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20.03.2010 18:25:26

Best Way to Wake a Mini?

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What is the best method to wake a sleeping Mini? I'm currently sending a "FrontRow" command as Harmony has that command built into their software when you add a Mini device. Once that is sent, I've built delays into my macros (10s) because if the Mini isn't fully awake before the Harmony continues sending commands (activate EyeTV, open live tv window, etc) they get lost. Is there a better method of doing this that doesn't involve having to send multiple commands from the Harmony with built in delays? (It's annoying to have to hold the remote at the Mini for 10 seconds waiting for additional commands.) I would much rather handle this somehow through RB and only need the Harmony to send one button press.

On a side note, does anyone know if Elgato has addressed the issue where EyeTV won't allow the Mini to sleep? It's a known issue that best of my knowledge Elgato hasn't addressed in software.

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.

Hardware - EyeTV Receiver

Which receivers are supported? (FAQ015E0211)
The latest info on hard- and software-requirements including info on support hardware can be found on the dedicated page for EyeTV receivers.

Please consider making use of the free Remote Buddy trial version to test your device for compatibility directly on your computer.

Hardware - Harmony® Smart Control

If I haven't used the Harmony Smart Remote for a few minutes, Remote Buddy does not react to the first button press. (FAQ015E0263)
Please verify that no power saving options are enabled at "Remote Buddy > Preferences > Hardware > Bluetooth Receiver".
When the Harmony Hub connects to my Mac, I'm asked for a PIN. (FAQ015E0262)
Please enter 0000.

User

23.03.2010 17:01:46

Re: Best Way to Wake a Mini?

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Thanks for asking.

If you're using a Mac Mini with an Intel processor, it'll wakeup when it receives an Apple Remote button press. If it's not paired, it'll wake on any Apple Remote's button presses. If it's paired, it'll only wake on button presses of that particular remote. Please note that the wakeup time can't be shortened by sending multiple button presses. Most of it is OS X waiting for the harddrive's motor to spin up again - which can't be accelerated.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

23.03.2010 19:31:06

Re: Best Way to Wake a Mini?

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Thanks Felix. But I'm still not clear on the "best" method. What I was considering doing was creating an applescript that essentially "wakes" the mini once triggered, opens (or activates) EyeTV, opens a live window, and makes it full screen. Currently, my Harmony is sending those commands as four events in a macro. Instead, I want to have the Harmony send one button event, and have RB do all the work so that if the IR line of site is broken everything still fires. Does OSX tell RB that it is "awake" so RB can continue it's scripting? Or do I need to build in arbitrary pauses (10s)?

User

24.03.2010 15:35:35

Re: Best Way to Wake a Mini?

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Hi Andrew,

I think that an AppleScript is definitely the way to go for what you want to accomplish. I'm not sure if the script will initiate a "self pause" while the Mini's drive spins up, but there are ways, in AppleScript, to control this manually. If you find that the script isn't executing properly try putting in some repeat loops that do nothing but wait for a process to appear before allowing the script to continue:

[code]
set frontApp to ""

tell application "System Events"
tell application "EyeTV"
activate
end tell
repeat while frontApp is not "EyeTV"
set frontApp to name of the first process whose frontmost is true
end repeat
--your code here
end tell
[/code]

This script will launch EyeTV then test to see if it's the front app, if not it tests again, and again, and again, and.... until EyeTV is in front. Only then will it continue to execute the script. FWIW I use scripts like this in my HTPC Mini quite often—even when I am switching to an already running app. On a fully awake Mini, with hard drives spinning, the test to check if "foo" is the frontmost app (after sending, say, cmd-tab) fails 13-20 times before "foo" is really at the front!

Good luck!

User

26.03.2010 02:27:15

Re: Best Way to Wake a Mini?

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Thanks Dave. I'll try it out!

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