Append new registries in Automatic Logging

[squashedmos]

Hello!

I have been tinkering with the Pro version and, with help from Martin and a bit more searching online, I have been able to run HWiNFO64 automatically upon startup and to begin logging the sensors that interest me. However, the process does not append new data when I restart the computer but completely overwrites the previous log, making it... a bit pointless if one is interested in really having it be automated. Is there any way to force it to append data under the existing registries to allow for proper automatic multi-session monitoring? I am thinking of also automating the filename in the command line to be different by adding date and time each time, I haven't tried it, I'm not even sure that is possible (a proficient programmer/tinkerer I am NOT), but, for sure, this would then require the merging and manipulation of multiple csv's for proper analysis, which is also not really "automation". Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thank you!

 

[Martin]

If you start logging without providing a file name, so "HWiNFO64.exe -l", it will automatically create a unique filename with timestamp HWiNFO_LOG_nnnnnnnn.CSV.
HWiNFO doesn't have an option to append the log to an existing file, so this will require some additional post-processing.

 

[squashedmos]

Thank you, Martin.

I have another question, however. I'm trying to implement on several computers without interfering with the users experience. I tried running it on log-in via task scheduler with a .bat run from cmd.exe and the following commands:
cd "C:\Program Files\HWiNFO64\"
HWiNFO64 -log_format=1 -poll_rate=2500 -l
exit

It sure runs, but I encounter these problems:

- Always asks for "do you want to allow app to make changes?" confirmation, which would interrupt and bother the user
- does not close the cmd window (somehow doesn't run the "exit" command?)

The only workaround I have found so far is to program it to run not on the user's account, but on SYSTEM, somehow bypassing both these problems, although I suspect something else potentially unwanted could occur? I think I feel the systems where I'm implementing a bit slugish afterwards. Would you have any suggestions for this type of implementation?

 

[Martin]

The prompt you're getting is the UAC which cannot be circumvented by a program due to security reasons (you would have to disable UAC in Windows but this is not recommended).
But I think running it via Task Scheduler and selecting "Run with highest privileges" might do that job.

When HWiNFO is started in logging mode it doesn't terminate on its own and keeps running until either terminated by user or if you specify the "-max_time=n" argument.
Alternatively it can also be terminated explicitly by running "taskkill /im HWiNFO64.exe"

 

[alex-che]

Is it possible to implement the 'append' option, so that the existing log file won't be overwritten?

 

[alex-che]

Is it possible to implement the 'append' option, so that the existing log file won't be overwritten?

I was trying to use Grafana - a very popular open source visualization web application - to visualize HWiNFO readings history. There is the CSV plugin for Grafana and it works fine with HWiNFO generated CSV, but unfortunately it does not support reading multiple files. I could probably update its code to add the needed support, but I don't know Go, and hence it would take me significant amount of time. At the end it means, that I can only visualize the last power session, i.e. since the last power on or reboot.
I was hoping that adding a checkbox to HWiNFO's UI controlling whether to rewrite or append to the log file and changing the code to open the selected file accordingly would be much easier and probably also useful for others.

 

[Martin]

For Grafana you might have a look at this:

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Thread 'Prometheus Adapter for HWiNFO (+ Grafana Dashboard)'

Apr 5, 2020

I'm happy to announce first public beta release of PromDapter - customizable Prometheus Adapter for HWiNFO.

My personal motivation was to get centralized dashboard of small cluster of computers (3-5 in my case) to be part of home automation. When joining the Folding@Home and Rosetta@Home (and BOINC) in general pushed the need even further. So HUGE thanks to Martin, here we are with first public released version.

My main design goal was to create user-customizable adapter; right now the customization is combination of named Regexp capture groups, which work nicely with optional...

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[alex-che]

Thanks, Martin. I saw the PromDapter thread here. It's a great tool, but probably a little overkill in my case since I don't need to gather statistics from multiple machines, but only on one same machine locally. Still, compared to learning Go, it is a viable alternative)