Turning on the computer remotely

kommanderkodiak · May 7, 2011

I want to be able to sit in my bed and press a button either on a seperate control or make the emission detector recognize the windows media player button on the wireless keyboard as the on off button.

Automata · May 7, 2011

You will want something called WOL or Wake On LAN. It uses a specially crafted packet to wake up the computer.

Never used it myself, but it should do what you want.

kommanderkodiak · May 7, 2011

thideras said:
You will want something called WOL or Wake On LAN. It uses a specially crafted packet to wake up the computer.

Never used it myself, but it should do what you want.

ive already seen that and that doesnt do what i want it to,the computer goes into sleep mode, i want the computer to TURN ON not wake up. I remember about 7-8 years ago LEO leport jerryrigged a garage door remote to turn on the xbox, id prefer to have an officially product, but should there be none ill settle for jerryrigging as a final option

Automata · May 7, 2011

WOL should work for standby or being completely off. I use the term "wake" loosely.

I actually had a system that refused to turn completely off because of a faulty network device.

kommanderkodiak · May 7, 2011

thideras said:
WOL should work for standby or being completely off. I use the term "wake" loosely.

I actually had a system that refused to turn completely off because of a faulty network device.

there were secuirty concerns with it already, its been completely ruled out

theELVISCERATOR · May 7, 2011

Rig a servo from RC to push the button.

kommanderkodiak · May 7, 2011

theELVISCERATOR said:
Rig a servo from RC to push the button.

LOL, you know thats not half bad!

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