[TriLUG] Remote Power Control

[Chris Knowles]

Looks like another user for the X10 line of products.  X10 would allow you
to power on/off things around the house, and I;m familiar from ~10 years
ago with phone answerers that would do X10 commands, so you can power
on/off things over the phone.

Doing some google searching now, looks like there's even smart phone apps
for X10 control.

Ze Googlez are you friend here.  'home automation' and 'x10 howto' are
probably good first searches.

CJK

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Ron Young <ronyoung at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> I have a CentOS 5.8 machine at home and a couple of other computers running
> windoze, ubuntu, etc.  I would like the ability to remotely power them off
> via the internet as I have no land-line phone.  I assume I could port
> forward to some device like a pdu using my router...I only want to power
> off the computers - the routers could stay running.
>
> The reason  -  when I am away for an extended period, my Nest thermostat
> saves me energy by letting the temp in the house go up to 80.  That would
> run my computers very hot in their little cabinet.  So I would like to
> power them off when I leave and then remotely power them back up when I
> need them.  Of course when I am finished using them remotely I can shutdown
> / init 0 them.
>
> One other bit...I can power up the other machines from the first Centos box
> that my router forwards ssh to.   So if I could remotely WOL the linux box,
> I may be all set come to think about it.
>
> Any ideas and thoughts are appreciated.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron Young
> 919-621-9015
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronhyoung
>
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