Plugin: Automatic Power Off

[routerunner]

Hi,

I would like to introduce you "Automatic Power Off" plugin for extenders (MVP/HDx00).

This is my first ever SageTV plugin for v7.1. I did it mainly as exercise for another plugin which I'm going to release soon and which shares some libraries so it did make some sense.

I know this is not a new thing, and there are plenty of ways outhere to achieve the same result, but I thought this plugin could be useful to some of you considering that:

- The extenders are now a rarity, in particular the HD300 which is running hot, so at least keep it off/ready when not in use help to cool it down at least.
- If you have kids like mine whom switch on the equipment and kindly "forget" to switch it off when finished.
- I you like me have the extenders hooked on power timers that switches them on in the morning and off at night.
- Well, I'm sure that if you like it, you'll find plenty of good use.

The plugin must be installed on the server only and have a single configuration option the "Inactivity Timeout" in seconds that can be accessed once the plugin in installed and is global for all extenders.

Please use this thread to send me you feedback, issues or feature requests.

thanks for listening ;-)
Eddy

[thomaszoo]

Does it poweroff and extender if a screensaver (slideshow) is enabled?

Wayne

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by thomaszoo

Does it poweroff and extender if a screensaver (slideshow) is enabled?

Wayne

Yes, the screensaver functionality are completely separate from this plugin, so their respective timeouts, if a screensaver is already enabled and playing when this plugin timeout kick in, the extender will power off regardless.

[routerunner]

I don't have an HD100 myself, so I couldn't perform any testing on that extender. Can someone please test this plugin on HD100 and let me know the result? It should work, however I'll really appreciate whether someone can do this test for me.

many thanks
Eddy

[thomaszoo]

It works as advertised! Screen saver came up and later it shut off (HD-300)

I just reset the timeout to 30 sec and tried it on an HD-100. Nothing.

What would be cool is if it could control other components. I have a TV and receiver hooked up to the HD300 that are also controllable via serial port (currently using eventghost).

Thanks for the plugin.

Wayne

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by thomaszoo

It works as advertised! Screen saver came up and later it shut off (HD-300)

I just reset the timeout to 30 sec and tried it on an HD-100. Nothing.

What would be cool is if it could control other components. I have a TV and receiver hooked up to the HD300 that are also controllable via serial port (currently using eventghost).

Thanks for the plugin.

Wayne

Thanks for the HD100 test.

Would it be possible for you to hook your HD100 on the DMZ port of your router for me to investigate further please? If so, please PM me with your public internet address.

many thanks
Eddy

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by thomaszoo

What would be cool is if it could control other components. I have a TV and receiver hooked up to the HD300 that are also controllable via serial port (currently using eventghost).

Are you thinking from the extender via the onboard USB ports? I would personally prefer to use the HDMI-CEC functions...will see

[wayner]

Originally Posted by thomaszoo

What would be cool is if it could control other components. I have a TV and receiver hooked up to the HD300 that are also controllable via serial port (currently using eventghost).

Could the plugin be adapted to optionally run an external process - ie any batch file or executable? That way one should be able to run another process that shuts off the other components, either via a serial, TCP or even an IR blaster.