[linux-dvb] Re: Idea to save power (and also your money) with VDR

[Ralf Bauer <RBauer@quark.de>]

Sorry, but that's not true.
When I call "shutdown" on my machine, it switches off and consumes only 2W.
I measured it with an Ampere meter (trust me I'm an electronics engineer ;-)
).

Switching the main power is also no real solution for everybody, because
most of the mainboards don't boot when power is switched on. I needed a long
time to find a mainboard which can be configured in the BIOS to boot on
power-up (EPOX 8KTA+).

At the moment I'm using a timer (DM 12,95 at ALDI) and set it to power up
the VDR about 15 minutes before the first timer event occurs. The power down
time is not critical, because I shutdown the system by software, so I chose
06:00. The timer also allows different times for different weekdays.

Ralf.

-----Original Message-----
From: Thilo.Schunck@apartis.de [mailto:Thilo.Schunck@apartis.de]
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 10:47
To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Ralf Bauer
Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: Idea to save power (and also your money) with
VDR


The RTC onboard will not solve the problem of consuming *a lot* of power, 
'cause
the ATX Power supply is still working! The only solution to get a 
zero-standby-power-pc
is a separate battery/rechargable-RTC (With display?) which is able to 
switch the mains supply
(for the techies: with a Triac etc.)

        Thilo





Ralf Bauer <RBauer@quark.de>
Sent by: linux-dvb-bounce@linuxtv.org
23.02.01 09:43

 
        To:     "'Peter Seyringer'" <e9425234@stud1.tuwien.ac.at>,
linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
        cc: 
        Subject:        [linux-dvb] Re: Idea to save power (and also your
money) with VDR

Sorry, I don't understand. Are you talking about additional hardware?
I don't think this is necessary, because the normal RTC on your mainboard
can do that already. Just the software support is missing (I'm not sure, I
have to look at the device driver for the RTC first to tell more).

Ralf.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Seyringer [mailto:e9425234@stud1.tuwien.ac.at]
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 23:03
To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Subject: [linux-dvb] Idea to save power (and also your money) with VDR


Hello!

I have a idea to install a RTC that switch the ATX power supply on when 
VDR
wants to record.
Does someone interests at this project?

Peter 


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