[Tfug] OT - PC Autostart Hardware

[Tom Rini]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 03:27:04PM -0700, Jim Secan wrote:

> I know there's lots of hardware lurkers out there, so here's a HW  
> question.  I use network power switches to allow me, or an automated  
> process, cycle power to a PC.  These things are not cheap, and they are 
> one more piece of equipment to keep track of and fiddle with (and get 
> lost/stolen).  Are there internal PC power supplies that can be  
> triggered to do a power cycle from a process running on that same PC?  I 
> have a PC that also houses a GPS receiver, and when things hang my first 
> hack-fix is to force a reboot, and I'd like to have a second level of 
> response wherein I cycle power to the whole box.  Does such a power 
> supply exist, and what about SW to drive it?

Can you define expensive?  We use other products from this company in
our lab and are happy with them:
http://www.42u.com/dataprobe_iboot_remote_reboot.htm

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Tom Rini