Hi -
I have a cabin that is about 4 hours away and am trying to figure out how to reboot pc's/routers from a remote location (my main residence). I have an Omni panel and a PC that is running homeseer, as well as a couple of routers and wireless access points. When all is working well I can RDP or VNC into the network and control most anything. Problem is when things stop working well.
In an ideal world I'd like some kind of relay that I could trigger with a 12 volt input from my Omni panel that would interupt and restore power to either a UPS or a surge protector. If for some reason I couldn't get to any of the network devices or the PC I could always call into the Omni and apply the 12volt output to a Normally Closed relay that would kill the power to the router and the PC. Once I removed the 12 volts the contacts would close again and restore power (thereby rebooting) the devices.
Does anything like this exist or are there better ways to do this?
Thanks,
Patrick
I have a cabin that is about 4 hours away and am trying to figure out how to reboot pc's/routers from a remote location (my main residence). I have an Omni panel and a PC that is running homeseer, as well as a couple of routers and wireless access points. When all is working well I can RDP or VNC into the network and control most anything. Problem is when things stop working well.
In an ideal world I'd like some kind of relay that I could trigger with a 12 volt input from my Omni panel that would interupt and restore power to either a UPS or a surge protector. If for some reason I couldn't get to any of the network devices or the PC I could always call into the Omni and apply the 12volt output to a Normally Closed relay that would kill the power to the router and the PC. Once I removed the 12 volts the contacts would close again and restore power (thereby rebooting) the devices.
Does anything like this exist or are there better ways to do this?
Thanks,
Patrick