On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Chuck Cole wrote: > Does WOL do a full power up from power off? That's just to awaken from > a hibernating "standby" power status isn't it? The original question > was full power switching. > > Some X-10 stuff can do full power on/off and has ways for the computer > to initiate power off. However, it takes either another computer or an > X-10 controller to do the power on. X-10 wake-up options can easily > include intrusion alarms and TV cameras, etc. > > Some years ago I saw battery operated timer cards that would activate a > solid state relay so one could do "sleep cycles" by timed events and use > batch files or whatever to modify the sleep patterns. Don't know > whether these cards are still available, but wouldn't be hard to make > one using a real-time clock chip. The X-10 approach has more options > and isn't expensive unless one gets gung-ho. The other option is an APC MasterSwitch.. they can be had for a bit more than $100 on eBay ($125-$200), but support switching 8+ devices, depending on model. If you pick one up, make sure to get one with an ethernet module, unless you want to do everything via a serial line.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------