Windows AutoIt to Standby

[gertsolo]

Hey,

I have a remote PC which I use as server for my media files. When I don't use it I want it to go to standby after, for example, one hour. When I want to use it I wake it up on Lan.

When I use the default windows power settings it works fine from time to time, but not always. Is there a better AutotIt alternative for monitoring a windows system and letting it go to standby when there is no activity?

thx

Edited September 10, 2009 by gertsolo

[Richard Robertson]

It depends on how well you define "idle". If you are only looking at no mouse and no keyboard use, that's easy enough. This CodeProject article has code for a dll that will let you check the ticks (a unit of time) that the user has not moved the mouse or touched the keyboard.

[99ojo]

It depends on how well you define "idle". If you are only looking at no mouse and no keyboard use, that's easy enough. This CodeProject article has code for a dll that will let you check the ticks (a unit of time) that the user has not moved the mouse or touched the keyboard.

Hi,

have a look at the _Net* functions.

You may loop and check if files are open. In the loop you have a sleep (60000)

If no Files are open count up an counter and shutdown server if counter = 60

If files are open reset counter.

;-))

Stefan

[Richard Robertson]

Looking at the files won't be very good because Windows will hold some files of it's own.

[gertsolo]

It depends on how well you define "idle". If you are only looking at no mouse and no keyboard use, that's easy enough. This CodeProject article has code for a dll that will let you check the ticks (a unit of time) that the user has not moved the mouse or touched the keyboard.

I use is as remote server, so there is no mouse/keyboard activity. I want it to go to sleep when no other computers or media servers are connecting to it.

[Richard Robertson]

Then you might want to look at the command "net session" in Windows. I don't know for sure how it works, but I believe it will tell you (via the console) about any connections to the computer.

net session

Is literally what you would type into the prompt. I don't know if that was clear enough.

Edited September 13, 2009 by Richard Robertson

[gertsolo]

Then you might want to look at the command "net session" in Windows. I don't know for sure how it works, but I believe it will tell you (via the console) about any connections to the computer.

net session

Is literally what you would type into the prompt. I don't know if that was clear enough.

Yup, it is clear enough. I already told me that there are no active connections, so there is something else that keeps it awake.

thx

Edited September 14, 2009 by gertsolo

[Richard Robertson]

You could make an AutoIt script that reads the output from net session every once in a while (every 5 minutes maybe) and if it says no sessions, then call Shutdown(32). That's standby.

Would that work?