How to switch on/off from one comuter to another throght internet..??

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RRITESH KAKKAR

Joined Jun 29, 2010
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HI all,

I need your help to turn on/off simple by internet i have listen dream viewer can be used for that but i have no idea how to proceed further please help me to do this experiment.

Thanks:D
 

nerdegutta

Joined Dec 15, 2009
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How is the LED connected, and what is it connected to?

You could do it fairly easy with the printerport and Linux, but you need to tell a bit more.

(If the computer in question have "wake-on LAN" feature, I guess you can turn it on via Internet, but that requires that you know the IP/MAC address for it, and that the feature is enabled in the BIOS, of course. :))
 

nerdegutta

Joined Dec 15, 2009
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Do you have any thoughts on how to do it?

This is one way of doing it:

One the target computer:
Download and install Ubuntu Mini.
Install development tools and OpenSSH.
Make a small C program to control the LPT port.

On any other computer:
Download Putty

With Putty you can log on the target computer, and run your program.

Be aware that you might need to open some ports on your router/firewall.
 

BMorse

Joined Sep 26, 2009
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Do you have any kind of programming language you can use? such as Visual Basic? You could use Winsock to do the internet communications between PC's, and the use a comm object to control anything attached to a serial port on the other PC.

Or just use Hyperterminal :)
 
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