Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="arion_p" data-source="post: 642044" data-attributes="member: 45945">It can be minimized, it does not need to be fullscreen or even visibleThat is not true (at least for most remote controls that can wake the PC up from standby). I know for sure that it works for MCE and iMon remotes. In fact with iMon remotes you can power up the PC even after hard-off (i.e. completely unplugging an replugging the power cord). The power button on these remotes is special: the receiver monitors for the specific button and if detected send a wake up signal on the USB port. It has nothing to do with any configuration and will work even with no OS installed.This is another issue with Vista/Win7. Regardless of any setting you have made in Power Options in control panel, if the system wakes up for a scheduled event and no &quot;activity&quot; is detected within 2 minutes, the system will go back to sleep without further notice. &quot;Activity&quot; is detected when an application specifically notifies the OS that it is busy and suspend is not allowed. Most normal applications don't do that. MP and TV Server do that when they have some specific scheduled task to perform (like a recording or EPG grabbing). But if you have configured PowerScheduler to wake up more than 2 minutes before the scheduled event, TV Server and MP will sit idle until the scheduled time arrives. This does not occur within 2 minutes from resume, and Windows puts the system back to sleep.&nbsp;Not with the current architecture. It would require an extensive rewrite, and I still not sure it would be even possible (or efficient)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arion_p, post: 642044, member: 45945"] It can be minimized, it does not need to be fullscreen or even visible That is not true (at least for most remote controls that can wake the PC up from standby). I know for sure that it works for MCE and iMon remotes. In fact with iMon remotes you can power up the PC even after hard-off (i.e. completely unplugging an replugging the power cord). The power button on these remotes is special: the receiver monitors for the specific button and if detected send a wake up signal on the USB port. It has nothing to do with any configuration and will work even with no OS installed. This is another issue with Vista/Win7. Regardless of any setting you have made in Power Options in control panel, if the system wakes up for a scheduled event and no "activity" is detected within 2 minutes, the system will go back to sleep without further notice. "Activity" is detected when an application specifically notifies the OS that it is busy and suspend is not allowed. Most normal applications don't do that. MP and TV Server do that when they have some specific scheduled task to perform (like a recording or EPG grabbing). But if you have configured PowerScheduler to wake up more than 2 minutes before the scheduled event, TV Server and MP will sit idle until the scheduled time arrives. This does not occur within 2 minutes from resume, and Windows puts the system back to sleep. Not with the current architecture. It would require an extensive rewrite, and I still not sure it would be even possible (or efficient) [/QUOTE]

Verification