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-11 Thread kdnel
Thanks for you're quick and thorough explanation. Looks like I was worrying about nothing. -- kdnel kdnel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=45402 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-11 Thread tamanaco
After the latest update SvrPowerControl no longer suspends to mysqueezebox.com. After pressing+holding the sleep button the SB3 displays in large letters SUSPENDING TO WWW.SQUEEZEBOX.COM, but it just turns off the player. The clock displays for a few seconds (SB3 is set to display clock when off

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-11 Thread gharris999
tamanaco;624809 Wrote: After the latest update SvrPowerControl no longer suspends to mysqueezebox.com. After pressing+holding the sleep button the SB3 displays in large letters SUSPENDING TO WWW.SQUEEZEBOX.COM, but it just turns off the player. The clock displays for a few seconds (SB3 is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-11 Thread gharris999
tamanaco;624809 Wrote: After the latest update SvrPowerControl no longer suspends to mysqueezebox.com. After pressing+holding the sleep button the SB3 displays in large letters SUSPENDING TO WWW.SQUEEZEBOX.COM, but it just turns off the player. The clock displays for a few seconds (SB3 is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-10 Thread kdnel
I think the plugin could be causing these warnings on my vortex box appliance. Don't know what they are all about, can you tell me if this is something to worry about? [11-04-04 10:33:37.0258] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::SystemExecCmd (695) no name executing command: sudo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-10 Thread gharris999
kdnel;624611 Wrote: I think the plugin could be causing these warnings on my vortex box appliance. Don't know what they are all about, can you tell me if this is something to worry about? [11-04-04 10:33:37.0258] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Util::SystemExecCmd (695) no name executing

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-04-07 Thread gharris999
Ok, I've posted a new beta version. Most of the changes are focused on making troubleshooting easier. Code: == What's new: 20110407

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-29 Thread pippin
Gordon, one question: On my Transporter I see sporadic (once every hour or so) messages that say Suspending Server. The server isn't suspending or something and I also don't do anything. Is this your plugin's message? My alternative interpretation is that Transporter is catching and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-29 Thread gharris999
pippin;621649 Wrote: Gordon, one question: On my Transporter I see sporadic (once every hour or so) messages that say Suspending Server. The server isn't suspending or something and I also don't do anything. Is this your plugin's message? My alternative interpretation is that

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-29 Thread pippin
Thanks. I'll give it a try. BTW, I can now all but rule out IR, it still happens when I don't use any remote. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-28 Thread epoch1970
gharris999;621332 Wrote: The SBController seems like a lost cause. That's what I have seen too (a good while ago) on my Duet. I don't have a Radio or Touch to test with. -- epoch1970 Daily dose delivered by: 3 SB Classic, 1 SB Boom • iPeng (iPhone + iPad) • SqueezeCenter 7.4.2 (Debian 5.0)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-27 Thread Moffedille
For some time now (a couple of weeks at least), SPC has been suspending my server after the specified time interval even if the Monitor idle players box is unchecked. Does anyone else experience this? It is rather annoying to have music cut off in mid-play, and my quick and dirty fix so far is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-27 Thread Roger the Shrubber
I just wanted to report back that my schedule is working completely how I would have hoped it would. Thanks Gordon! -- Roger the Shrubber Roger the Shrubber's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=739

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-27 Thread aubuti
gharris999;620942 Wrote: Ok, I *think* I've managed to restore the old behavior by tweaking the new code. Please let me know if version 20110325.194029 works or doesn't work for you. Thanks much. Version 20110326.020431 was out before I got to this, so that's what I tested. On a quick test

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-27 Thread gharris999
Moffedille;621205 Wrote: For some time now (a couple of weeks at least), SPC has been suspending my server after the specified time interval even if the Monitor idle players box is unchecked. Does anyone else experience this? It is rather annoying to have music cut off in mid-play, and my

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-27 Thread gharris999
aubuti;621262 Wrote: Thanks much. Version 20110326.020431 was out before I got to this, so that's what I tested. On a quick test it almost works as expected. I told it to push 5 players to mysb after 30 minutes of idle, and it did. After a WOL it only brought back 4 of the 5 -- the first SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-27 Thread epoch1970
gharris999;621269 Wrote: I *think* I can add code to force SBS to update it's mysb.com player list now-now-now on wake-up. If forced refresh from SBS to mySB.com was added, that would be good news. I remember long ago posting about the use case where you set a local alarm, switch players and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-27 Thread gharris999
OK, I just commited version 20110327.153625. That took a little longer than 20 minutes. Hopefully, this version will be a little more reliable on fetching players from mysb.com after wake-up. Also, I worked on some not-very-essential fiddly bits that should silence a few extraneous warnings in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-27 Thread gharris999
epoch1970;621307 Wrote: (Note: I'm doing this with SB3 and Boom. I quickly gave up on the newer stuff.)I agree that the SP-based hardware seems to be 'quirky'. But, having followed your lead, my json 'connect' requests succeed 9 times out of 10 for the SBTouch SBRadio. The SBController

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-27 Thread aubuti
gharris999;621331 Wrote: OK, I just commited version 20110327.153625. That took a little longer than 20 minutes. Hopefully, this version will be a little more reliable on fetching players from mysb.com after wake-up. Also, I worked on some not-very-essential fiddly bits that should

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-26 Thread gharris999
guiness;619418 Wrote: ...plus I keep getting a dos window popup every 60 seconds or so which is very annoying while working on the windows machine. I don't see where this 60 second cycle is coming from. Could recent changes have upset my equilibrium? My google fu finally returned and I

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-25 Thread mvordeme
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 |

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-25 Thread gharris999
aubuti;620668 Wrote: No, it doesn't work that way either. It seemed to ignore the exception list and pushed everything to mysb.com. When I woke the server they all got pulled back to SBS except my SB Controllers. I then tried a manual suspend-to-mysb with the same exception list, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread gharris999
mvordeme;620459 Wrote: Which alarm? I don't have any alarms. Why is SCPowerTool.exe started when there aren't any alarms? It shouldn't. But SrvrPowerCtrl is pretty liberal in it's interpretation of what constitutes an alarm. Alarms defined on mysb.com count and if you're using the EOD

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread aubuti
gharris999;620418 Wrote: Just curious: with this version, you can specify push all in the settings and then put in the mac addresses of the players you DON'T want pushed, prefixing each mac address with a ! (as in not). If you do it that way, does it work? Thanks. And tonight or tomorrow

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread gharris999
mvordeme;620566 Wrote: I am using the EOD feature. Does that mean SPC will wake my server at the end of day? It will...as long as you've chosen different actions for the idle monitor and the EOD monitor. If you have the same action chosen, then SrvrPowerCtrl's attitude is why bother? E.G.:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread gharris999
mvordeme;620618 Wrote: In this case, maybe I shouldn't use a custom command after all. So far, I had configured suspend to alternate server for both monitors. No, no. Custom Command means something different than Custom Script in this context. It's true that I'm confusing the nomenclature

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread gharris999
aubuti;620543 Wrote: Thanks. And tonight or tomorrow I'll try reversing the selection logic by using push all with a negative list of mac addresses and let you know what happens. There definitely is a problem here. Don't spend too much time testing. I'll get this sorted out in 6 hours or so.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread aubuti
gharris999;620418 Wrote: Just curious: with this version, you can specify push all in the settings and then put in the mac addresses of the players you DON'T want pushed, prefixing each mac address with a ! (as in not). If you do it that way, does it work? No, it doesn't work that way

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread gharris999
aubuti;620668 Wrote: Happy to test some more.No need. It really is broken. I'm too brain dead to do any more this evening. But I'll get on this 1st thing tomorrow. -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-24 Thread gharris999
mvordeme;620652 Wrote: Sorry for being so talkative. I just let the SBS idle out, but still the SCPowerTool was launched. If you look at your log that you attached, you'll see that you have a library rescan scheduled for 22:05 via the 'Rescan Music Library' plugin. Sorry..I don't know what

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-23 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-23 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-23 Thread guiness
gharris999;620070 Wrote: Is the SBC controlling another player, or itself? I.e., do you have the beta playback enabled on the SBC and have that selected as the controlled player? This question doesn't even make sense to me. What's the beta playback? Anyway I only have one Squeezebox Classic

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-23 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-23 Thread aubuti
guiness;620386 Wrote: This question doesn't even make sense to me. What's the beta playback? Anyway I only have one Squeezebox Classic (SBC) player. There's the misunderstanding. SBC is usually the abbreviation for SB Controller (the wifi remote of the SB Duet), not SB Classic (aka SB3). Beta

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-23 Thread aubuti
Rejoining this thread after a long hiatus. SPC was working and so was I. And obviously you have been, too, Gordon -- lots of great new features. Thanks! Anyway, I'm getting one small problem with the latest 2-3 versions of SPC. I set it to monitor idle players and then suspend to mysb.com,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-23 Thread gharris999
mvordeme;620383 Wrote: 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-23 Thread gharris999
guiness;620386 Wrote: This question doesn't even make sense to me. What's the beta playback? Anyway I only have one Squeezebox Classic (SBC) player. Also anyway, things seem to be working fine now. You note about how different players behave differently is interesting. I increased the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-23 Thread gharris999
aubuti;620407 Wrote: I set it to monitor idle players and then suspend to mysb.com, specifying the MAC addresses of the four SBs I want pushed to mysb, and letting the others disconnect from everything. However, it's not pushing any of the SBs to mysb.com. On the other hand, I just tested it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread gharris999
Ok, I've posted a new version. Code: == What's new: 20110321 == 1). Added a Unsync players before

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread Roger the Shrubber
gharris999;619768 Wrote: test-time.cmd could be a simple batch file that parses the current time and then sets a block if the time falls within a given range. Perhaps something like: thanks again for all your suggestions and examples! I think I will stick to just setting a block on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread gharris999
Roger the Shrubber;619982 Wrote: I do have one more question/request: is it possible/it would be nice to have two levels in the blocking: a hard block that stops all plugin activity and a soft block that only stops automated work, but still allows the user to override by manually selecting

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread Roger the Shrubber
gharris999;620001 Wrote: Is that too much of a hurdle to clear before suspending the server and dashing out the door? Yes it is since I would have to start up the laptop that is otherwise off. I actually use the remote most of the time. But really, I am just really happy that I got this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread gharris999
Roger the Shrubber;620023 Wrote: Don't modify anything just for me please. Ha ha! Too late! Code: == What's new: 20110322

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread gharris999
mvordeme;620039 Wrote: Maybe that will fix the problem with not powering down the players, too.My internet connection here in the mountains of New Mexico is satellite based...with a very, vary long latency. To give you an idea, with a SBClassic connected to mysqueezebox.com, it takes more

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread gharris999
mvordeme;620046 Wrote: 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread mvordeme
Before I do, this is the log when I call Push Players form the menu: Code: [11-03-23 00:53:02.0158] Plugins::SrvrPowerCtrl::Watchdog::IdleWatchdog (248) Activity history: 000 System is NOT idle with 15 minutes left in the idle countdown.. [11-03-23

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread mvordeme
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 |

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread mvordeme
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread gharris999
mvordeme;620052 Wrote: I had about 20 instances of SCPowerTool running. Rebooting the server ... OK, I think you've uncovered at least two bugs there. I'll try to get those fixed in the next hour.. -- gharris999

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread gharris999
mvordeme;620058 Wrote: 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Beta version of SvrPowerControl

2011-03-22 Thread guiness
gharris999;619457 Wrote: In the SrvrPowerCtrl settings, just move the Idle network IO threshold slider to 0. This is explained if you hover the mouse over the [ i ] icon. Things are getting close to where I had it before. Thanks for your quick (instant) help! Now my issue is that Shutdown

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