ACPI in Win2K

[Ron]

Thats odd,.. I'm using a standard function of windows, Are you running Girder as Administrator ? (These are APM functions btw)

I have disabled ACPI because it was putting every device in my computer on a single IRQ and that was degrading performance as well as giving me lots of trouble.

[Ron]

Yes it should be backward compatible.

I don't think that would invoke a sleep when such a key is sent from an app. but I'll check it out.

[Edited by RonB on 04-21-2001 at 02:47 PM GMT]

[Ron]

Gimme, the hex code :D

thanks

[Ron]

Thanks,

I've disabled ACPI on my computer at the moment,.. and I did that in a not so nice way that windows even lost the APM functions. So I can't test it at this point, hang on a few days, I'm gonna do a reinstall.

Ron

[Ron]

I know that the boards are having problems,.. into looking to solve them. what was your last message ?

[Ron]

I've tried with keybd_event, but no luck,.. what function did you use ?

[Ron]

I wonder what function they use.

[nmirza]

I've just upgraded my system to Win2k, and I can't seem to get the ACPI plugin to do anything. Suspend mode works fine from the desktop, though.

Naveed

[nmirza]

I am logging in as administrator. Is ACPI backwards compatible with APM? My motherboard has all of the ACPI drivers loaded, but there is no reference to APM. Under 98 I used to get APM functions. I think I have an easy solution for the whole power management issue, though. Could you add the SLEEP key (found on a lot of the fancier keyboards) to the list of special keys in the keyboard tab? That way, Girder wouldn't be making an calls to Windows functions (kind of future proofs you), and the OS gets stuck doing the dirty work.

[nmirza]

Well, I used to use the Keyspan Digital Remote. One interesting feature was that I could send keycodes. Since they didn't have the sleep key listed, I looked upt the hex code for it, and programed it in. That worked like a charm.

[nmirza]

Ron,
Here is a link that has some good infor on Keyboard scan codes. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q274/3/33.ASP
The SLEEP key is 05Fh (it's on the list near the bottom)

Naveed

[nmirza]

Ron, I think your discussion boards are having an issue... That last message didn't seem to come in.

[nmirza]

Any luck on adding the sleep key to the keyboard action list?

[nmirza]

If by function, you mean API function, I didn't use any. Before I found Girder, I was using the Keyspan Remote. The software it came with allowed the user to send the actual keycode (i.e. Hex value) of a key. That is how I got it to work in the past.

[nmirza]

Well, I'm one of those "nuts" who is using a PC with a 36" monitor for his main TV... I don't want to have to wait for 2 min while my TV boots up. I have run into some other issues with STANDBY, though, and have now decided to use Hibernate instead (only 1 min wait to "boot"). Anyone have an easy way for me to control this via Girder?

[mkanet]

I specifically disabled ACPI on my Win2k machine because Win2k has the affinity to share as many IRQ's as it can on IRQ 9...and the kitchen sink. Before I disabled ACPI, Win2k has shared 8 devices on IRQ 9!!!

There was a significant improvement in both performance and reliability in all my devices that were shared on 9.

...just my 2 cents worth...