Keyboard shortcut for standby

[frankmcg]

Can anyone think of a way to have one key press which puts the computer into standby (or hibernate for that matter)? Within windows its ctrl+esc+u+enter but I'm thinking that would cause GB-PVR to lose focus.

Going up or down several menu items to "system" then down to "standby" is far too much like hard work!

What I want to do is get the keyboard shortcut, then map this to my hauppauge remote in case that made any difference to the answer. Don't MS remotes have a one-button solution for this within MCE?

[fuzzweed]

MS remotes effectively duplicate the sleep button on a keyboard (I'm assuming yours doesn't have one!). I think this button is handled as a special case by windows as it shows up in power management options if you have the required hardware attached.
You could map the hauppauge green button via irremote.ini to the keyboard shortcut you mentioned though. You can't bring itout of standby with the HP remote, but you could map green to run PVRX2 under the default settings, and map it to standby under the GBPVR section.
Alternatively I think you ought to be able to google for some sort of hotkey application to reassign ctrl+esc+u+enter to a 'spare'key on your keyboard `~ for example.

[frankmcg]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try it tonight but I'm just wondering whether doing a ctrl+esc+u+enter is going to try and minimise GB-PVR interupting the "seemlessness" of it all? Another idea I had was a custom task or desktop shortcut calling psshutdown (http://www.ss64.com/nt/psshutdown.html) and mapping a keyboard shortcut to that desktop shortcut. Custom task would be simpler I'm thinking as if I recall correctly they can be assigned to the Function keys?

Would be interested in hearing what others are doing too.

[Fyvve]

Maybe won't work for you but this is what i do:

I put

rundll32 powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

in a .bat file and then tell HIP to run that .bat when i press the power button.

[K.S.]

@frankmcg: i also use psshutdown. it's not seamless, but has one nice "feature" in combination with customizable remotes (like the hauppauge remotes). setup psshutdown with timer (i.e. 110 sec) & allow users to cancel the request: voila, you have your custom button for direct standby. ups, you've somehow hit the wrong button, your machine is going to standby? no prolem, just press ok (enter) & the standby countdown is cancel ;-)

Maybe won't work for you but this is what i do:

I put in a .bat file and then tell HIP to run that .bat when i press the power button.

@Fyvve: does your machine ever wake up automaticaly for recordings/epg updates? mine never did with that rundll32 call (seams like it disables the wake up timers), details here: http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=2...ostcount=7

[frankmcg]

Makes sense. Are you using a batch file with a keyboard shortcut (called by the hauppauge remote) to do that? Does the countdown prompt appear on top of GB-PVR (even in FSE mode)? Or are you using a custom task?

Fyvve - I had the problem K.S. mentioned using powrprof.dll - machine doesn't resume properly, so think that rules out that option

[K.S.]

Does the countdown prompt appear on top of GB-PVR (even in FSE mode)? Or are you using a custom task?

custom task, point to batch or exe of your choice (in my case it's a batch to check for pending recordings before accidentaly suspending the machine), call that custom task Shutdown, change the setting in config.xml to say <DefaultPluginPower>Shutdown</DefaultPluginPower>
or whatever you choose as a custom task name et voila, your hauppauge power button calls it, for those who still want to navigate around: it's an menu entry called Shutdown, put it in your menu where ever you want. if you don't want to see it you have to map it directly in irremote.ini
sorry, can't tell you about FSE, i don't use it.

[Fyvve]

You know i think it does not wake up properly. Huh, i have been wondering for a while why i sometimes have failed recordings. Thanks guys!

[frankmcg]

custom task, point to batch or exe of your choice (in my case it's a batch to check for pending recordings before accidentaly suspending the machine), call that custom task Shutdown, change the setting in config.xml to say <DefaultPluginPower>Shutdown</DefaultPluginPower>
or whatever you choose as a custom task name et voila, your hauppauge power button calls it, for those who still want to navigate around: it's an menu entry called Shutdown, put it in your menu where ever you want. if you don't want to see it you have to map it directly in irremote.ini
sorry, can't tell you about FSE, i don't use it.

Thanks for your help. Set this up last night and it's done the trick. Bit of an incompatibility with FSE mode as I suspected though which hides the countdown prompt but it'll do for now! Wonder whether something like this could be built into the shutdown plugin? Will post a question on that sub-forum now.