Schedule hibernate or shutdown

[Chris_147]

Hi,

I'd like to run SabNzbd every day at certain times: so start at 2 am and download until 8 am.
This because my ISP only charges me half the download size in this timeframe.

I can start up the PC automatically from my BIOS or with other tools.
However, I'd like to pause and hibernate at 8 am, not only pause or shutdown sabnzbd, but the whole computer.
And it is possible to hibernate when the queue has finished, so how can I do this from the scheduler?

[fenlander]

Chris,
You might like to check out WakeupOnStandBy here http://www.dennisbabkin.com/php/download.php?what=WOSB.  I really can't be bothered to mess with the BIOS or with Task Scheduler for that matter, but this little free utility does exactly what you describe and I have found it to be 100% reliable. It's set to wake my PC every day at 6am and suspend it 2 hours later, allowing ample time for my overnight downloads.

[Chris_147]

Thanks for the reply!

So, do you start and pause sabnzbd after you start up and before you sleep, or do you do nothing in the scheduler?

[fenlander]

I normally leave SAB running and set SAB's scheduler so that it only operates from 10.00pm to 9am. Most of the shows I download get posted around 3-4am UK time, so I set WOSB to wake the pc at 6am for 2 hours. I prefer to leave it for a fixed time rather than set SAB to shut down when the queue is empty. I do it this way in case something arrives a little late on the RSS (I use NZBS.ORG) after other items have completed: if SAB was set to suspend on completion, this might cause a late item on the RSS to be missed.

There is an option in WOSB to run a program when it wakes the pc and even though SAB is normally running already, I use this to run SAB, just in case. It only ever runs a single instance, anyway.

This is my WOSB setup: