Three. Three devices running PMS. And 2 clients extra.
But iMac PMS prevents PC PMS sleep not always. Sometimes PC sleeps fine.
I mean if PC NOT sleeps one can turn off PMS @ iMac and PC goes to sleep just fine.
But sometimes, as I have explained earlier, it sleeps even with iMac PMS on.
Will check this evening
Nope! Doesn’t help! While LG TV client plays movie from iMac PMS - PC PMS prevents PC from sleep. Though is not actively accessed. If you turn off PC PMS (close app) - PC sleeps just fine!
If I close PMS on iMac PC also sleeps fine.
PS Does someone know what the “Support Away Mode when preventing system sleep” is supposed to mean anyway?? Sounds like meaningless set of words.
Away Mode is a feature from Media Center that would allow the system to shut off the screen and audio but leave the system on to allow the system to record TV etc while you are away. It is, to my knowledge, not really supported anymore and is more of a legacy feature. It also requires a setting in your BIOS to be enabled ( I do not believe this is available with UEFI systems). So support Away Mode in PMS would allow the screen to shut off but leave the system on for PMS to run in the background. Short version it’s a defunct-ed feature and even if you do enable it and it is working your computer will not fully sleep when this is enabled.
FYI I have noticed that the new PMP client will prevent a system from sleeping, even if it is not playing something.
I guess the real question is, why do you have 3 different PMS installs, instead of just one? that would probably solve your issue. And make sure that local network discovery is disabled on all of them.
FYI, windows 7 PMS servers, If I stop PMS running AND make sure none of the clients are running on any local system then they will sleep like they should.
loading WEB client on any local system in any browser will keep the systems from sleeping. they need not be logged on, just started. and PMS need not be running.
iMac PMS sleeps fine BUT iMac PMS doesn’t wake up when accessed from the Web. It’s another bug I intend to investigate next.
While PC PMS I would like to migrate to wakes from Magic Packet or access from the outer Web just fine! But has problems with sleep.
Third PMS is on my MacBook and is mostly orphane - I never use it. It’s just there. Should really uninstall it - just always forget.
Well, as of latest investigations one of the clearest reasons why PC PMS doesn’t sleep well is iMac PMS activity in LAN!
I mark it as “investigated” and proceed to next step - adding some resources to my PC PMS.
As I have said earlier, I dont have ANY resourses on my PC PMS. No video, nothing. INow I will try to check how the PC PMS will behave when being used with server tasks.
This would be more of a hardware or OS support issue. You need to make sure WOL is enabled in the OS and the hardware supports it.
I will also add if your PC with PMS running works as expected when PMS is not running on either Mac, then don’t run PMS on either Mac. It’s as simple as that.
Honestly everything sounds like it’s working as intended.
puzzled…
WOL IS enabled on iMac. But for unknown reason PMS doesn’t work with it. It sleeps and does not wake up in half of times when I address it from outer world. Sometime it wakes sometimes it’s not.
Let me disagree with you. I dont think it’s normal that on interation of program on one machine interferes with another. They have nothing in common except they run in the same LAN. It’s like not being able to run your own car while your wife’s car is around.
well you are dealing with two different operating systems. I’d say it’s more like trying to take your motorcycle instead of the car to get the groceries while your wife is around.
Microsoft Word on iMac doesn’t make Microsoft Word on PC prevent system sleep. It’s logical to expect the same from any program, including PMS.
I’m not sure why you are trying to compare server software with client software. PMS wants to be on, your issue is more going to be the version on your mac is actually the issue as it doesn’t seem to be able to acquire a wake lock on the system where your windows version can in my opinion. Or you are assuming it is asleep because the fans and screen are off.
like I said if your Windows PC will sleep when it is has the only running PMS on the Network then that is not the problem.
and if you read my post you would know that’s not true.
And I repeat… any Plex client will keep the PMS system from sleeping whether or not PMS is actually running on the system at the time. I believe that the clients keep polling the systems just checking if they are online.
Our object is to have the systems sleep when not in use, most system are used only 5 to 6 hours a weekday out of 24 hours, that’s a lot of wasted power.
As mentioned before, if PMS is running, it will maintain a connection to the clients, even if the client is not actively playing a file. This allows the clients to update their screens should there be a change on the server end.
Don’t leave any clients open.
That’s fine but shouldn’t they give up if there is no response from the server at some point.
No because if the server comes back online, then it can connect and be ready to go right away.
Yea But…
When the user clicked on that server library it would then attempt the connection, no need to keep pounding the servers.
It should be for me to decide whether PMS should prevent sleep or not. Not for a software. Reasons are my own.
It’s not about client. It’s about SERVER software. Its PLEX media SERVER that prevents sleep. No trouble with client software. Its SERVER software that prevents sleep of other PMS.
