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by Tropical Snowman
Sun Jan 18, 2026 2:16 pm
Forum: v8.5.xx Open Beta
Topic: Suggestions for final release
Replies: 8
Views: 1738

Re: Suggestions for final release

muziqaz wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2026 2:13 pm
That's a 3rd party tool, unrelated to FAH project. It is like an extension, so it has some limits. Free to try, though. lar.systems is doing great things :)
Trustworthy then?
by Tropical Snowman
Sun Jan 18, 2026 2:12 pm
Forum: v8.5.xx Open Beta
Topic: Suggestions for final release
Replies: 8
Views: 1738

Re: Suggestions for final release

https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-client-bastet Not here. Dev does not read this forum. And also, whatever you suggest here, might have already been suggested. You can't expect us to be middle men to the dev, when there is a direct way of communicating with the dev? Sure. Sorry. Scheduling has i...
by Tropical Snowman
Mon Dec 22, 2025 12:04 pm
Forum: v8.5.xx Open Beta
Topic: Suggestions for final release
Replies: 8
Views: 1738

Re: Suggestions for final release

Can we add here more suggestions for the final release?
by Tropical Snowman
Thu Dec 18, 2025 12:04 am
Forum: v8.4.9 Public Release for Windows / Linux / macOS
Topic: Set folding to run at specific hours/days
Replies: 16
Views: 1754

Re: Set folding to run at specific hours/days

Some people are using whatever native scheduling exists on their OS with either fahctl or lufah. Could you please provide an example? So that I copy it for my system. I'm on Windows 11, wouldn't know how to do it. I'm kind of a "casual" user, not a programmer or anything like that. Just l...
by Tropical Snowman
Thu Dec 18, 2025 12:00 am
Forum: v8.4.9 Public Release for Windows / Linux / macOS
Topic: Set folding to run at specific hours/days
Replies: 16
Views: 1754

Re: Set folding to run at specific hours/days

muziqaz wrote: Sun Dec 14, 2025 7:19 pm
Tropical Snowman wrote: Sun Dec 14, 2025 7:13 pm Mmmh, so nobody has ever requested that feature? Should I request it for the new release?
How did you assume that no one requested that feature? :D
Well, that was a question. Seems like many people agree it should be implemented.
by Tropical Snowman
Sun Dec 14, 2025 7:13 pm
Forum: v8.4.9 Public Release for Windows / Linux / macOS
Topic: Set folding to run at specific hours/days
Replies: 16
Views: 1754

Re: Set folding to run at specific hours/days

Mmmh, so nobody has ever requested that feature? Should I request it for the new release?
by Tropical Snowman
Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:35 am
Forum: v8.4.9 Public Release for Windows / Linux / macOS
Topic: Set folding to run at specific hours/days
Replies: 16
Views: 1754

Set folding to run at specific hours/days

Hello there, is there a way to schedule Folding to run only during specific hours and days? For example, to take advantage of lower electricity rates, or to warm up during winter nights or avoid too much heat during summer. In my case, the reason would be electricity rates and I'd like to set Foldin...
by Tropical Snowman
Thu Nov 27, 2025 1:01 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery

P.S. Don't undersize the UPS. Runtime and battery life is very short if you are operating one at over 50% of its VA capacity. That is not the same as watts, typically they are allowing for a power factor in the 0.7 range. Personally I only buy in the 1200-1500 VA range for my systems, smaller units...
by Tropical Snowman
Thu Nov 27, 2025 9:31 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery

As long as you use an USB connected UPS that follows the USB standards for HID devices connected to the system you will know whether or not the power is "out". You may not want to use the provided software for Windows. That has sometimes been reported to interfere with the battery vs. wal...
by Tropical Snowman
Thu Nov 27, 2025 9:01 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery

Ah. Missed that from skimming. I take it the router will not be on UPS? Your script should use fahctl or lufah to pause folding, rather than sending signals to cores. I have no idea what BOINC supports. Would it look like this? function Pause-Folding { Write-Log "Pausing Folding..." Start...
by Tropical Snowman
Thu Nov 27, 2025 12:12 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery

I can't see how a script will be successful at reading power state if the OS can't. Did I miss something? The script doesn't read power state, but internet connection. In the first post I wrote: My idea is linking it to the internet connection: when the router shuts off, PC pauses BOINC and Folding...
by Tropical Snowman
Thu Nov 27, 2025 12:10 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery

If you are buying modern, better known brand UPS, it will definitely going to be compatible with popular OSs (windows, Linux and probably Mac). You can always google the potential products you want to buy, and see their spec sheets and product details. I am certain they will mention the compatibili...
by Tropical Snowman
Wed Nov 26, 2025 10:31 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery

Thanks for that advice, but I'm not sure if I have a way to know whether the UPS will be recognized by Folding and BOINC; so I'd like (or better: I need) to plan carefully. Should I ask the sellers of each UPS I'm considering if they are recognized by Windows 11 as batteries? What do you suggest? Th...
by Tropical Snowman
Wed Nov 26, 2025 2:01 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery

All the UPS models I've seen do have a usb connection, but I haven't bought it yet and can't really know if it'll show on the Folding client... I don't want to send it back, that's why I wanted to test such a script before buying it. So if it shows, fine; otherwise I'll use the automatic script. Do ...
by Tropical Snowman
Tue Nov 25, 2025 11:48 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Help writing a script to pause Folding (and Boinc) if power loss and PC runs on UPS battery

Hello everyone, I experience power losses from time to time and I'm worried it could damage my PC, so I'll buy a UPS (backup battery). Since my measured power draw is 340 watts with Folding and BOINC, but less than 90 watts without them, I'd be much better off pausing them automatically when there's...