Remote power-cycling

SteveDallas · 01-27-2003, 11:45 AM

Does anybody know of an inexpensive device which can be used to call in via telephone (with or without a modem, either is OK) and power cycle whatever's plugged into the device? (For those not in the IT racket, errr, profession, "power cycle" means to turn off and turn back on. But "power cycle" sounds more geekly and hard to do.) I have seen several so far, but they all have lots of bells and whistles (such as network ports, SNMP monitoring, etc.) that I don't really care about. Any suggestions?

Griff · 01-27-2003, 12:31 PM

Plug it into a Clapper (tm). Set an answering machine next to the appliance call in and...

BrianR · 01-28-2003, 12:14 PM

ROFLMAO!

I nominate that answer for the technogeek hall of fame

Brian

SteveDallas · 01-28-2003, 12:45 PM

You know, Griff, that's just the kind of smartass response I expect from.. umm.. welll.. me!

Griff · 01-28-2003, 01:10 PM

Just doing my part brothers, making the world a little better one smartass comment at a time.

richlevy · 02-01-2003, 05:21 PM

Not that I want to give these guys the business but you could check out the X10 website to see what they have.

MaggieL · 02-01-2003, 09:20 PM

Their names are legion:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22re...wer+control%22

Ferinstance:

http://www.wti.com/power.htm

01-27-2003, 11:45 AM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Remote power-cycling Does anybody know of an inexpensive device which can be used to call in via telephone (with or without a modem, either is OK) and power cycle whatever's plugged into the device? (For those not in the IT racket, errr, profession, "power cycle" means to turn off and turn back on. But "power cycle" sounds more geekly and hard to do.) I have seen several so far, but they all have lots of bells and whistles (such as network ports, SNMP monitoring, etc.) that I don't really care about. Any suggestions?

01-27-2003, 12:31 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Plug it into a Clapper (tm). Set an answering machine next to the appliance call in and... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-28-2003, 12:14 PM	#3
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	ROFLMAO! I nominate that answer for the technogeek hall of fame Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

01-28-2003, 01:10 PM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Just doing my part brothers, making the world a little better one smartass comment at a time. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-01-2003, 05:21 PM	#6
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Not that I want to give these guys the business but you could check out the X10 website to see what they have. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-28-2003, 12:45 PM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	You know, Griff, that's just the kind of smartass response I expect from.. umm.. welll.. me!

02-01-2003, 09:20 PM	#7
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Their names are legion: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22re...wer+control%22 Ferinstance: http://www.wti.com/power.htm __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

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