"Wak-On Lan"? How to wake up GB-PVR

[jwthirty13]

Hello all. In advance I want to thank all the programmers who have put so much into this. My friends and family are amazed at what my system can do with your help.

My GB-PVR system recently failed. I have a second computer that just runs as a media server. Basically, after two years of running, the harddrive failed. It was a Maxtor drive. I have to buy a new drive and start all over again.

I did not purchase another Maxtor drive, but I did get a standard drive (not something that is made specifically for Servers or anything). The price differential was just too much.

What I would like to do is have my unit on during certain hours and off during others, without me having to do anything. I realized that I was doing very little recording during the day, so it would be better if my unit were off so that the harddrive was getting a rest. I think it was the 24 hour rotation that ultimately fried it.

Does anyone know how to do this? If I am posting in th wrong area, I apologize. I am sure someone else has run into this tye of problem since we are basically running 24 hour servers with laymans materials.

Thanks!

[betlit]

just config your windows box to go into standby or hibernation (i have set mine to hibernate after 20 min of inactivity).
gbpvr will wake up your compy when a scheduled recording is about to beginn or e.g. for epg-update.

wake-on-lan does work for me too. funny: i do not have to send a magic packet... a ping or an http-request, and it wakes up.
i do not know why this is the case, though (its an elderly 3com NIC).

[jwthirty13]

Thanks betlit, I will try that. I am going with the portable/laptop defaults to test, which is monitor off in 15 min; hard drive off is 30 min; system standby in 20 min. I am going to schedule a recording for an hour from now to see if it wakes up.

Thanks

[jwthirty13]

betlit, that works like a charm. thanks.