PowerMon plugin - for laptop carpcs - Page 4

Startingline13 · 01-15-2009, 01:27 PM

The North American Version of Vista 32. That's why I can't understand why it is coming up with Chinese symbols.

Enforcer · 01-15-2009, 03:12 PM

Ah! vista, you need to be running in XP compatability mode I believe as Vista doesn't like some VB6 runtimes. (at least I think that is it)

Startingline13 · 01-15-2009, 03:40 PM

Ahhh, have to love Microsoft

Ok I'll try that out when I get home a bit later.

Startingline13 · 01-15-2009, 11:05 PM

I've been searching for ways to run this in compatibility mode but have come up with nothing. It seems you can only run specific programs in compatibility mode, and not something such as a .dll

docbreezy · 01-21-2009, 12:00 AM

Nice lil plugin. I actually got it to work first time with no hitch. Now i can see whats happening in the trunk from up front. So now i woul like to explore a bit further

1. would it be possible (from rr) to monitor the power source, whether battery or external and then execute a command (Lets say, hibernate) when source changes from external to battery.

2 what would that command look like? (Maybe using that BYVAR command??)

Enforcer · 01-21-2009, 12:05 AM

Have a look at bluezx3's plugins, he has one which will monitor label values and then react to certain user defined values.

docbreezy · 01-21-2009, 05:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Enforcer

Have a look at bluezx3's plugins, he has one which will monitor label values and then react to certain user defined values.

Thanks for the reply, i used the RRWarningWatcher and i actually got it to work. Im exctatic. There is only one sticking point though. I am using the battery level label which does a few things i specify and then hibernates when battery drops below 90% which happens when external power is dropped and battery starts discharging . Works like a charm.

Problem is, since the battery wont be charging while in hibernation, upon resume, battery level will still be below the 90%.

I would rather use the powersource label but its given in text rather than numeric. so i cant/dont know how to use the '<' or '>' criteria.

Enforcer · 01-21-2009, 06:10 PM

can you not test it equal to charging or not charging

docbreezy · 01-21-2009, 09:43 PM

I tried, with no luck. dont think the syntax allows "=", it seems to only respond when more or less than the set criteria which seem to need some numerical value.

Sal R. · 01-22-2009, 11:39 AM

Kinda round about, but you could set up a global timer event to evaluate the power source label and set a value based on the string.

Code:

SETVARBYCODE;pstate;powermon_powersrc||EVAL;pstate;strcomp("$pstate$";"Battery")||BYVAR;pstate;SETLABEL;CUSTOMpwrsrc;1<<SETLABEL;CUSTOMpwrsrc;3"




.

Then set RRWW to monitor "CUSTOMpwrsrc"

I think you can also use the BYSTR command to do the same thing, but I don't know if it can read labels directly. I know it can eval variables with string properties, tho.

docbreezy · 01-22-2009, 09:18 PM

Well that didnt work out. It did work somewhat, but the RRWW Alarm event kept firing no matter how i cofigured it. However i did, find a winning combination from that code.

Code:

"TIMER","SETVARBYCODE;pstate;powermon_powersrc||EVAL;pstate;strcomp("$pstate$";"Battery")||BYVAR;pstate;DONOTHING<<CUSTHib"
"CUSTHib","DIGITALOUT11TOGGLE||wAIT;1||FBDISCONNECT||wAIT;1||HIBERNATE"

Works like a gem and now i have no need for those external hibernation apps and i didn't even have to utilize RRWW.

GizmoQ · 05-01-2009, 12:04 PM

Hey Sal, I just posted some code in the RREXTENDED Thread about triggering an RRCode command when powermon_powersrc label changes. Can this plugin be setup to do it for me, i.e., through a settings.ini or a switch. My method works, but it requires a RRCode timer fired every 15 seconds. And I'd like to get away from additional plugins and timers.

Sal R. · 05-01-2009, 12:39 PM

I can probably add an indicator if the power source was a battery or external and you can then use the RRE's IndPoller.

I've never had much luck executing commands from a label change.

Looking at the code your provided in the RRE thread, it looks like it might work...

GizmoQ · 05-01-2009, 07:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Sal R.

I can probably add an indicator if the power source was a battery or external and you can then use the RRE's IndPoller.

I've never had much luck executing commands from a label change.

Looking at the code your provided in the RRE thread, it looks like it might work...

Nah, my label change checker does work! Right now its the only thing using RRE. Was looking to reduce # of plugins.

mcmasterp · 11-03-2009, 11:22 PM

I am sorry, I read this thread but I dont think I am up to heavy coding.
I am using the digitalFX 4.o skin.

I tried using the examples people gave but with my 1024x600 res it is all screwed up placement wise. I would really like it small somewhere in the corner possibly next to the cpu%.

any ideas?

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