Automatic restart of Player

Overview

Control the player's power to save energy. It can also be useful if you experience crashes after the player has been running for a long time. It is essential that the player is properly set up to shutdown cleanly, then log on and start.

DISE Probe

DISE Probe is able to automatically restart the player PC at set times during the week.

To configure when to restart you create a RestartControl.ini file (see example at the bottom) with the days and time that you want to the PC to restart, and then you select to use this file on the Files Tab, under Restart Control.

If this file is updated it will automatically be reloaded, so you can put the file on the server and have Probe download the file using an Download Location.

Here is a sample RestartControl file that will tell DISE Probe to restart the computer at 03:00 in the morning every day of the week. Copy it to a textfile and name it RestartControl.ini.

Example:

Version=1
Project="Dise Probe Restart Control"
RestartControls
{
   RestartDay
   {
      Name="Monday restart schedule"
      Date="Monday"
      Restart
      {
         Time="0300"
      }
   }
   RestartDay
   {
      Name="Tuesday restart schedule"
      Date="Tuesday"
      Restart
      {
         Time="0300"
      }
   }
   RestartDay
   {
      Name="Wednesday restart schedule"
      Date="Wednesday"
      Restart
      {
         Time="0300"
      }
   }
   RestartDay
   {
      Name="Thursday restart schedule"
      Date="Thursday"
      Restart
      {
         Time="0300"
      }
   }
   RestartDay
   {
      Name="Friday restart schedule"
      Date="Friday"
      Restart
      {
         Time="0300"
      }
   }
   RestartDay
   {
      Name="Saturday restart schedule"
      Date="Saturday"
      Restart
      {
         Time="0300"
      }
   }
   RestartDay
   {
      Name="Sunday restart schedule"
      Date="Sunday"
      Restart
      {
         Time="0300"
      }
   }
}

Windows shutdown

An alternative way is to use Windows own "shutdown" tool as a scheduled task.

Read more: Microsoft Windows XP - Shutdown - microsoft.com

Read more: How to Schedule Tasks in Windows XP - microsoft.com

Read more: Schedule a task (Windows Vista) - microsoft.com

Read more: Schedule a task (Windows 7) - microsoft.com

Automatic start from power off

In the event that power is lost to the player, the player is to be started from power off without manual intervention. Most newer BIOS have a "Power options" or similar section where you can setup a time to automatically start the player.