Post Sleep Command, please help

You would have a much better chance of success if you were to place your command inside a batch or cmd file as TrueImage does not work well with open commands. By having it in a separate file, this gives you an opportunity to test the command without involving True Image.

Paste the text below into Notepad and save the file with a name of your choice but with an extension of .cmd such as

Pete-standby.cmd

Then in the TI post command, use the browse requirement and point the post command to the

Pete-standby.cmd

The working directory will be filled in by your browsing to where the cmd file is stored.

File contents below:

@ECHO OFF

POWERCFG -change -standby -timeout -ac 02

POWERCFG -change -standby-timeout-ac 2

::

@EXIT

Thanks GroverH, i have PM'd you but the above is not working, well i set it up and then ran a manual back up task but the pc didn't do anything

just carried on whirring away :-(

Pete

Here is a copy of the email i got from acronis once the backup task had finished

1 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:15:AM Operation E Mails started. 2 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:16:AM Analyzing partition '0-0'... 3 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:18:AM Analyzing partition '1-1'... 4 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:19:AM Analyzing partition 'C:'... 5 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:20:AM Analyzing partition '0-0'... 6 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:22:AM Analyzing partition 'D:'... 7 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:23:AM Analyzing partition '0-0'... 8 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:23:AM Analyzing partition 'X:'... 9 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:31:AM Child process has exited with code '0'. 10 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:31:AM Execution of user command succeeded: C:/DrvNotify/DrvNotify.exe 11 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:31:AM Locking partition C:... 12 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:32:AM Create Differential Backup Archive From: My Data Compression: Normal 13 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:32:AM Backing up to file: "X:\E Mails\Outlook2012-03-02(2)2.tib" 14 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:38:AM Validate Backup Archive Location: "X:\E Mails\Outlook2012-03-02(2)2.tib" 15 Error 03/03/2012 10:42:40:AM Child process has exited with code '1'. 16 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:40:AM Execution of user command succeeded: C:/Acronis-Standby.cmd 17 Information 03/03/2012 10:42:41:AM Operation has succeeded.

Its states the stand by command has been executed but it didn't do anything

Pete

I don't have time to respond right now but the c:\acronis-standby.cmd is not the same name as C:\standby.cmd in the attachments. Using the browse feature to the correct file helps to prevent path errors, etc as compared to when you just type the path.

The first step is to get the power command to work from a desktop shortcut. Until you have that working properly, do not waste you time inserting as a post command. Temporarily insert a pause command inside the batch file just prior to the exit command. Then test it as a desktop shortcut so you can see if you have an error message. After you get the pause, with or without message, then you can press the enter key to have the power command run its test.

Change the command to the below. The -standby-time-ac is one word. The below worked for me as I just finished testing. I ran the desktop shortcut test with the pause and the command was wrong due to the spaces. After I corrected, the computer went into standby.

POWERCFG -change -standby-timeout-ac 2

Sorry, that now appears to work, i have taken the pause out and changed the time to 1 minute so im now going to try and incorporate this in TI

Wish me luck, will post back the results

Pete

In my post #1, I accepted your command example and merely suggested that a batch file would work better. Here is a suggested test file.

@ECHO OFF

POWERCFG -change -standby-timeout-ac 2

pause

@EXIT

copy the command from here and paste into your notepad file and save the changes.

then open the Windows explorer and browse to the actual folder. Right click on the file and drag it onto your desktop as a shortcut.
Then you can test the program by clicking on the desktop shortcut.

Once you are done testing and it works, then open the file again in Notepad and remove the pause and save the changes.

Also, don't forget that the setting of 2 minutes will be the new default setting after it has been run so your computer will go into standby automatically after 2 minutes in future non-use. If you do not want your future use effected you will need to edit the power configuration settings; or create a new additional cmd file desktop shortcut with a normal standby setting and you can run the desktop shortcut as needed to extend the time period before the machines goes into auto standby.

Thanks but still :-(

I have included the batch file i made, i then placed this into the root of the C drive, i then highlighted the file and created a shortcut on the desktop.

when i double click the file i have a screen come up that says

Press any key to continue........

If i press the key then nothing happens, even if i wait 5 minutes?

Pete

The press any key to continue indicates the file has no errors so the next step would be to open the power settings from the control panel and look at the various settings especially to make sure the sleep setting is activated and you should find it has a setting of 2 minutes. Also note my added comment in the preceding post.

Thanks Grover, seems to work ok now, i have incorporated it with TI and works ok,

But i must admit that im disappointed in having to change the power config every time a back up is made :-(

Please can you show me how to create the batch file so i can extend the pc running time by several hours?

Thank you so so much for all your help so far, youve been a star :-)

Pete

"But i must admit that im disappointed in having to change the power config every time a back up is made
Have you established that the special power commands are really necessary? Some people need special settings and others do not. It mostly depends upon the how the power settings are configured on each computer. My default settings for the computer to go to sleep is 15 for battery and 30 for ac.

If you wanted to create a batch file to set the power sleep default settings to 30 minutes for AC, then produce a duplicate of the other cmd fileand change the 2 to 30 and save the file to your desktop. Then whenever you start up after a backup (which contains your 2 settings), then you could click the 30 desktop shortcut and that would become your default setting until you run the backup task with 2 setting .

http://forum.acronis.com/forum/29691#comment-93089
MudCrab posted a better solution at this link. One advantage of his solution would appear to be that his does not change the default power configuration.

Thanks Grover so much for all your help, The thread you were suggesting was my original thread, i have now replied

i had also asked this question in a windows 7 forum and got a reply back last night using pretty much the same method as Mudcrab had suggested and like you say it doesn't change the power config so i dont have to worry about that :-)

i have included i screen shot of the set up in case this may help others.

Once again thank you for all you help & patience, it was much appreciated.

Pete