Try searching for 'watchdog timers' or 'dead man switches' that can automatically reset a PC or access point if it stops responding. There are some pre-built devices that can do this, or you could build your own. I'm trying to come up with the latter...
At 12:32 AM 11/13/2003 -0500, Anthony Townsend wrote: >I'm looking for any references/info on projects or products that employ >the paging network for remote control of unattended devices. > >I'm interested in building a simple switch to power cycle remote >wireless nodes. There is a product on the market for $375 >[http://www.nighthawksystems.com/nighthawk_nh2.asp] but it also seems >like one could build such a device rather easily with a pager, a relay, >and some minor soldering by hooking up the vibrate motor to the relay >input. > >This got me thinking, though that there might be a lot of cool things >that can be done remotely with pagers & unattended devices. Google is >not producing much, but maybe I'm not using the right terms. > >Please reply off-list, I'll compile and post anything I find. > >thanks in advance > >-- >NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ >Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ >Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > "If you're reading this, read it again." -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
