[Condor-users] CONSOLE_DEVICES in Condor for Windows

[Willem Hough <houghwj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have a cluster of PCs running Condor for Windows 7.0.4. All machines 
were set up to only runs jobs when the CPU is idle and there is no 
keyboard AND mouse activity.
I now want to change the configuration to keep the same CPU idle 
criteria, but ONLY monitor keyboard activity.

My initial attempt involved simply using the CONSOLE_DEVICES option in 
the local condor_config file to specify which devices should be used to 
monitor console inactivity.
Apart from defining CONSOLE_DEVICES, the condor_config file remained 
unchanged from the default created by the initial installation process. 
To only monitor the keyboard,
I defined CONSOLE_DEVICES as 'console', assuming console constitutes the 
keyboard. However, jobs were still suspended with mouse activity. I then 
defined CONSOLE_DEVICES
as 'mouse', hoping to only see jobs suspend with mouse activity, but 
keyboard activity still suspended jobs.

Can someone please inform me whether the CONSOLE_DEVICES option is 
active/functional in Condor for Windows? And if it is, please advise me 
on what needs to be changed in the default condor_config file to only 
monitor keyboard activity.

Any help is appreciated