Changing prime.ini to shut down in heat

jkingqm · 2008-06-28, 13:21

My house gets very hot during the day while I'm gone. I don't want to fry my CPUs (I have 3 PCs running--one factoring and two LL). I want my PCs to automatically completely stop crunching numbers Sundays-Thursdays at noon and then to automatically resume Sundays-Thursdays at 6p. Fridays and Saturdays I want them to run all day & night.

Do I have to manually change the prime.ini file? I've read the readme.txt information but if someone could please tell me me what to change in it I would appreciate. Below is my prime.ini file. Thank you.
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StressTester=1
UsePrimenet=1
Left=44
Top=44
Right=812
Bottom=562
DialUp=0
DaysOfWork=5
WorkPreference=16
OldUserID=
OldUserPWD=
UserID=[removed for posting]
UserPWD=[removed for posting]
UserName=[removed for posting]
UserEmailAddr=[removed for posting]
Newsletters=1
OutputIterations=10000
ResultsFileIterations=999999999
DiskWriteTime=30
NetworkRetryTime=2
NetworkRetryTime2=60
DaysBetweenCheckins=28
TwoBackupFiles=1
SilentVictory=0
AskedAboutMemory=1
Windows95Service=1

Uncwilly · 2008-06-28, 15:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkingqm

Do I have to manually change the prime.ini file? I've read the readme.txt information but if someone could please tell me me what to change in it I would appreciate.

You will have to edit prime.ini by hand and use the time statement.

Look at these threads:
http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=6220
http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=3635

jkingqm · 2008-06-28, 16:05

Thank you. I edited my prime.ini file by adding the following two line:

Time=1-4,7/0:00-12:00,1-4,7/8:00-24:00
Time=5-6/0:00-24:00

I'll try that and see if it works.

Uncwilly · 2008-06-28, 17:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkingqm

Time=1-4,7/0:00-12:00,1-4,7/8:00-24:00
Time=5-6/0:00-24:00

You have overlapping times
Change the first line to:
Time=1-4,7/0:00-12:00,1-4,7/18:00-24:00

jkingqm · 2008-06-28, 17:24

Yes! Thank you for catching the typo when I edited my .ini file.

veggiespam · 2008-06-29, 00:41

I recommend using the Throttle= setting. It slows down mprime and keeps your laptops and power bricks cooler in the summer.

nibble4bits · 2008-06-29, 01:45

Isn't there a command line option to signal a shutdown request? Most resource-intensive programs tend to have that now, and usually it's a second, smaller program. You could just use the task scheduler. I've made batch files before in Windows, that tells eMule to shutdown, disables the Internet, and then does the opposite when my ISP is no longer busy. If this option is not in a distributed-computer program, then it certainly should be!

jkingqm · 2008-06-30, 23:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkingqm

I want my PCs to automatically completely stop crunching numbers Sundays-Thursdays at noon and then to automatically resume Sundays-Thursdays at 6p. Fridays and Saturdays I want them to run all day & night.

Time=1-4,7/0:00-12:00,1-4,7/18:00-24:00
Time=5-6/0:00-24:00

The above isn't working. On Sunday 6/30 a little after 3am it stopped at the message was "Sleeping until Tue Jul 01 01:00:28 2008". Can anyone help?

Uncwilly · 2008-07-01, 00:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkingqm

The above isn't working. On Sunday 6/30 a little after 3am it stopped at the message was "Sleeping until Tue Jul 01 01:00:28 2008". Can anyone help?

You have odd commas. Try this:

Time=7/0:00-12:00,7/18:00-24:00
Time=1-4/0:00-12:00,1-4/18:00-24:00
Time=5-6/0:00-24:00

Reread the threads and look at the examples.
Also, check your system clock.

2008-06-28, 13:21	#1
jkingqm Jan 2008 4₁₀ Posts	Changing prime.ini to shut down in heat My house gets very hot during the day while I'm gone. I don't want to fry my CPUs (I have 3 PCs running--one factoring and two LL). I want my PCs to automatically completely stop crunching numbers Sundays-Thursdays at noon and then to automatically resume Sundays-Thursdays at 6p. Fridays and Saturdays I want them to run all day & night. Do I have to manually change the prime.ini file? I've read the readme.txt information but if someone could please tell me me what to change in it I would appreciate. Below is my prime.ini file. Thank you. ---------------------------------------- StressTester=1 UsePrimenet=1 Left=44 Top=44 Right=812 Bottom=562 DialUp=0 DaysOfWork=5 WorkPreference=16 OldUserID= OldUserPWD= UserID=[removed for posting] UserPWD=[removed for posting] UserName=[removed for posting] UserEmailAddr=[removed for posting] Newsletters=1 OutputIterations=10000 ResultsFileIterations=999999999 DiskWriteTime=30 NetworkRetryTime=2 NetworkRetryTime2=60 DaysBetweenCheckins=28 TwoBackupFiles=1 SilentVictory=0 AskedAboutMemory=1 Windows95Service=1

2008-06-29, 00:41	#6
veggiespam Oct 2002 3³ Posts	Use Throttle too I recommend using the Throttle= setting. It slows down mprime and keeps your laptops and power bricks cooler in the summer. Last fiddled with by veggiespam on 2008-06-29 at 00:41

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2008-06-28, 16:05	#3
jkingqm Jan 2008 4₈ Posts	Thank you. I edited my prime.ini file by adding the following two line: Time=1-4,7/0:00-12:00,1-4,7/8:00-24:00 Time=5-6/0:00-24:00 I'll try that and see if it works.

2008-06-28, 17:24	#5
jkingqm Jan 2008 2² Posts	Yes! Thank you for catching the typo when I edited my .ini file.

2008-06-29, 01:45	#7
nibble4bits Nov 2005 2×7×13 Posts	Isn't there a command line option to signal a shutdown request? Most resource-intensive programs tend to have that now, and usually it's a second, smaller program. You could just use the task scheduler. I've made batch files before in Windows, that tells eMule to shutdown, disables the Internet, and then does the opposite when my ISP is no longer busy. If this option is not in a distributed-computer program, then it certainly should be!