Detect how computer was waken up?

[VAN0]

Hello.

I'm looking for a way detect if computer was woken up via Wake On Lan.

Normally I'd use

powercfg /lastwake

but unfortunately it show system specific result, which could be different on other systems:

C:\Windows\system32>powercfg /lastwake
Wake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
  Wake Source Count - 1
  Wake Source [0]
    Type: Device
    Instance Path: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A1&SUBSYS_15A11849&REV_00\3&11583659&0&C8
    Friendly Name: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V
    Description: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V
    Manufacturer: Intel Corporation

 

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

[BrewManNH]

Just curious, but why do you want to know this?

[VAN0]

I'm using SyncMe app on my phone, for backup files from phone to computer. That app uses WoL to wake the computer and it could take hours or minutes to finish backup.

So I created a script that monitor a folder on the computer for a specific file (SyncMe set to upload the file last), once file found it would put computer back to sleep. It works, but I'd like it to activate sleep mode only if computer was woken up via WoL.

Edited November 13, 2015 by VAN0

[AdamUL]

Parse the output from following command. 

powercfg -lastwake

 

Adam

 

[VAN0]

I think for now I'm going for different approach - check for user activity between wake and finish of the sync.

 

@AdamUL: not only it's was useless response (I've already covered this method in my original post), but also incorrect all together: powercfg doesn't accept switches that start with a "-"

Edited November 17, 2015 by VAN0

[iamtheky]

Just rule out the other options with a series of "If Not stringinstr($s , "Power Button) AND If Not ..."?

And fwiw,  powercfg accepts / - or no switch at all for parameters.

[AdamUL]

You can also use the EventLog UDF included with AutoIt, and search the System logs for Event ID 1.  

http://superuser.com/questions/485131/how-can-i-tell-if-my-computer-went-to-sleep

 

Adam

 

 

[Jos]

Wrote this one a long time ago, maybe that is something that helps?:

 

Edited November 17, 2015 by Jos

[VAN0]

Just rule out the other options with a series of "If Not stringinstr($s , "Power Button) AND If Not ..."?

And fwiw,  powercfg accepts / - or no switch at all for parameters.

Here is the result when used mouse to wake up:

C:\Windows\system32>powercfg /lastwake
Wake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
  Wake Source Count - 1
  Wake Source [0]
    Type: Device
    Instance Path: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8CB1&SUBSYS_8CB11849&REV_00\3&11583659&0&A0
    Friendly Name: Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0 (Microsoft)
    Description: USB xHCI Compliant Host Controller
    Manufacturer: Generic USB xHCI Host Controller

Again it's system specific.
Strange, it never worked for me with "-" switch:

C:\Users\Storage User>powercfg -lastwake
Invalid Parameters -- try "/?" for help

didn't know about without / or - though, nice.

 

You can also use the EventLog UDF included with AutoIt, and search the System logs for Event ID 1.  

http://superuser.com/questions/485131/how-can-i-tell-if-my-computer-went-to-sleep

Unfortunately it shows pretty much the same as powercfg /lastwake, just cleaned up a little.

 

Wrote this one a long time ago, maybe that is something that helps?:

Thank you, that definitely very useful for my script.