Wake Computer from Sleep using Homey

vaderag

I have a PC that I use as an arcade machine - i'd like to wake it from Sleep when via Homey
I see there is a Wake on Lan app, but actually this is more about how Wake on Lan works

Computer only has a WiFi adaptor which does not allow me to turn on Wake On Lan - I don't mind buying a new wifi adaptor with Wake on WiFi support, but I'm wondering if this might be a motherboard issue in that my motherboard won't actually maintain power/data to the adaptor and therefore would be a waste of money...

Anyone have any experience here that could help?!
Thanks

KvM

Keeping the WIFI adapter powered doesn't mean it is connected to a network as well. I think you're operating system (windows?) is connecting to the WIFI network, not the wifi card itself? I do have good experience using wake on LAN  using a cable LAN connection (before I had Homey).

Most PC motherboards also have an option what to do after a power loss (stay off, last state, turn on). If you use the last option you can boot the pc using a power plug (Fibaro, KaKu, whatever). Just turn it off and 1 or 2 sec later turn it on again.

You do need to shut it down after use than off course, or hibernate as you take the complete power for a short time when trying to wake it again.

vaderag

Thanks.

I've actually just bought a wireless repeater with an ethernet port - seems to work well using Nirsoft WOL tool which uses IP address as well as MAC, but the homey app only asks for mac and is not working

vaderag

Solved it. Not entirely sure how, but it works

Now I have another question - how can I make Homey turn my PC OFF?

Or better yet, make it sleep...

Thanks!

KvM

That is a good solution, the WIFI repeater :-) That one will always be connected to the WIFI network.

But how to turn it OFF, I really don't know...

JPe

@vaderag ; @KvM ; your computer can do that by itself, set the time-out so that it's going to sleep after some time not used. (W10 in energy management)

Vleege

vaderag said:

Solved it. Not entirely sure how, but it works

Now I have another question - how can I make Homey turn my PC OFF?

Or better yet, make it sleep...

Thanks!

I found a nice app for that purpose called Switch Off (https://www.raymond.cc/blog/download/did/1009/). It runs as a webserver which you can call with a http request from the designated app.
It has many nice features like remotely call an application/script start from an http request.

vaderag

Vleege said:

vaderag said:

Solved it. Not entirely sure how, but it works

Now I have another question - how can I make Homey turn my PC OFF?

Or better yet, make it sleep...

Thanks!

I found a nice app for that purpose called Switch Off (https://www.raymond.cc/blog/download/did/1009/). It runs as a webserver which you can call with a http request from the designated app.
It has many nice features like remotely call an application/script start from an http request.

Nice. Does it do sleep as well??
I guess downside is that something needs to be on tho, right, to run the webserver? Be nice if that ran on homey...

Vleege

It does sleep as well. Restart, Shutdown, Hibernate you name it.
It is a tiny application you install on your Windows PC which runs as a service so starts with Windows. Then you call the URL (http://ip:8000/action=) from the Homey HTTP Request app and you call any of the state commands or your own start an application command.
It won't get any easier then this.

vaderag

Gotcha. Sounds perfect

Vleege

One does not make life any harder then it already is  Good luck, enjoy