[HN Gopher] Wol: Wake up your devices with a single command or c...
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       Wol: Wake up your devices with a single command or click
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2025-01-21 14:15 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | why_at wrote:
       | Related: I have a setup with a PC connected to my TV, it would be
       | nice if there was some way to wake up my PC from sleep using a
       | remote control of some kind. The best way I can think of is using
       | wake-on-lan on another device like a raspberry pi. I could
       | configure it to send the signal when it sees me push a button on
       | my remote.
       | 
       | This doesn't feel very optimal though. Having a whole other
       | device constantly running just to wake up my main device feels
       | like a waste.
        
         | r2_pilot wrote:
         | If you're already using microcontrollers, why not emulate a USB
         | keyboard with one, and have an IR sensor that triggers a key
         | press when it gets a signal?
        
         | kardos wrote:
         | > Having a whole other device constantly running just to wake
         | up my main device feels like a waste.
         | 
         | Indeed, my first thought is the best place to run this is on an
         | OpenWRT router. Perhaps as a package, or a builtin feature?
        
         | ngetchell wrote:
         | I had an IR remote that was set up to wake my Kodi box on
         | button press. Seems very doable.
        
         | Rygian wrote:
         | Why not from your phone? I wake up my kodi pc with a remote
         | that supports WOL.
        
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