ioBroker.windows-control

Tests:

Adapter to control Windows devices

This adapter provides controlling Microsoft Windows devices. It is required the tool GetAdmin being installed on every Windows device which you want to control.
Many thanks to Vladimir Vilisov for his tool GetAdmin!

Please note: This adapter uses Sentry libraries to automatically report exceptions and code errors anonymously to the adapter developer(s). For further details and information on how to disable this error reporting see Sentry-Plugin Documentation. Sentry reporting is used starting with js-controller 3.0.

Tool GetAdmin

To use this adapter, it is required to run the tool GetAdmin (version 2.6) on each Windows device you want to control. GetAdmin is a single exe file (776 kB). It was coded by Vladimir Vilisov in Delphi and published on his Blog instalator.ru. Download:

1. Primary source: https://blog.instalator.ru/archives/47
2. If not available, you will find a copy on this adapter's Github site in the folder "files".

Configuration

Place the GetAdmin.exe file in any folder of your Windows device. Execute the file and set the following:

1. Top left in the "Server" section:
   • IP: the IP address of your ioBroker server
   • Port: 8585 is the standard port. Usually, there is no need to change this port.
2. At the top in the "Options" section: Activate "Minimize on Tray" and "Startup" to autostart the program minimized to the system tray.
3. Confirm with "Save".

Examples for individual entries in the GetAdmin.exe Command list:

• Hibernation (German: Ruhezustand):
  • Column Command: enter m_hibernate or any other name of your choice (no spaces, please)
  • Column PATH or URL: shutdown
  • Column PARAMETERS: -h
• Standby (German: Energie sparen):
  • Column Command: enter m_sleep or any other name of your choice (no spaces, please)
  • Column PATH or URL: rundll32.exe
  • Column PARAMETERS: powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

Further Information

• ioBroker Forum:
  • Adapter Windows Control
  • Windows-Steuerung
  • Программа управления компьютером GetAdmin
• Blog article of GetAdmin. Use Google translate, if you are not familiar with the Russian language.

Changelog

0.1.5

• (Mic-M) Added Sentry

0.1.4

• (Mic-M) Updated lodash dependency from 4.17.15 to 4.17.19

0.1.3

• (Mic-M) Internal only: Correction to support compatibility with js-adapter 3.x, Use gulp for translations (which is resulting in files under admin/i18n/)

0.1.2

• (Mic-M) Several fixes.

0.1.1

• (Mic-M) Readme updated.

0.1.0

• (Mic-M) Add states "_processGetStatus" and "_processGetStatusResult" to check if a Windows process (like Chrome browser) is running or not

0.0.3

• (Mic-M) io-package.json fixed

0.0.2

• (Mic-M) Fixed sendkey issue
• (Mic-M) State _sendKey: provide all supported keys as dropdown and no longer as open text field.
• (Mic-M) Renamed states: sendKey -> _sendKey, connected -> _connection

0.0.1

• (Mic-M) Initial release

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020 Mic-M

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