[NCLUG] Experiences with x10 home automation system?

Matthew Wilcox willy at debian.org
Mon Jun 17 05:17:24 MDT 2002


On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 05:09:05PM -0600, Marcio Luis Teixeira wrote:
> Doh! You're right. Now that you mention it, I remember I've got one of those 
> motherboards/power supplies that do not come on when you apply power.
> I hadn't thought of it. Thanks for mentioning it. That rules out using a x10 
> for the computer. I'll have to check the printer too before spending any 
> money with x10 modules for it (though I'm pretty certain it uses an old 
> fashioned switch).

You're not necessarily out of luck here.  If you have WakeOnLan
capability, you may be able to use that to activate your motherboard
after powering on the power supply.

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