Plugin: SJQv4

[graywolf]

Originally Posted by mrdees960

i need some help with setting up SJQ. i'd like to have it move recordings from the sage recordings directory (D:\ in my case) to a sub-directory with the show name ( i.e. D:\6pm news). i'm having some trouble getting through the installation. i've downloaded the two mv_media scripts from here http://sagetv-addons.googlecode.com/...nk/SJQScripts/i've also followed the user guide up to the "Configuring sjqagent.properties" section. i'm not certain what i need to do to the properties file if anything. my sage machine is standalone and will not have any other task clients connecting to it for now. can anyone tell me where i go from here?

Attached are the test/exe scripts I use for moving recordings to folders named by Show Title/Season, also puts all Movies into 1 folder called Movies

The folder creation is done in the test script and then alters the ARG being passed to the exe script

[Slugger]

It's definitely a bug in the core - one that will probably never be fixed now. The core seems to lose track of system messages with custom titles/data; perhaps for other reasons, too. I noticed this just before Google stepped in, but could never reproduce it reliably. By the time I could reproduce it with some reliability, it was too late and I never bothered to report it.

You may want to report it to Sage support, but it's almost a 0% chance that they'll fix it now.

[gabrielcab]

Hello, I need help setting up SJQ to run the script for keeping on my cable box. I've installed everything but i have doubts of how to setup SJQ to keep sending the number 000 every 2 hours to see if it work in keeping my STB alive. I copied this script to my WHS drive "C:\Program Files\SageTV\Common\keep_stb_alive.groovy".

This is what i'm supposed to write on Add SJQ Task:?

Task ID: STBKA
Executable: script: C:\Program Files\SageTV\Common\keep_stb_alive.groovy (is this syntax correct?)
Executable args: "USB-UIRT Transciever MotorolaDCT2000" "0000" (is this syntax correct?)
Test Script: blank
Test Script Args: blank
Maximum Instances: ??
Maximum Return Code: ??
Minimum Return Code: ??
Maximum time: ???
Resources: ???
Schedule: ???

Is there anything else i need to do to make this script work? My guess is that i need to setup a contrab after setting this task?

Thanks!

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by gabrielcab

Hello, I need help setting up SJQ to run the script for keeping on my cable box. I've installed everything but i have doubts of how to setup SJQ to keep sending the number 000 every 2 hours to see if it work in keeping my STB alive. I copied this script to my WHS drive "C:\Program Files\SageTV\Common\keep_stb_alive.groovy".

This is what i'm supposed to write on Add SJQ Task:?

Task ID: STBKA
Executable: script: script:C:\Program Files\SageTV\Common\keep_stb_alive.groovy (is this syntax correct? Yes, you just need the prefix I've bolded)
Executable args: "USB-UIRT Transciever MotorolaDCT2000" "0000" (is this syntax correct? Yes)
Test Script: blank
Test Script Args: blank
Maximum Instances: 1
Maximum Return Code: 0
Minimum Return Code: 0
Maximum time: 20
Resources: 10
Schedule: ON

Is there anything else i need to do to make this script work? My guess is that i need to setup a contrab after setting this task?

Thanks!

I've bolded the missing values you'll need. Without a test script, it'll work, but it will also blindly queue up the task regardless. You might want to add a test script that skips queuing the task if there's a recording active, for example.

Finally, you will need to add a crontab entry to schedule the task to run. If you simply wanted to run the script every two hours, add this line to the crontab file:

* */2 * * * STBKA

[gabrielcab]

Originally Posted by Slugger

I've bolded the missing values you'll need. Without a test script, it'll work, but it will also blindly queue up the task regardless. You might want to add a test script that skips queuing the task if there's a recording active, for example.

Finally, you will need to add a crontab entry to schedule the task to run. If you simply wanted to run the script every two hours, add this line to the crontab file:

* */2 * * * STBKA

Thank you very much, will try it this week. How can i make that test script to skip the queuing when a recording is taking place?

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by gabrielcab

Thank you very much, will try it this week. How can i make that test script to skip the queuing when a recording is taking place?

This request falls more into the category of "how do I write groovy code?", which is something I refrain from answering, however since it's literally one line, I'll help you out. I don't mind assisting with the short ones, but I can't help with more complicated things. SJQ is a platform, its use does require some knowledge or desire to teach oneself. With that said, use this as the test script:

return Global.GetCurrentlyRecordingMediaFiles().size() > 0 ? 2 : 0

Put the above code in a file and specify the file as the test script for the task.

Note that when specifying the test script for a task, you do not prefix it with 'script:' since all pretests are automatically treated as groovy scripts (because they must be groovy scripts).

[gabrielcab]

Originally Posted by Slugger

This request falls more into the category of "how do I write groovy code?", which is something I refrain from answering, however since it's literally one line, I'll help you out. I don't mind assisting with the short ones, but I can't help with more complicated things. SJQ is a platform, its use does require some knowledge or desire to teach oneself. With that said, use this as the test script:

return Global.GetCurrentlyRecordingMediaFiles().size() > 0 ? 2 : 0

Put the above code in a file and specify the file as the test script for the task.

Note that when specifying the test script for a task, you do not prefix it with 'script:' since all pretests are automatically treated as groovy scripts (because they must be groovy scripts).

Thank you very much, i understand and thanks again for making that exemption for me this time. Is there any place where i can get previously written scripts for different things or ask for custom scripts?

[graywolf]

Originally Posted by gabrielcab

Thank you very much, i understand and thanks again for making that exemption for me this time. Is there any place where i can get previously written scripts for different things or ask for custom scripts?

http://sagetv-addons.googlecode.com/...nk/SJQScripts/

Also thru out this thread people have attached (or put in the code blocks) different things they have done

[gabrielcab]

Originally Posted by graywolf

http://sagetv-addons.googlecode.com/...nk/SJQScripts/

Also thru out this thread people have attached (or put in the code blocks) different things they have done

[gabrielcab]

I'm getting this error: "Exe does not exist or cannot be executed! [C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\jre\bin\java.exe]"

I've checked that directory and there is no java.exe in there, which java should i put there? Should i copy my JRE6 java directory from program files into the sage tv directory?

edit:
copied the JRE6 folder into sagetv directory and now it worked. Thanks.

[mrdees960]

you need to configure the task client to execute tasks.

this part i'm having trouble with. according to the userdoc i need to edit the properties file first before any of that comskip stuff. i'm not sure how to edit it for my installation.

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by mrdees960

this part i'm having trouble with. according to the userdoc i need to edit the properties file first before any of that comskip stuff. i'm not sure how to edit it for my installation.

What step are you on in the user docs (a link into the docs would be helpful for me to see where you are)? You can also use the STVi to do most of the configuration.

[bmh]

Could someone post a script for doing nightly reboots (if no recordings are in process)?

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by bmh

Could someone post a script for doing nightly reboots (if no recordings are in process)?

Here's the test script I use (adjust as desired):

import com.google.code.sagetvaddons.groovy.api.GlobalHelpers

    // Not safe if there's one or more clients/extenders connected
    if(GlobalHelpers.isAnythingConnected()) {
        println "There is a client and/or extender connected!"
        return 1
    }

    // Not safe if something's recording
    if(GlobalHelpers.isSomethingRecording()) {
        println "There is something recording!"
        return 1
    }

    // Not safe if there's a recording scheduled in the immediate future
    def reqdMins = 30L
    if(GlobalHelpers.getSecondsUntilNextRecording() < (reqdMins * 60L)) {
        println "A recording is scheduled to start within the next $reqdMins minutes!"
        return 1
    }

    // Looks to be safe, let's do this!!
    return 0

And here's the exe script I use to restart SageTV:

Utility.ServerRestart()
sleep 300000
return 0

NOTE: This task will only succeed if you run it on a standalone task client (either the Windows service version or the standalone command line version). Why? Because the exe script restarts the Sage server software and if you are running it from the plugin task client then it is halted in mid-task execution so when SJQ restarts it will detect the task as failed. If you don't care about the task being marked as failed everytime it runs, then you can run it from the plugin version of the task client, but it will say it failed every time you run it (even though it will restart Sage).

EDIT: I schedule this task in the SJQv4 crontab to run nightly at 3:30am. So given the test script, this means I queue up a restart task daily at 3:30am, but the restart won't happen until the test script says it's safe to do so. In other words, I schedule a restart of Sage on or after 3:30am daily. In theory, if the safe condition never occurs within 24 hours then a second restart task is queued meaning multiple restarts could happen in succession, however, in practice, I've never had it happen. But it could if someone left an extender or client connected.

[graywolf]

Originally Posted by bmh

Could someone post a script for doing nightly reboots (if no recordings are in process)?

An alternate test script if you don't care if a client/extender is connected (LiveTV mode) is below. If a Manual or Favorite is scheduled to run, it will requeue, but if the "Recording" is just LiveTV it will go ahead and do the full backup. Then in my backup script after SageTV is restarted, it restarts the extender in the BR and puts it to LiveTV. Use it for my full backup since we use an extender in the BR for "white noise"

def now = System.currentTimeMillis()
def reqdMins = 45L
int ScheduledRecording = 0 ;

println " ";
Global.GetScheduledRecordingsForTime(now, now + (reqdMins * 60000L)).each { mfAiring ->
    if( AiringAPI.IsNotManualOrFavorite(mfAiring) ) { 
       println (ShowAPI.GetShowTitle(mfAiring) + " is LiveTV - no issue");
    } else {
       ScheduledRecording = ScheduledRecording + 1 ;
       println ( ShowAPI.GetShowTitle(mfAiring) + " is Scheduled to record within $reqdMins minutes") ;
    } 
}

if ( ScheduledRecording > 0 ) {
    // Scheduled Recording upcoming, Return for when it is safe
    println ( "Returned to Queue until safe to process");
    return 1
} else {
    // Looks to be safe, let's do this!!
    println ("Safe to kick off Backup job. No recordings scheduled within $reqdMins minutes");
    return 0
}

[bmh]

Thank you for sharing your scripts. I am having some random crashes with Sage but it only occurs after running for several days. This will help with the WAF until I get to the root of the problem

[phareous]

I noticed my commercial skip has been broken for a little while so I went today and upgraded the server and all my clients to the latest SJQ4. Everything in the queue just says "unassigned" and "waiting" and isn't changing. All three of my clients say they are online, and I modified the schedule to be ON so its always available. It says 0 active jobs on each client. Why isn't it sending the jobs to the clients? (One of the clients runs on my server and the other two are remote running the task service)

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by phareous

I noticed my commercial skip has been broken for a little while so I went today and upgraded the server and all my clients to the latest SJQ4. Everything in the queue just says "unassigned" and "waiting" and isn't changing. All three of my clients say they are online, and I modified the schedule to be ON so its always available. It says 0 active jobs on each client. Why isn't it sending the jobs to the clients? (One of the clients runs on my server and the other two are remote running the task service)

Let's have a look at the sjq.log file.

[phareous]

Originally Posted by Slugger

Let's have a look at the sjq.log file.

Here the latest from the server log:

2011-12-03 12:23:47,712 INFO[ListenerClient]: Disconnected from 192.168.1.152:23344
2011-12-03 12:23:57,041 INFO [Handler]: CMD: PINGC :: PEER: /127.0.0.1:51844
2011-12-03 12:23:57,041 INFO [AgentManager]: Pinging Client[host=192.168.1.152:23344,state=ONLINE,lastUpdate=2011-12-03 12:23:26.356]
2011-12-03 12:23:57,634 INFO[ListenerClient]: Disconnected from 192.168.1.152:23344
2011-12-03 12:24:02,735 INFO [Handler]: CMD: PINGC :: PEER: /127.0.0.1:51844
2011-12-03 12:24:02,735 INFO [AgentManager]: Pinging Client[host=192.168.1.152:23344,state=ONLINE,lastUpdate=2011-12-03 12:23:26.356]
2011-12-03 12:24:03,344 INFO[ListenerClient]: Disconnected from 192.168.1.152:23344
2011-12-03 12:24:12,657 INFO [Handler]: CMD: PINGC :: PEER: /127.0.0.1:51844
2011-12-03 12:24:12,657 INFO [AgentManager]: Pinging Client[host=192.168.1.152:23344,state=ONLINE,lastUpdate=2011-12-03 12:23:26.356]
2011-12-03 12:24:13,265 INFO[ListenerClient]: Disconnected from 192.168.1.152:23344
2011-12-03 12:24:18,366 INFO [Handler]: CMD: PINGC :: PEER: /127.0.0.1:51844
2011-12-03 12:24:18,366 INFO [AgentManager]: Pinging Client[host=HTPC:23344,state=ONLINE,lastUpdate=2011-12-03 12:22:31.35]
2011-12-03 12:24:18,366 INFO[ListenerClient]: Disconnected from HTPC:23344
2011-12-03 12:24:28,288 INFO [Handler]: CMD: PINGC :: PEER: /127.0.0.1:51844
2011-12-03 12:24:28,288 INFO [AgentManager]: Pinging Client[host=HTPC:23344,state=ONLINE,lastUpdate=2011-12-03 12:22:31.35]
2011-12-03 12:24:28,288 INFO[ListenerClient]: Disconnected from HTPC:23344
2011-12-03 12:25:43,964 INFO [Handler]: CMD: QUIT :: PEER: /127.0.0.1:51771
2011-12-03 12:25:43,964 ERROR [Handler]: IOError: 127.0.0.1:51838
java.io.EOFException
at java.io.DataInputStream.readUnsignedShort(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readUnsignedShort(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readUTF(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readUTF(Unknown Source)
at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sjq.listener.Handler.run(Handler.java:62)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
2011-12-03 12:25:43,964 ERROR [Handler]: IOError: 127.0.0.1:51831
java.io.EOFException
at java.io.DataInputStream.readUnsignedShort(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readUnsignedShort(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readUTF(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readUTF(Unknown Source)
at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sjq.listener.Handler.run(Handler.java:62)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
2011-12-03 12:35:17,936 INFO [Handler]: CMD: QUIT :: PEER: /127.0.0.1:51667
2011-12-03 13:16:29,307 INFO[Listener]: Received connection from: /127.0.0.1:52278
2011-12-03 13:16:34,362 INFO [Handler]: CMD: QUIT :: PEER: /127.0.0.1:52278
2011-12-03 19:34:56,338 INFO [Plugin]: Event received: SystemMessagePosted
And from the sqagent:

2011-12-01 04:03:20,832 INFO[ListenerClient]: Disconnected from 192.168.1.150:23347
2011-12-01 04:03:32,114 INFO[ListenerClient]: Disconnected from 192.168.1.150:23347
2011-12-01 04:04:06,356 ERROR [ServerClient]: IOError
java.io.EOFException
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.peekByte(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sjq.listener.ListenerClient.readObj(ListenerClient.java:60)
at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sjq.agent.network.ServerClient.update(ServerClient.java:122)
at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sjq.agent.ProcessRunner.updateTask(ProcessRunner.java:227)
at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sjq.agent.ProcessRunner.run(ProcessRunner.java:173)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
2011-12-01 04:04:06,357 WARN [ProcessRunner]: Removing task from active list: SJQ4Task-192.168.1.150-23347-3062
2011-12-02 04:00:04,574 WARN[Listener]: Shutting down listener...
2011-12-02 04:02:56,008 INFO [Config]: Watching 'C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\plugins\sjq-agent\conf'
2011-12-02 04:02:58,053 INFO [Plugin]: Checking if hostname 'HTPC' is registered...
2011-12-03 04:00:04,671 WARN[Listener]: Shutting down listener...
2011-12-03 04:02:55,439 INFO [Config]: Watching 'C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\plugins\sjq-agent\conf'
2011-12-03 04:02:55,661 INFO [Plugin]: Checking if hostname 'HTPC' is registered...
2011-12-03 11:32:43,950 WARN[Listener]: Shutting down listener...
2011-12-03 11:35:33,283 INFO [Config]: Watching 'C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\plugins\sjq-agent\conf'
2011-12-03 11:35:33,611 INFO [Plugin]: Checking if hostname 'HTPC' is registered...
2011-12-03 12:17:19,334 INFO [Config]: Props file update detected, reloading properties from disk!
2011-12-03 12:17:19,334 INFO [Config]: Agent properties file updated via network socket!
2011-12-03 12:17:19,334 INFO [Config]: Props file update detected, reloading properties from disk!
2011-12-03 12:20:33,976 INFO [Config]: Props file update detected, reloading properties from disk!
2011-12-03 12:20:33,976 INFO [Config]: Agent properties file updated via network socket!
2011-12-03 12:20:33,976 INFO [Config]: Props file update detected, reloading properties from disk!
2011-12-03 12:21:11,150 INFO [Config]: Props file update detected, reloading properties from disk!
2011-12-03 12:21:11,150 INFO [Config]: Agent properties file updated via network socket!
2011-12-03 12:21:11,150 INFO [Config]: Props file update detected, reloading properties from disk!

[Slugger]

Going to have to increase the log level to DEBUG in the sjq.log4j.properties file and run again. You must restart SageTV after changing the log level. This will produce a tonne of output in a hurry. Run it for a few minutes so the queue is processed then drop the log level back down and restart SageTV.