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by _tma_
Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:03 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: New drive notification
Replies: 13
Views: 8508

Bitmonster wrote:2. And the real external hard disk also shows no event in EG on your machine?
Indeed, no event. I guess I don't need to install a plugin for this to work (just checking)?

_tma_
by _tma_
Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:01 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: New drive notification
Replies: 13
Views: 8508

One more thing: I noticed that the EG icon in the system tray remains red after a resume event. The following event (tried with my X10 remote) makes the icon turn green again when the event is over.

_tma_
by _tma_
Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:57 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: New drive notification
Replies: 13
Views: 8508

Here some results/answers:

- The suspend event comes in time when I suspend the PC using the power button. When I suspend the PC in an automated way (through EG's suspend action) the event comes at resume time. I tried as you suggested with a playsound action, and I hear the sound first thing when ...
by _tma_
Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:31 am
Forum: General Support
Topic: New drive notification
Replies: 13
Views: 8508

As far as I know I tried with standard usb mass storage devices: once with a garmin nuvi gps system which has two drives associated, and I also tried with a sandisk ultra ii plus memory card that you can insert directly in a usb port. I admin these are not really standard hard disks but they do ...
by _tma_
Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:47 am
Forum: General Support
Topic: New drive notification
Replies: 13
Views: 8508

Great! Thanks for the incredible support!

Some feedback on this build:

- The event payload thing works like a charm and is 100% useful. Thanks a lot!
- Somehow I don't get the mounted/unmounted events for the USB devices I insert/remove. Can't give you much more feedback on this one. Can I run in ...
by _tma_
Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: New drive notification
Replies: 13
Views: 8508

OK, thanks a lot for the quick feedback as usual :-)

I have been looking for this ability for a long time and the best solution I could find was based on the USBAgent program, see http://withopf.com/tools/usbagent/ Don't know if source code is available or if the developer is willing to share it ...
by _tma_
Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:52 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: New drive notification
Replies: 13
Views: 8508

New drive notification

Hi,

I've been using EG for a while now and it just runs perfectly. Here's a few questions I had while trying to add more automation to my PC:

- When I insert a CD I get a System.DriveMounted event, and similarly when the CD is ejected I get a System.DriveRemoved event. Great! However, when I ...