Fails to wakeup to update epg

[garyeuph]

Hi,

I have the latest version of GBPVR using XMLTV for listings, but my PC can never wakeup from standby to update the listings (it certainly never runs updateegg.bat). It does, however, wakeup perfectly for all of the scheduled recordings?

Is there any setting I am missing?

Gary

[stefan]

There is a setting (a checkbox) in the config app for "wake up computer for EPG update". Don't remember the exact location, but should be easy enough to find if you look for it.

[garyeuph]

Stefan,

Thanks, but I do have that box selected and nothing appears to be happening:confused: I have a line in updateepg.bat that should add a line of text to a log file I have created. When I run updateepg.bat manually all works fine, but not from GBPVR....

Actually, I do not know how to check if GBPVR has woken up, but not run updateepg.bat, as that could also be happening - all I know is that updateepg.bat is not being run.

Thanks

Gary

[stefan]

Weird. You could always set the epg update time to some time when you can sit by the computer and see if it does something =) I think that the time is not exact, gbpvr uses some deviation to not bog down the epg servers completely...

[neilraymond]

i had a similar problem. i my case the computer did actually wake up, but then went back in to standby before the update started. i only found this out when i configured the update to happen during the day and i sat next to the computer to see what happened, although you can look in c:\windows\windowsupdate.log to see the sleep/wake events occur.

other people have also had this problem, and hopefully there'll be a fix in the next release (see sub's posts in this thread):

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=15292

[garyeuph]

Thanks to both of you. Will look in the log file and try and watch it when I am awake . That may be a while off, but thanks for the ideas to try (and the other thread was very interesting)

Gary

[ricklous]

ive been suffering from this too.

Found a workaround until the next release, i havnt set it up yet but presumably it'll work.

you can use powercfg.exe (which ive found on both XP Pro and Home SP2 installs) to configure your power management settings via the command line.

So, the way i've thought it through, is to define two power management schemes.

Scheme 1 is the usual one, with standby set to 2 minutes for use during day, Scheme 2 will be called 'EPG Update' or some such, and will not send the system to standby but will switch the monitor off after one minute.

then in updateepg.bat, use powercfg to set power scheme as the EPG one, and then postupdateepg.bat use powercfg to set the power scheme back to the usual power scheme for use the rest of the day.

as i say ive not done this yet, but it all sounds fairly easy to do when looking at that link....

[garyeuph]

To generate more confusion, I checked the c:\windows\windowsupdate.log file, and this confirms that my PC is not even waking up from sleep mode - so all of the bits about ensuring it stays awake long enough to run updateepg.bat do not help at this moment.

Gary

[stefan]

Hm... so just to make sure.... in your config.xml you do have this line:

Code:

<WakeMachineForEPGUpdate>true</WakeMachineForEPGUpdate>

And at the same time you do not have any other line regarding

Code:

<WakeMachineForEPGUpdate></WakeMachineForEPGUpdate>

And the computer *does* wake up ok when it is time for it to record stuff?

[garyeuph]

Stefan,

I will check the config.xml tonight (the check box is checked in the configuration program however).

I can confirm that it does wake up to record shceduled recordings.

Gary