[Tfug] OT - PC Autostart Hardware

[Marco Savo]

I used IPMI with HPI in AdvancedTCA chassis. There is an openIPMI
implementation, I don't know if works in your case
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI).
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openipmi/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Zack Williams <zdwzdw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Jim Secan <jim at nwra.com> 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?
>
> For the reset part, you could probably do this with an Arduino +
> Ethernet Shield, wired to trigger a relay in parallel with the reset
> button on the motherboard.  Total cost would probably be less than
> $60, and you could do multiple machines as there are multiple output
> pins on the Arduino.
>
> http://www.arduino.cc/
>
> The second part could be completed with a larger relay hooked into the
> power circuitry.
>
> Ideally, you'd want to purchase future systems with some sort of LOM
> capability.
>
> - Zack
>
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