Starting a PC without a Finger

[ABLE1]

Hello,

Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn on) a
PC with out the use of a human finger??

I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep the
NVR up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is
by the use of a human finger. I am looking for some simple(if
possible) easy or slick way to start the PC from a dead stop.

Human fingers are not always plentiful or easily trainable at the
site.

Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Thanks,

Les

 

[Grant]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 21:45:34 -0500, "ABLE1" <royboynospam@somewhere.net> wrote:

Hello,

Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn on) a
PC with out the use of a human finger??

I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep the
NVR up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is
by the use of a human finger. I am looking for some simple(if
possible) easy or slick way to start the PC from a dead stop.

Human fingers are not always plentiful or easily trainable at the
site.

Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Simple BIOS setting, switch on after restore from powerfail.

Grant.

Thanks,

Les

 

[o pere o]

On 12/03/2012 03:45 AM, ABLE1 wrote:

Hello,

Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn on) a PC
with out the use of a human finger??

I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep the NVR
up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is by the
use of a human finger. I am looking for some simple(if possible) easy or
slick way to start the PC from a dead stop.

Human fingers are not always plentiful or easily trainable at the site.

Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Thanks,

Les


You may try the wake-on-lan approach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN.

Pere

 

[tinkerer]

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omg wrote:

Hello,
Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn on)
a
PC with out the use of a human finger??
I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep the
NVR up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is


Simple BIOS setting, switch on after restore from powerfail.

+1 on the BIOS "On after power restore". It's much easier than wake-on-LAN
also suggested here and requires no external input whatsoever. For WoL you'd
need to have another computer polling the NVR. I guess it's doable and perhaps
some admin server is already polling the NVR to see if it's operational but
the BIOS setting is so much easier it would be silly not to have it properly
setup as well.

 

[ABLE1]

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, tinkerer wrote:
omg wrote:

Hello, Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start
(turn on)
a PC with out the use of a human finger?? I am having an issue
with power outages and the UPS can't keep the NVR up long
enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is


Simple BIOS setting, switch on after restore from powerfail.

+1 on the BIOS "On after power restore". It's much easier than
wake-on-LAN
also suggested here and requires no external input whatsoever. For
WoL you'd
need to have another computer polling the NVR. I guess it's doable
and perhaps
some admin server is already polling the NVR to see if it's
operational but
the BIOS setting is so much easier it would be silly not to have
it properly
setup as well.

The PC is free standing. No other PC's connected. So, yes, the
BIOS trick does sound like the best choice. I never knew that
function was in the BIOS. Never had a need before. Will be on site
later this afternoon to make the change.

Thanks again.

Les

 

[whit3rd]

On Sunday, December 2, 2012 6:45:34 PM UTC-8, ABLE1 wrote:

Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn on) a
PC with out the use of a human finger??

I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep the
NVR up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is
by the use of a human finger.

There's lots of solutions, of course; most motherboards will allow
a 'start on restore power' setting, and many solutions to rebooting
a computer on a phone call exist (probably Ethernet reboots, too).
I've got a few computers that I can turn on with infrared remotes.

 

[ABLE1]

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On Sunday, December 2, 2012 6:45:34 PM UTC-8, ABLE1 wrote:

Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn
on) a
PC with out the use of a human finger??

I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep
the
NVR up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start
is
by the use of a human finger.

There's lots of solutions, of course; most motherboards will allow
a 'start on restore power' setting, and many solutions to
rebooting
a computer on a phone call exist (probably Ethernet reboots, too).
I've got a few computers that I can turn on with infrared remotes.

The BIOS trick works like a champ!! All is good.
Thanks to all for the extra thoughts.

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:03:02 +1100, Grant <omg@grrr.id.au> wrote:

On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 21:45:34 -0500, "ABLE1" <royboynospam@somewhere.net> wrote:

Hello,

Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn on) a
PC with out the use of a human finger??

I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep the
NVR up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is
by the use of a human finger. I am looking for some simple(if
possible) easy or slick way to start the PC from a dead stop.

Human fingers are not always plentiful or easily trainable at the
site.

Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Simple BIOS setting, switch on after restore from powerfail.

Grant.

Some PCs don't have that bios option. Especially laptops and netbooks.

It's not too common among mini-ITX boxes, either, which is weird because many of
them will be used in embedded apps.

There's probably some way to booger the power supply.


--

John Larkin Highland Technology Inc
www.highlandtechnology.com jlarkin at highlandtechnology dot com

Precision electronic instrumentation
Picosecond-resolution Digital Delay and Pulse generators
Custom timing and laser controllers
Photonics and fiberoptic TTL data links
VME analog, thermocouple, LVDT, synchro, tachometer
Multichannel arbitrary waveform generators

 

[Grant]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:24:07 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:03:02 +1100, Grant <omg@grrr.id.au> wrote:

On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 21:45:34 -0500, "ABLE1" <royboynospam@somewhere.net> wrote:

Hello,

Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn on) a
PC with out the use of a human finger??

I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep the
NVR up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is
by the use of a human finger. I am looking for some simple(if
possible) easy or slick way to start the PC from a dead stop.

Human fingers are not always plentiful or easily trainable at the
site.

Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Simple BIOS setting, switch on after restore from powerfail.

Grant.

Some PCs don't have that bios option. Especially laptops and netbooks.

It's not too common among mini-ITX boxes, either, which is weird because many of
them will be used in embedded apps.

There's probably some way to booger the power supply.

Sort of a delayed one-shot (?) to 'press' the power button?

I have a storebought 12V (8-28V) computer power supply that does just that
on power up to solve this issue. Yes, I bought it for a low power mini ITX
'puter with an Atom CPU.

Grant.

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:14:37 +1100, Grant <omg@grrr.id.au> wrote:

On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:24:07 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:03:02 +1100, Grant <omg@grrr.id.au> wrote:

On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 21:45:34 -0500, "ABLE1" <royboynospam@somewhere.net> wrote:

Hello,

Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn on) a
PC with out the use of a human finger??

I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep the
NVR up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is
by the use of a human finger. I am looking for some simple(if
possible) easy or slick way to start the PC from a dead stop.

Human fingers are not always plentiful or easily trainable at the
site.

Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Simple BIOS setting, switch on after restore from powerfail.

Grant.

Some PCs don't have that bios option. Especially laptops and netbooks.

It's not too common among mini-ITX boxes, either, which is weird because many of
them will be used in embedded apps.

There's probably some way to booger the power supply.

Sort of a delayed one-shot (?) to 'press' the power button?

I have a storebought 12V (8-28V) computer power supply that does just that
on power up to solve this issue. Yes, I bought it for a low power mini ITX
'puter with an Atom CPU.

Grant.

Isn't there some wire that, if grounded, forces the power supply on?

I bought a couple of mini-ITX boxes from Logic Supply. They checked to make sure
they had the right bios option.


--

John Larkin Highland Technology Inc
www.highlandtechnology.com jlarkin at highlandtechnology dot com

Precision electronic instrumentation
Picosecond-resolution Digital Delay and Pulse generators
Custom timing and laser controllers
Photonics and fiberoptic TTL data links
VME analog, thermocouple, LVDT, synchro, tachometer
Multichannel arbitrary waveform generators

 

[Grant]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:31:14 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:14:37 +1100, Grant <omg@grrr.id.au> wrote:

On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:24:07 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:03:02 +1100, Grant <omg@grrr.id.au> wrote:

On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 21:45:34 -0500, "ABLE1" <royboynospam@somewhere.net> wrote:

Hello,

Any chance someone here has a easy or slick way to start (turn on) a
PC with out the use of a human finger??

I am having an issue with power outages and the UPS can't keep the
NVR up long enough, so it shuts down. Then the only way to start is
by the use of a human finger. I am looking for some simple(if
possible) easy or slick way to start the PC from a dead stop.

Human fingers are not always plentiful or easily trainable at the
site.

Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Simple BIOS setting, switch on after restore from powerfail.

Grant.

Some PCs don't have that bios option. Especially laptops and netbooks.

It's not too common among mini-ITX boxes, either, which is weird because many of
them will be used in embedded apps.

There's probably some way to booger the power supply.

Sort of a delayed one-shot (?) to 'press' the power button?

I have a storebought 12V (8-28V) computer power supply that does just that
on power up to solve this issue. Yes, I bought it for a low power mini ITX
'puter with an Atom CPU.

Grant.

Isn't there some wire that, if grounded, forces the power supply on?

Yes, that's the green wire on pin 16 of the 24pin (14 on 20pin) ATX power
connector.

You might need to pop the PS_ON pin from power plug since it goes direct to
LPC chip on a mobo schematic I checked (Intel D510 Storage Reference).

I bought a couple of mini-ITX boxes from Logic Supply. They checked to make sure
they had the right bios option.

That would help. My Intel Atom D510MO mobo has the BIOS option.

Grant.