Plex media server - sleep question

[Tonsko]

Hey all,

Plex Server - 0.9.8.5
OSX - 10.8.5

So - I've had this problem with Plex Server since I upgraded from SL to ML. If I don't touch my MBP, the Plex server seems to shut down about 30-40 minutes into a show/film. (If I periodically use the mac, then the server doesn't shut off).

I thought I'd solve it by using Caffeinate to start PMS via an alias in my .bashrc thus:

alias plex='caffeinate -i open -W -a "Plex Media Server.app" &'

but that doesn't solve the issue.

Computer sleep is set to 3 minutes, display to 2 minutes, so that doesn't correspond to the PMS shutting down. Reading around the subject, ML does a lot more process shutting down in the background *I think*, that SL never did.

Any ideas on what should I be looking for in the Plex Media Server.log file to try and ascertain the problem, as they're large.

Any other tips on how to stop the process sleeping?

Thanks!

 

[Tonsko]

Bumpity-bump. Any clues? Something else I've noticed - if the power is plugged in, the server doesn't shut down.

 

[Tonsko]

Edit.

 

[Tonsko]

This seems to be a foible of osx when it sleeps with the screen open; I think it shuts the wifi down.

So, have tried this:

sudo pmset -a standy 0

While it's early days, it looks as though it might be the solution. More testing needed.