[cornetto456]

Hi,


Is it posible to send a email or such to start a standby pc ?


Because making a gameserver (and game) and it needs a pc so i have an old one standing at a other place and i don't want to move it to my place and i have there a much faster internet



And then i would work with cintrix or such



Thanks,


Arno(cornetto456)

[no2pencil]

If a computer isn't on, how would it receive the email?

[FliP1992]

I was trying to figure a way to do this a couple of years ago, you would need the computer to be in a state where it was listening out for the email all the time. Which would require the system to need a internet connection and all the works that drive that. Sort of makes the whole point of being in stand-buy irrelevant.

You may as well just leave the game server on, try thinking about getting more energy efficient hardware.

Another problem is that when you are trying to force reboot/boot the server when its a shut down state e.g. crashed or unexpected shutdown, its not able to listen out for the email to tell it too boot or reboot.

If your set on doing it your way, you need another server to manage the Game server. This will check if its Online/offline, trying to escape, having a house party or just being a server etc. That way it will be able to listen out for the email even though the Game server is offline and preform tasks like reboot/shutdown/boot.

Hope this helps you get a bit of a better understanding.

[jvdubn]

possibly WoL (wake on lan) could be of some assistance? I know that some pc's don't support the functionality but it might be worth looking in to. Sorry if this is totally different from what you are trying to do but if do fell free to dive in:

http://lifehacker.co...ith-wake+on+lan

This post has been edited by jvdubn: 01 July 2011 - 06:08 PM

[RandomlyKnighted]

I was talking a guy about a couple years ago. He made a program in Basic that would allow him to control anything in his house from a computer. I'll see if I can find the links to his project. Perhaps you can use a similar project and use it to control your game server.

[calvinthedestroyer]

FliP1992, on 28 June 2011 - 02:08 AM, said:

nline/offline, trying to escape, having a house party or just being a serv

Thanks, that made my day

You can by a timer and have the timer turn the computer on and off on the times that you want the server on and off.

The other way to go is to use a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)
Allen Bradley makes I/O cards that you can use to turn your PC on and off and they make Ethernet cards that you can use to remote control the PLC and PC.

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this PLC runs that rack as remote I/O. A Blackbox had to be added to this PLC, so that it could communicate with the PC we installed for the HMI with the same Ethernet protocol. PLC 5 and SLC-500 both use OLD Ethernet protocols.

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New PLC's are pricey, but you can pick up a used one pretty cheap.

[Sethro117]

Or the tried and true method which is pick up a phone and call whoever is there and say "hey buddy!! can you turn on that computer in there?"

[jvdubn]

calvinthedestroyer, on 01 July 2011 - 09:31 PM, said:

FliP1992, on 28 June 2011 - 02:08 AM, said:

nline/offline, trying to escape, having a house party or just being a serv

Thanks, that made my day

You can by a timer and have the timer turn the computer on and off on the times that you want the server on and off.

The other way to go is to use a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)
Allen Bradley makes I/O cards that you can use to turn your PC on and off and they make Ethernet cards that you can use to remote control the PLC and PC.

Quote

this PLC runs that rack as remote I/O. A Blackbox had to be added to this PLC, so that it could communicate with the PC we installed for the HMI with the same Ethernet protocol. PLC 5 and SLC-500 both use OLD Ethernet protocols.

cite

New PLC's are pricey, but you can pick up a used one pretty cheap.

Ive bet this could be done with an Arduino and an Ethernet shield as well. The email code is already written it would just need tweaked to send/not send voltage to turn on off. I don't know about standby though.

Ive found a tutorial:
http://www.arduino.c...in/ArduinoWaker

I like Sethro117's solution too

This post has been edited by jvdubn: 02 July 2011 - 11:04 AM