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HDSleep v1.2
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by
Tomasz Muszynski (THOM/UNION)
e-mail: muszynsk@ipeneuro.ipe.pw.edu.pl
Disclaimer
==========
THIS PROGRAM IS FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. THERE IS NO
WARRANTY FOR RELIABLE FUNCTIONING OF THIS PROGRAM.
Introduction
============
This utility turns the motor of your HD off if it isn't used for given
period of time. To install, copy HDSleep file to the WBStartup drawer on
your hard disk. Program installs itself as a commodity. There is also
hotkey available for turning off motor immediately. Any access to your
hard disk turns the motor on again. If you execute this commodity again
it will deactivate itself. Of course you can use Exchange for
activating/deactivating HDSleep.
I have tested it on:
Amiga 1200 + Viper 68030 turbo card and IDE 420MB Caviar 2420 hard drive,
Amiga 1200 + Blizzard III 68030 turbo card and IDE 540MB Caviar hard drive,
Amiga 1200 + Blizzard II 68030 turbo card and IDE 420MB Conner hard drive,
Amiga 1200 + FastRAM and IDE 420MB Conner hard drive.
Program also has been tested with Enforcer.
HDSleep does not work with Quantum (45MB) hard drives installed in A1200
with FastRAM, but I hope you should not have any problems with newer
drives.
Important
=========
If you encounter problems with resetting sleep timer and putting to sleep
your hard disk, insert the line below in startup-sequence before IPrefs - it
should work properly.
...
Run >NIL: HDSleep <parameters>
C:IPrefs
...
Requirements
============
This program works only on A1200 and A4000 (AGA chipset), because it uses
low level access to not documented IDE bus registers (although it sends
standard ATA command this way, so you shouldn't have any problems with
different drives which have implemented full set of ATA commands). Also be
sure you have both commodities.library and icon.library installed.
Parameters
==========
Parameter may be included as Tool Types in the icon or in the command line, if
you use it from Shell.
CX_PRIORITY=<0> - hotkey priority.
CX_POPKEY=<ctrl alt h> - hotkey for opening window.
CX_POPUP=<YES> - opens window at start.
HDSLEEPKEY=<control h> - hotkey.
MASTERTIME=<360> - turn off time since last access to Master HD
(in seconds), 0 means no turning off.
SLAVETIME=<360> - turn off time since last access to Slave HD
(in seconds), 0 means no turning off.
WARNING=<NO> - warns you about turning off of your HD. A window is
opened on a default public screen.
WARNINGTIMEOUT=<5> - time when you will be warned before HD will go off.
LOGFILE=<filename> - the file name of a log file.
A4000=<NO> - the flag required for A4000. All A4000 owners should
use it for correct switching off their HDs.
Window
======
Sleep - Sleeps HD immediately and closes window.
Abort - Resets timer and closes window.
Quit - Quits the program.
Menus
=====
Sleep - Sleeps HD immediately and closes window.
Abort - Resets timer and closes window.
About - Displays information about the program and its version.
Hide - Hides the program and closes window.
Quit - Quits the program.
History
=======
v1.0 (xx/05/95) (released on AmiNet)
- First release.
v1.1 (19/09/95) (released on AmiNet)
- Removed bug with command line handling.
- Removed bug in removing HDSleep from memory via second run.
- Now supports second HD unit.
- Optimized code.
- Added new options (WARNING, WARNINGTIMEOUT) and information window.
v1.2 (21/4/96) (released on AmiNet) (re-upload)
- Removed bug with WARNING argument when running from Shell
(always was switched on).
- Removed bug with checking broker errors.
- Added log file - code is two times longer, because
SAS/C time function is very long :-( I'll try to fix it in next version.
- Now works with A4000.
Credits
=======
- for giving me addresses of registers in A4000.
Kamil Iskra - for reporting me a lot of bugs (bugs are my proffession :-).
Many Amiga fans - for bug reports
Contact
=======
e-mail: muszynsk@ipeneuro.ipe.pw.edu.pl
http: comming soon...
So, at last I can leave my computer working for night and sleep in silence!!!
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