pywin32 : scheduled weakup from standby/hiberate ?

[robert]

On Windows the task scheduler tool can program (the BIOS?) to weak up
the machine from standby/hibernate at certain pre-configured times. Can
this be done directly through the (py)win32 API?

robert

[Jesse Hager]

robert wrote:

On Windows the task scheduler tool can program (the BIOS?) to weak up
the machine from standby/hibernate at certain pre-configured times. Can
this be done directly through the (py)win32 API?

robert

What you need is a Waitable Timer.

The APIs to manipulate these are:

win32event.Crea teWaitableTimer ()
win32event.SetW aitableTimer()
win32event.Canc elWaitableTimer ()

The wakeup feature is enabled when the last parameter of the call to
SetWaitableTime r is True.

However, pywin32 seems to be missing a binding for the
SetThreadExecut ionState() function so unless a person moves the mouse or
keyboard within a minute or two of the wakeup, the system just goes back
to sleep.

You should be able to call the SetThreadExecut ionState function using
ctypes.

Search for Power Management in the MSDN library for info on these functions.

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On Windows the task scheduler tool can program (the BIOS?) to weak up the machine from standby/hibernate at certain
pre-configured times. Can this be done directly through the (py)win32 API?

robert

Pywin32 has a taskscheduler module that can be used
to create a scheduled task to wake up your system.
The TASK_FLAG_SYSTE M_REQUIRED flag
corresponds to the "Wake the system to run this task"
option in the UI.

hth
Roger


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