ARGUS TV to Lights-Out

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Lights-Out

An application which puts your computer to sleep and wakes it on an as needed basis. It began life as a Windows Home Server addin, but has since progressed and is available for most modern windows environments. find Lights-Out ICN WEB INLINE.PNG here.

ARGUS TV to LightsOut

Sometimes written ATV2LO, is a program to integrate ARGUS TV into Lights-Out and allow the computer to wake for recordings etc. It takes ARGUS TV recording schedules and inserts them into the Lights-Out calendar.

"ARGUS TV to Lights-Out" is also a Windows Server addin. With a minimum amount of work it can certainly be used for Windows 7 and probably Windows Vista and Windows 8. Find "ARGUS TV to Lights-Out" ICN WEB INLINE.PNG here or ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG here.

Windows Vista 7/8

ICN INFO.PNG Only Windows 7 has been proven to work at the time of writing. There is a very good chance that Windows Vista and 8 will also work without issues.

If you have any problems please visit the ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG forums and we will be more that happy to help. Similarly, if you have "ARGUS TV to Lights-Out" working on any unconfirmed platform, we'd love to hear.

Currently, to use "ARGUS TV to Lights-Out" for this platform, you need to run the file server.msi from the .wssx server installer. To do this, you will need an archive utility that can open .wssx files, ICN WEB INLINE.PNG 7zip is a good option for this.

Install Process

  • First install ARGUS TV and Lights-Out if you haven't already.
  • Download the "ARGUS TV to Lights-Out" installer. At the time of writing, there is a fix in the forum thread for ARGUS TV v2.1 that you will also need to download.
  • Open the .wssx file with your archive utility such as 7zip, and run the file Server.msi to install.
  • If you need to add a version fix, do it once the installer has finished.

Once Installed, "ARGUS TV to Lights-Out" should start populating the Lights-Out calendar with your ARGUS TV schedules.

Windows Server

Install Process

  • First install ARGUS TV and Lights-Out if you haven't already.
  • Download the "ARGUS TV to Lights-Out" installer. At the time of writing, there is a fix in the forum thread for ARGUS TV v2.1 that you will also need to download.
  • Install "ARGUS TV to Lights-Out".
  • If you need to add a version fix, do it once the installer has finished.

Once Installed, "ARGUS TV to Lights-Out" should start populating the Lights-Out calendar with your ARGUS TV schedules.

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