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[KWS]

LS8, on Dec 10 2009, 10:03 AM, said:

Does it disable autosleep when watching video in QuickTime ar listening to music in iTunes? Or does it sleep in the middle of a movie?  

Updated in first post ...  

[dungeon]

KWS, on Dec 10 2009, 12:37 PM, said:

Updated in first post ...  

great work, Thanks.
Hope the future release can monitor disk activities like file coping, downloading etc.

[KWS]

dungeon, on Dec 20 2009, 09:34 PM, said:

great work, Thanks.
Hope the future release can monitor disk activities like file coping, downloading etc.

I think this is not possible in Applescript, at least for me  , so you must  change the energy saver settings to 3 hrs or never  during large downloads or file copying ...

[helob]

KWS, on Aug 29 2009, 04:14 PM, said:

This is a new version of PenntNeu-script, which now recognizes the setting "Never" for sleep-delay in energy-saver preferences. It works in 10.6 too. You must add It  to Start Up Objects on your User Account ...  

Added try ... end try to the script to prevent an error while running  time machine backups ...

To explain it in detail: this is no solution for any sleep-issue with the except of not working AUTOMATIC-Sleep. If your machine goes to sleep by menu-command and wake without problems, you can use it ...
RIP.app.zip
Added three little changes to stop script while itunes, dvd-player or QuickTime is playing...
RIP2.app.zip

KWS,
RIP2.app was working great for Chameleon RC3 .
However with the latest Chameleon RC4 ( eliminate PlatformUUID.kext in E/E), auto sleep is no more working .
Would appreciate any inputs on getting RIP working again with Chameleon RC4 .
TQ & Have a nice day

[KWS]

helob, on Dec 22 2009, 02:43 PM, said:

KWS,
RIP2.app was working great for Chameleon RC3 .
However with the latest Chameleon RC4 ( eliminate PlatformUUID.kext in E/E), auto sleep is no more working .
Would appreciate any inputs on getting RIP working again with Chameleon RC4 .
TQ & Have a nice day

Is sleep working by menu command ... I use pc efi 10.5, i replaced boot file with rc4 and sleep isn't working by menu command and so also not by RIP-script.
Funny is that i changed my dvd-drive some weeks ago and since that autosleep is perfectly working without my script. So i feel not too much motivated to change my working configuration for testing ...  

[helob]

KWS, on Dec 23 2009, 05:43 AM, said:

Is sleep working by menu command ... I use pc efi 10.5, i replaced boot file with rc4 and sleep isn't working by menu command and so also not by RIP-script.
Funny is that i changed my dvd-drive some weeks ago and since that autosleep is perfectly working without my script. So i feel not too much motivated to change my working configuration for testing ...  

I was using the patched RC4 boot file by blackosx which combined both Duvelv & Rekursor solution to OpenHaltRestart & PlatformUUID issues.
I replaced that with just Rekursor's boot file and everything is back to normal.
Both force and auto sleep are working again with RIP2 .
Pls note that efi 10.5 use PciRoot=1 as default whereas rc4 default to PciRoot=0
Try putting PciRoot=1 in com.apple.boot.plist for using rc4.

TQ & have a nice day.

[KWS]

helob, on Dec 23 2009, 08:32 AM, said:

I was using the patched RC4 boot file by blackosx which combined both Duvelv & Rekursor solution to OpenHaltRestart & PlatformUUID issues.
I replaced that with just Rekursor's boot file and everything is back to normal.
Both force and auto sleep are working again with RIP2 .
Pls note that efi 10.5 use PciRoot=1 as default whereas rc4 default to PciRoot=0
Try putting PciRoot=1 in com.apple.boot.plist for using rc4.

TQ & have a nice day.

Thank you  for the tip, will try it later  

[Daniel Gustavsson]

KWS, on Aug 29 2009, 09:14 AM, said:

This is a new version of PenntNeu-script, which now recognizes the setting "Never" for sleep-delay in energy-saver preferences. It works in 10.6 too. You must add It  to Start Up Objects on your User Account ...  

Added try ... end try to the script to prevent an error while running  time machine backups ...

To explain it in detail: this is no solution for any sleep-issue with the except of not working AUTOMATIC-Sleep. If your machine goes to sleep by menu-command and wake without problems, you can use it ...
RIP.app.zip
Added three little changes to stop script while itunes, dvd-player or QuickTime is playing...
RIP2.app.zip

I love it, but it would be perfect if you could add transmission support. So it wont sleep while downloading and when copying files.

[KWS]

So if someone's here who could improve RIP-script with network and file monitoring ability, feel free to use this few applescript-lines for further enhancements ...  

[zim2dive]

I've just started having this problem after adding a DVD drive.. so do some drives cause this problem and others do not? (ie. should I swap the one I got with others in the house as a test ?)

[KWS]

zim2dive, on Jan 7 2010, 01:53 PM, said:

I've just started having this problem after adding a DVD drive.. so do some drives cause this problem and others do not? (ie. should I swap the one I got with others in the house as a test ?)

I changed my LG-drive to a Optiarc AD-72435 and autosleep started working. Leo trys to power-down the DVD-drive (i think so, but i dont know  really - somewhere in Insanelymac there's a thread about it, but i lost the url  ), with one drive it works and with another it fails, depending on the model. On my other machine a different LG-drive and autosleep are working together ...

[zim2dive]

KWS, on Jan 7 2010, 08:25 AM, said:

I changed my LG-drive to a Optiarc AD-72435 and autosleep started working. Leo trys to power-down the DVD-drive (i think so, but i dont know  really - somewhere in Insanelymac there's a thread about it, but i lost the url   ), with one drive it works and with another it fails, depending on the model. On my other machine a different LG-drive and autosleep are working together ...

I just got a Samsung TS-H663B/UOAH... its nice and compact and quiet... wah....

Have folks seen any difference between SATA, PATA, etc on this?

[KWS]

A test in advance: Leave a disc in the drive, if autosleep works, you will benefit from changing ... if not, maybe    theres a script solution nearby ...

[zim2dive]

I put in a CD, and with my SAMSUNG TS-H663B/UOAH SATA, and changed my sleep times to 1 minute.  After 1 minute, the display sleeps... maybe 5 minutes later I hear the HDD spin down.  3-4 minutes later, the whole machine finally sleeps.  

So I need to keep a disc inserted?!? LOL, that seems counter-intuitive.

Out of curiosity I swapped in a lite-on DH-20A4H PATA drive...  I inserted a disc and it also went to sleep, but when it woke up the LiteOn went nuts as if I''d just loaded a disc it could not read... and it would not give up trying, even after I removed the disc.

I have an external case, so I may just pull the DVD and put it in that, only powering on when needed (which is not all that often).

thanks for the info!

[zoob]

For KWS:
DVD Burner May Be Cause of Insomnia
http://www.insanelym...howtopic=171929

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Actually I just tested my own setup and it fails to auto-sleep even without a DVD drive.  I'm using an Intel X25-M 160GB Gen2 SSD.  Have yet to test the script method.

INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC:

  Capacity: 160.04 GB (160,041,885,696 bytes)
  Model: INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC                    
  Revision: 2CV102HD
  Serial Number: CVPO93060165160AGN  
  Native Command Queuing: Yes
  Queue Depth: 32
  Removable Media: No
  Detachable Drive: No
  BSD Name: disk0
  Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
  S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
  Volumes:
Mac Pro:
  Capacity: 159.7 GB (159,697,911,808 bytes)
  Available: 153.39 GB (153,394,716,672 bytes)
  Writable: Yes
  File System: Journaled HFS+
  BSD Name: disk0s2
  Mount Point: /

[westwaerts]

THX KWS

for changing the script to get more apps into sleep-prevention.
and definitely for the special support

all the best ww

[sw170]

KWS, on Aug 29 2009, 08:14 AM, said:

...
Added a possibility to select  "sleep-resistant" programs (should support torrent downloads or dvd-rips with non-scriptable applications).
...

thats very kind of you, especially that you don't have to worry about TSST Drive bug anymore
thanks KWS !
Regards

[Wikus]

Hi,

thank you for the great script, but I have a small problem with the RIP3. Is there a way to analyze it? The Problem: I edit the script (line 5) and "set Programme to {"TeamViewer", "jdownloader", "blabla"}". I start the RIP3 and normaly the system should not go to sleep if one of the programs is started. But since one week, it doesn't work anymore. After the idle time the system falls to sleep, no mater if e.g. TeamViewer  ist started or not.

Any idea?

Best

Wikus

[KWS]

If you write in terminal
ps -axww
you get a list of running processes, like in  Activity Monitor.
I tested the script with TeamViewer Application (10.6.2) and it worked.
So to make it safe repeat the whole procedure, download and edit the script - maybe this will bypass the mistake.

[DieBuche]

Hey KWS, do u know whether VLC/other video apps support AS (smt. like IfVideoIsPlaying=  )