Chird65 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 ...... Ok, but is there a "cheat" where I can make a "script" so all I do it click an icon and it sends the commands to turn off the box..... . It is browser and page dependant so not easy to achieve. I'm not a programmer but I have used http://docs.seleniumhq.org/ in the past to record keystrokes to aweb page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 (Yeah, maybe should have done this earlier) Rang Seagate and they say it is not possible. :( Ah, I may try anyway. Now to investigate the THECUS one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 take the hdd's out of the NAS and put them into USB caddies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owi Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Owi, One is a THECUS and one is a SEAGATE. They are used to store movies, so they are accessed from any device on my LAN. Well and backups of other stuff. The computer to "put them there" and the PVR/s to play them. So a USB HDD is not the best. Though one of the PVRs has a USB HDD plugged in as well. Usage times are not fixed, so a schedule is not really viable. One is a JBOD (3 TB) and one is RAID 2 - I think. (allowed disc failure). (5TB, 4 Usable). As I have them, it is silly not to use them. But as I said: I can't see the logic in having them on 24/7 if they aren't used in that fashion. They are accessed for backup and movie access when I want to watch a movie. USB HDD's would have the same "problem" with drive shut downs that you mentioned as the NAS ones, so I am confused why/how there is a difference in that part. Hello FD, I feel your frustration but you are going against one of the core ideas of what a NAS is about - an always on, centrally accessible file server. I do think it *should* be possible to do what you ask and I think it could be done with a little programming. But I'm not a programmer and am unfamiliar with the Thecus capabilities. It might just be that it's not possible as, if it were, then Thecus (or their customers) might see it as not securing the device adequately from external malicious nasties. Keep searching - maybe you'll find what you want, but it might be better to just simply press the power button on the box. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 take the hdd's out of the NAS and put them into USB caddies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabiru7252 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Did you find a solution to your problem? I manage three NAS devices (24TB of data!) and set them up to turn off at 7pm and on at 7am. Save some power but mainly to protect them from the power failures that occurred out of hours far too frequently. Yea, I know, get a decent UPS you say. No money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 No, still no resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearo Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 my synolgy NAS automagically puts itself to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 It is possible to do. Most of these NAS devices are running linux and you can connect to them via SSH. Without knowing which type of NAS you have it is hard to give definite guidance but here is a link to how it could be done. http://www.fajo.de/main/faq/thecus/How_to_remotely_shut_down_the_NAS_573 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Thanks "nobody", that looks interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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