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<blockquote data-quote="joz" data-source="post: 661203" data-attributes="member: 70244">Re: HTPCInfo plugin for MediaPortal v1.0.7For the first question; firing dozens of magic packets (WOL packets) does not mather, a PC is either on or off (well not really with all these diff. S states). Send a magic packet it goes on (if configured right). Send another one and it'll still be on, and no more, or less, on then on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Regarding the second one is a bit tricky cause the trigger being standby. I think if you use MP for handling sleep then a plugin solution will be best, otherwise there are solutions to think of with task scheduler or some sort of regular polling for some sort of activity.Not enough into windows programming to come up with anything better then that but there's probably a nicer solution.Can't help with the MP plugin part (but I bet micropolis could) but that would be a nice solution.In my usage scenario I turn the NAS on from within MP with a multishortcut button or using onebuttonmusic on basichome. The last one I scripted so that it plays a dingdong sound when it detects the nas is off, fires a packet and waits till nas reachable + 5 seconds for shares to become alive and then simulates a &quot;p&quot; press (actually all &quot;play&quot; presses are handled this way so will also work from say my tv-series).My NAS will power itself off after 5 minutes of no activity, so for me it's just a mather of getting it to power on. But just in case I do have a shortcut to power it off with <a href="http://users.telenet.be/jbosman/poweroff/poweroff.htm" target="_blank">poweroff</a>. Can be setup as a service, remote functionality for restart, poweroff etc and decent commandline support to be run with shortcuts or batches.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="joz, post: 661203, member: 70244"] [b]Re: HTPCInfo plugin for MediaPortal v1.0.7[/b] For the first question; firing dozens of magic packets (WOL packets) does not mather, a PC is either on or off (well not really with all these diff. S states). Send a magic packet it goes on (if configured right). Send another one and it'll still be on, and no more, or less, on then on :) Regarding the second one is a bit tricky cause the trigger being standby. I think if you use MP for handling sleep then a plugin solution will be best, otherwise there are solutions to think of with task scheduler or some sort of regular polling for some sort of activity. Not enough into windows programming to come up with anything better then that but there's probably a nicer solution. Can't help with the MP plugin part (but I bet micropolis could) but that would be a nice solution. In my usage scenario I turn the NAS on from within MP with a multishortcut button or using onebuttonmusic on basichome. The last one I scripted so that it plays a dingdong sound when it detects the nas is off, fires a packet and waits till nas reachable + 5 seconds for shares to become alive and then simulates a "p" press (actually all "play" presses are handled this way so will also work from say my tv-series). My NAS will power itself off after 5 minutes of no activity, so for me it's just a mather of getting it to power on. But just in case I do have a shortcut to power it off with [URL="http://users.telenet.be/jbosman/poweroff/poweroff.htm"]poweroff[/URL]. Can be setup as a service, remote functionality for restart, poweroff etc and decent commandline support to be run with shortcuts or batches. [/QUOTE]

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