Power Off/Standby - Start batch file (1 Viewer)

[chrisonline]

If I tap "Power off" on my Harmony the HTPC goes into standby.
Is it possible to start a Windows batch file instead of standby?

I want to achieve following:
If I hit "Power Off" on my remote a batch file should send a command to my HUE lights to turn it off and afterwards the batch file sends another command for standby/hibernate.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

This can be better achieved within Windows: use the Task Scheduler to define actions and link it to triggers for which you select the appropriate entry.

 

[chrisonline]

With Windows I think it does not wait until the batch file is finished.
And how can I set a trigger in the Task Scheduler for "Before Standby"?

 

[HTPCSourcer]

5 sec Google search returns many answers, e.g. http://superuser.com/questions/321151/how-to-execute-a-script-on-sleep-hibernate-resume-and-shutdown

 

[chrisonline]

I have found the same, but this does not work. It execute the batch file and immediately goes to sleep. So the batch script has no time to execute. After resume it will run.

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[HTPCSourcer]

Are you sure that your Bach is getting called? Does the scheduler log the task as successfully executed?

 

[chrisonline]

Yes I am sure. I have made a batch file who send the command to my HUE lights and afterwards "pause". So the command window is still open.
If I go to sleep it goes immediately to sleep and my lights are still on.
After resume I see the batch file open and the lights are turning off :-(
So either it starts the batch file after resume OR before sleep but does not wait until complete.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

Hhm, it appears that Windows executes the batch but continues the shutdown procedure in parallel - which is pretty fast on modern systems...

Are you running a Windows Pro version? If yes, have you tried http://itler.net/windows-script-beim-herunterfahren-starten/ ?

 

[chrisonline]

Yes I have Windows Pro version.
Thanks for the link didn't know that, but there is only a "signon and signoff" and no "hibernate" "sleep" setting.
And I don't signoff the user. Anyway I will try it if "signoff" is also triggered when the PC goes to sleep.

 

[Owlsroost]

Have you thought about using something like EventGhost - http://www.eventghost.org/ - to handle the remote commands, it can do pretty much anything you like in response to a command (although the learning curve to set it up can be steep...).