[Approved] Powerscheduler network monitoring (share + traffic) (1 Viewer)

[disaster123]

Hi!

Here are two patches (compatible to each other) regarding powerscheduler. One was made by JBravo here in the forum the other one was made by don't know anymore (sorry). I've modified both so that they're compatible to each other.

shared patch:
This one offers the possibility to monitor windowsshares - you can configure, share, user, host or a combination of all.

network monitor:
see: [PATCH] Power Scheduler TV Server plugin - Page 5 - MediaPortal Forum

Bot are working fine since 3 month in my htpc.

Stefan

 

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shared patch:
This one offers the possibility to monitor windowsshares - you can configure, share, user, host or a combination of all.

hmm.... why would i want to "monitor" a windowsshare?

 

[tourettes]

shared patch:
This one offers the possibility to monitor windowsshares - you can configure, share, user, host or a combination of all.

hmm.... why would i want to "monitor" a windowsshare?

For users who don't have media / TVE3 server running all the time it would be beneficial. Users would be able to watch complete movie from the network share without server shutting down . Of course as we currently don't support wake on lan for multiseats in TVE3 its pretty conflicting patch / feature to have.

As first step we would have to allow WOL to be used to wake up the TVE3 server by the multiseat clients to make any sense with this patch.

 

[JBravo]

tourettes
WOL is not required to to wake the TV server from standby (s3, s4). Just configure the network card to wake on network traffic instead (Device Manager->Network Adapters->YourCard->Properties->PowerManagement). When the MP Client tries to access the TV server, the TV server magically wakes up

Both patches are of course also beneficial if no MP clients are attached to the TV server, the server is then kept alive as long as networks shares are in use or network traffic exists.

I have been running with the network monitor patch the last 6 months, and standby in multiseat has been working flawlessy.

I just noticed that this minor fix https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/submit-patches-mediaportal-tv-server-etc-325/power-scheduler-keep-alive-fix-60782/ was included here as well. Good, since both patches are required.

 

[disaster123]

tourettes
jbravo is correct - i also use TV3 and my server is normally in standby - works fine here.

JBravo
yeah i included it cause it is needed

 

[tourettes]

@tourettes
WOL is not required to to wake the TV server from standby (s3, s4). Just configure the network card to wake on network traffic instead (Device Manager->Network Adapters->YourCard->Properties->PowerManagement). When the MP Client tries to access the TV server, the TV server magically wakes up

Its not a good sollution as all network trafic that is sent with server's IP adress will wake up the server. There are lot of "noise" in normal networking environments that would cause false wakeups. So a proper support for WOL is required.

 

[JBravo]

I must say that I really appreciate that all traffic directed to the server's IP wakes the server. This causes the the server to wake up when I want to access windows shares, FTP, SSHd etc. My server is not dedicated for MP, but multi purpose. I believe this is the case for many other MP users as well.

You are correct that there are "noise" in network, this causes the server to wake for no particular reason. However the server will go to sleep again. At least I think this is much better than having the server on 24/7.

As I see it this patch would be great for many users even though WOL is not supported. I agree that WOL would be nice to have, but in my opinion it's not required.

regards
/jonas

 

[disaster123]

JBravo
think so too

 

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@tourettes
WOL is not required to to wake the TV server from standby (s3, s4). Just configure the network card to wake on network traffic instead (Device Manager->Network Adapters->YourCard->Properties->PowerManagement). When the MP Client tries to access the TV server, the TV server magically wakes up

Its not a good sollution as all network trafic that is sent with server's IP adress will wake up the server. There are lot of "noise" in normal networking environments that would cause false wakeups. So a proper support for WOL is required.

Indeed. This "solution" smells like a hack.

 

[JBravo]

Wouldn't call standard MS Windows functionality a hack...or perhaps I would

As I see it WOL is only required to start the server when it's shutdown. This would be a rare use case...

I don't see a problem to intergrate theese patches, and introduce full WOL support at a later stage. Even without WOL this would be a great addition to multiseat users.