On Fri 04.07.2003 at 08:50:29AM -0700, Rich C wrote: > Seems like there should be an easier way to do this > without needing a microcontroller. > > What about a simple logic circuit that does as > follows: > 1. Check some pin on the motherboard to see if it is > fully powered up. > 2. If not powered up, then if there is any activity on > IR receiver, toggle wake on lan signal to power up the > PC (or just toggle power pin, that your front panel > power button connects to).
And this way the PC will wake up on any RC event (even if it's the sun playing with an opening window)... That's why the micro-controller is needed. > 3. Ignore any IR activity while the PC is fully > powered on. > > The key is having the signal which tells you the PC is > powerd up, there's got to be such a pin somewhere on > the mobo. Or use the keyboard input, using the micro-controller to fake a keypress. Matthieu -- (~._.~) Matthieu Weber - Universit� de Jyv�skyl� (~._.~) ( ? ) email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( ? ) ()- -() public key id : 452AE0AD ()- -() (_)-(_) "Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht (Germain Muller)" (_)-(_) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
