RC On/Off??

[Dr. Kamolly]

How to turn the PC on and off by a remote control?? How do I do the wiring?

[CanaBalistic]

Well for starters you'd need a seprate power suply to give power to the IR reciver (for a tv like remote) or a fm reciver (for keyless car entry) so you'd be able to turn on the computer. With a fm set up you could hack apart an old rc car and hook a servo to a momentary toggle switch. presto...

You'd need to buy a kit or make one for an IR tv like remote.

If your intrested after everyone has given thier 2 cents. I have a very small power suply im not doing anything with. It came out of an external cd-rom case. I know its at least 16w because the cd-rom was 16w. It has 1 molex connector and a 40mm fan.

I dont really want to sell the power button because then the case it came out of is usless and ugly. Its just in the pic because i am a stoner :)


http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/Cana-Balistic/100_1877.jpg

But wait untill you've thought about it and if it works with your design.
I might post this beauty in the sellers thread so bee on the look out

[DaveW]

The Motherboard cable has two always on 5 volt cables, and even the switch header can provide a small voltage: this can be done without an external power supply, but it involves a bit of hardware hacking.

-Dave

[tybrenis]

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/Cana-Balistic/100_1877.jpg




Lol,

I love reading the numbers and crap on the piece of paper under the actual items - especially the one entitled "Poker!" with a number under it. :D :p :D :p

[CanaBalistic]

thats my time sheet book from work. i jot down all kinds of crap on it. And no i dont have poker depts. :) The numbers are ip adresses for game servers and its also where i solve my math questions lol

[Omega]

how the **** do you get a 16w device? there are only two, no, three voltages that i know of that you could run off of a molex, and that's 12v, and 5v. you could also wire them together (although **** if i know how) to add 12 to 5 and get 17v. And i don't even know if the last one is possible.

[OvRiDe]

how the **** do you get a 16w device? there are only two, no, three voltages that i know of that you could run off of a molex, and that's 12v, and 5v. you could also wire them together (although **** if i know how) to add 12 to 5 and get 17v. And i don't even know if the last one is possible.

Your getting your units of measure mixed up.. 16w being WATTS and 12V and 5V being VOLTS. 8)

[Dr. Kamolly]

So according to Dave, all we need is a sender (remote) and a IR receiver, et voila! You just hook up the wires coming out of the regular power switch to the IR receiver or what?? How does the regular power switch function?? It closes some kind of circuit in the MoBo, signaling it to turn the power supply?? Or what?

Thanks for the offer Cana-Balistic, but I'm half a world away!! Can't this receiver be powered by a watch battery or something?

[Cannibal23]

The Motherboard cable has two always on 5 volt cables, and even the switch header can provide a small voltage: this can be done without an external power supply, but it involves a bit of hardware hacking.

-Dave

i know one of them is the purple wire on your atx p1 connector. dont know about the other though. what you can do is either pull the pin out of the connector and solder an extra lead on it, or you could open the power supply and solder directly to the board where that purple wire connects. depends on where you need the wire to go i suppose.

[DaveW]

i know one of them is the purple wire on your atx p1 connector. dont know about the other though.

The other one's the grey one that powers up your PSU when you connect it to earth...i think....


how the **** do you get a 16w device?

Calm the hell down! There's no need for that crap.


So according to Dave, all we need is a sender (remote) and a IR receiver, et voila! You just hook up the wires coming out of the regular power switch to the IR receiver or what?? How does the regular power switch function?? It closes some kind of circuit in the MoBo, signaling it to turn the power supply?? Or what?

This IR device (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=37842&criteria=IR%20receiver&doy=24m5) comes in a kit and is rated at 12 Volt and 75ma which is about 0.9 Watts unless i'm mistaken. So you can probably get an IR reciever from an old TV or VCR and power it from a Motherboard power header, or maybe a USB header (internal) if you have a motherboard that has the USB +5volts line always on. Most motherboards these days do, so they can support Power on by USB support (another distinct possibility here).

Hope that helps!

-Dave

[Cannibal23]

The other one's the grey one that powers up your PSU when you connect it to earth...i think....


when i power up my psu without it connected to a mobo i always short the green wire to any common / ground on the atx connector. is this the one you mean? or am i thinking of something else

[DaveW]

I can't remember which wire it is. Purple powers the motherboard when the PSU is off. It might be the green one...so what does the grey do? I can't remember.

You're probably right.

-Dave

[Cannibal23]

damn... now i have to know.... stupid curiosity... will post back later with the answer lol

[CanaBalistic]

how the **** do you get a 16w device? there are only two, no, three voltages that i know of that you could run off of a molex, and that's 12v, and 5v. you could also wire them together (although **** if i know how) to add 12 to 5 and get 17v. And i don't even know if the last one is possible.

I said it was 16watts not 16volts. Here's the label...
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/Cana-Balistic/100_1880_00.jpg

[Dr. Kamolly]

This IR device comes in a kit and is rated at 12 Volt and 75ma which is about 0.9 Watts unless i'm mistaken. So you can probably get an IR reciever from an old TV or VCR and power it from a Motherboard power header, or maybe a USB header (internal) if you have a motherboard that has the USB +5volts line always on. Most motherboards these days do, so they can support Power on by USB support (another distinct possibility here)

This device can be connected in parallel with the ordinary power switch?? Or does it need modification?? And if I get another brand with different specs what should I consider when wiring?? Most important, IF I SCREW UP, will the power supply or the MoBo fry? Forgot to ask, do milliAmperes have any effect on the performance of their respective devices?? What is the intensity of a regular power supply?? (NB: Intensity>>>mA)

[Omega]

I said it was 16watts not 16volts. Here's the label...
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/Cana-Balistic/100_1880_00.jpg


Oh, silly me.


Now, we would have a real problem if it _was_ 16v...

[OvRiDe]

I totally forgot about this article .. but it will tell you pretty much everything you need to know to remotely turn on your computer using a wirless doorbell..

http://www.gideontech.com/content/articles/204/1

Good luck..

[boost1105]

this should help you

http://www.helpwithpcs.com/courses/power-supply/atx-psu-pinouts.gif

when ps_on is grounded the psu will start
+5VSB will supply power when the compter is off