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I have sabnzbd+ running on a windows xp desktop that I have set to sleep after an hour of inactivity. Frequently, I've noticed that I have I'll leave my queue and computer running overnight or for a few hours unattended and I'll return to see that my computer has entered sleep mode. I think nothing unusual of this as I have a post-processing script that puts the computer into S3 sleep. However, when I bring the computer out of standby and look at the queue again, I've noticed that the queue actually did not complete when it should have finished. I suspect that it is windows that is putting the computer into standby as nothing in the sabnzb log indicates otherwise (ie. my sleep post-processing script never ran).

I have seen option settings in other programs that prevent the computer from entering standby. I have no idea how this could be implemented in sabnzbd+, but I hope that something similar could be put in place for times when sabnzd is processing the queue. I know an alternative would be to disable power management on my computer altogether, thus not allow it to sleep automatically but I think there are currently many benefits to having some type of automated power savings/management.

Thanks.

i looked over your thread. i never use the shutdown pc option as i always sleep my computer. also, my queue never got close to even finishing downloading let alone post-processing (e.g. 1 gb of a 3-gb, 1 nzb, queue remained). my log shows normal downloading and then cuts out until hours later when the computer is brought out of standby.

If someone can tell me how to to this in Python, I'll be happy to implement it.

I'm not familiar with programming or coding, but I came across a function called SetThreadExecutionState http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... nstate.asp that can be used to reset the idletimer so that the machine doesnt enter standby. Perhaps that can be of help. Thanks.

Thanks, I'll look for a way to include this in SABnzbd.