Controlling a relay via cellular phone.....

[EsDee]

Hello,

Since a few weeks I am running a webcamserver . It is stationed 40
Kilometers away. I control it via an UltraVNC connection. However, about 2
times a week I need to hard-reset the computer manually.
I am looking for some kind of construction to reset the computer via a GSM
cellular phone.
The only thing I need is a relay that I can switch by making a call to the
GSM phone. So, I need only 1 channel.
This relay could switch the reset-button.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Marcel

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Hello,

Since a few weeks I am running a webcamserver . It is stationed 40
Kilometers away. I control it via an UltraVNC connection. However, about 2
times a week I need to hard-reset the computer manually.
I am looking for some kind of construction to reset the computer via a GSM
cellular phone.
The only thing I need is a relay that I can switch by making a call to the
GSM phone. So, I need only 1 channel.
This relay could switch the reset-button.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Marcel

Why not use the printer port and just issue the right command to pull
the reset line low with a DIP or reed relay?


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Guest]

Maybe he needs to reboot because the computer gets locked up, in which case
he would need an "outside line".

 

[martin griffith]

Hello,

Since a few weeks I am running a webcamserver . It is stationed 40
Kilometers away. I control it via an UltraVNC connection. However, about 2
times a week I need to hard-reset the computer manually.
I am looking for some kind of construction to reset the computer via a GSM
cellular phone.
The only thing I need is a relay that I can switch by making a call to the
GSM phone. So, I need only 1 channel.
This relay could switch the reset-button.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Marcel

Think you may have missed a few groups!

<paranoia>

****BANG****
FBI/CIA... what account was this?

Geneva,

OK no probs

</paranoia>

or just do a nice stir fry, lots of veg, hot oil and Wok. Beats
McDonalds anyday. And you dont fart as much


martin

 

[John Larkin]

Hello,

Since a few weeks I am running a webcamserver . It is stationed 40
Kilometers away. I control it via an UltraVNC connection. However, about 2
times a week I need to hard-reset the computer manually.
I am looking for some kind of construction to reset the computer via a GSM
cellular phone.
The only thing I need is a relay that I can switch by making a call to the
GSM phone. So, I need only 1 channel.
This relay could switch the reset-button.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Marcel

Vibrator motor drive?

John

 

[Guest]

I wouldn't want a computer that rebooted every time it's telephone number
rang, so I would plan on sending a coded tone signal. The buzzer signal
could be routed to the push to talk (answer) button so it would
automatically answer every call, but off-hand I don't know how to hang up,
if you are planning to remote detonate a bomb then you won't need to hang
up.
Paranoid? I AM THE KING OF PARANOIA!!

 

[Eeyore]

Hello,

Since a few weeks I am running a webcamserver

For a second I thought you were a terrorist bomber !

Graham

 

[Si Ballenger]

Hello,

Since a few weeks I am running a webcamserver . It is stationed 40
Kilometers away. I control it via an UltraVNC connection. However, about 2
times a week I need to hard-reset the computer manually.
I am looking for some kind of construction to reset the computer via a GSM
cellular phone.
The only thing I need is a relay that I can switch by making a call to the
GSM phone. So, I need only 1 channel.
This relay could switch the reset-button.

Can anyone help me out?

System admins use the below x10 telephone gizmo to remotely cycle
the power to hung servers to reboot them.

http://www.x10.com/products/x10_tr16a.htm

 

[John Fields]

I wouldn't want a computer that rebooted every time it's telephone number
rang, so I would plan on sending a coded tone signal. The buzzer signal
could be routed to the push to talk (answer) button so it would
automatically answer every call, but off-hand I don't know how to hang up,
if you are planning to remote detonate a bomb then you won't need to hang
up.
Paranoid? I AM THE KING OF PARANOIA!!

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

I think al Qaida has details on how to do this posted on their website.

 

[[email protected]]

Hello,

Since a few weeks I am running a webcamserver . It is stationed 40
Kilometers away. I control it via an UltraVNC connection. However, about 2
times a week I need to hard-reset the computer manually.
I am looking for some kind of construction to reset the computer via a GSM
cellular phone.
The only thing I need is a relay that I can switch by making a call to the
GSM phone. So, I need only 1 channel.

Ask yourself how many wrong numbers you get per week. Ask yourself
whether you really want your computer reset everytime someone misdials
the number of the pizza-parlor. Ask yourself whether you really want
everybody on the planet to be able to reset your computer at will.
Including everybody on usenet, once someone finds out the number you
assigned to this and posts it here.

I'm sorry, but no functional computer needs to be reset twice a week.
Hitting reset everytime your computer hangs is like buying a new car
everytime the old one runs out of gas. It is the desperate attempt to
avoid solving a problem.

If your computer hangs that often, then your setup is broken -- either
in hardware or in software. Fixing it will not only save you money in
the long run (no need to keep a GSM) but will probably teach you a
bunch of things. Some of which might even come in handy in the future.


cordially

Y.T.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Maybe he needs to reboot because the computer gets locked up, in which case
he would need an "outside line".

If it's locking up, the printer port makes even more sense. Output a
pulse at a regular interval. If it stops, your controller resets the
computer. A simple missing pulse detector and a little thought will
show you how it works. Think of it as an external watchdog timer.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Eeyore]

I'm sorry, but no functional computer needs to be reset twice a week.

You've never used Windows ?

Graham

 

[Alan B]

You've never used Windows ?

Er, Graham, he said *functional.*

 

[Guest]

Thank you. You are correct, I think. I didn't catch on to the use you had in
mind.

 

[Guest]

Did anyone ever tell you about the huge voltage potential between the
electron gun at the back of your monitor, and the screen you have a few
inches from your nose.
RUN, RUN

tapwater
Professional Chicken Plucker

 

[Jim Thompson]

Did anyone ever tell you about the huge voltage potential between the
electron gun at the back of your monitor, and the screen you have a few
inches from your nose.
RUN, RUN

tapwater
Professional Chicken Plucker

[snip]

Isn't the correct spelling "PHUCKER" ?

...Jim Thompson

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

If it's locking up, the printer port makes even more sense. Output a
pulse at a regular interval. If it stops, your controller resets the
computer. A simple missing pulse detector and a little thought will
show you how it works. Think of it as an external watchdog timer.

You can buy cards that implement the WDT function for PCs.



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Guest]

Buy? Wait, I have to turn the crank on my home-made electrical generator.
There, that will hold it for a few minutes. What means this word "buy"?
Thank you for the information, and if I ever get some money I will learn to
buy stuff.

You can buy cards that implement the WDT function for PCs.



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

http://www.speff.com

 

[Guest]

You can spell what YOU do any way that you want to.

Did anyone ever tell you about the huge voltage potential between the
electron gun at the back of your monitor, and the screen you have a few
inches from your nose.
RUN, RUN

tapwater
Professional Chicken Plucker

[snip]

Isn't the correct spelling "PHUCKER" ?

...Jim Thompson