Shut down XP after XX Minutes of inactivity

[damdy-cash]

Hi all,
I've search EG and the whole forum but couldn't find a solution for my problem.
Sometimes I simply forget to switch off my HTPC after watching something served by shared folders provided by my HTPC.
To avoid unwanted energy consumption, I would like to shot down my HTPC after XX minutes of inactivity.

Actual I think I only need to find the right trigger but can't figure out the trick.
Anyone there who could guide me through it please?

Cheers Volker

[themaster1]

Perhaps you can do that with the event System.idle

The idea would be to start a countdown in seconds whenever the event System.idle is kicking in. What you think?
- system idle event
- python script (probably) to countdown in seconds
- power off computer

[damdy-cash]

yes of course, I've tried it this way, I'm just struggling to restart the timer as soon something happens after it has started to count dowm the time

Cheers Volker

[scissors]

Maybe something like the following...

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1544">
    <Folder Name="Test" Expanded="True">
        <Macro Name="Idle" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="System.Idle" />
            <Action>
                EventGhost.PythonCommand(u'eg.globals.shutTask = eg.scheduler.AddTask(3600, eg.TriggerEvent, "SHUTDOWN")')
            </Action>
        </Macro>
        <Macro Name="UnIdle" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="System.UnIdle" />
            <Action>
                EventGhost.PythonCommand(u'eg.scheduler.CancelTask(eg.globals.shutTask)')
            </Action>
        </Macro>
        <Macro Name="Shutdown" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="SHUTDOWN" />
            <Action>
                EventGhost.ShowOSD(u'Shutdown!', u'0;-24;0;0;0;700;0;0;0;1;0;0;2;32;Arial', (255, 255, 255), (0, 0, 0), 0, (0, 0), 0, 3.0, False)
            </Action>
        </Macro>
    </Folder>
</EventGhost>

3600 = seconds

In this example, you'll get an error message in CancelTask when UnIdle is triggered after SHUTDOWN is triggered since shutTask will no longer be valid. You can add checks, but if you're actually shutting down, then I guess it won't matter.

[damdy-cash]

that looks very promising! Thanks for that!

Cheers Volker

[damdy-cash]

works like a charm! You made my day

cheers Volker