Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 08:33:38 -0500 From: peters@belsys.com (Peter Sleggs) To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote power cycle Message-ID: <19980108.083338.5O6.rnr.w165w@belsys.com> In-Reply-To: <199801080133.RAA18561@implode.root.com>
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>>David Greenman wrote: >> >>> It was quite easy for me to do, but the level of difficulty will depend >>> on your ability to use a soldering iron and knowledge of electronics. What >>> I did was reconfigure the hook relay so that the switch simply shorts the >>> tip/ring wires rather than connect them to the isolation transformer. It >> >>Small advice on modems to use! >> >>Many of the newer modems do have 'solid state' switching and the tend to >>not work! Find modem with large relay on and you should just short the >>transformer at the line side. > > Hmmm...if these modems use a "solid state relay", then it should work. > In any case, I used a cheap 14.4K internal modem (I don't recall the > maker) that had a normal miniature relay. For my systems in house and a couple of other projects I've been considering 2 projects. 1. Watchdog card, or box of some sort 2. Reset controller box serial input [ modem maybe ] with 8 relays to allow the reset of computers remotely Is there a demand for these sorts of hardware ? Wish lists for features ? I will be doing the reset controller box, for my own use at some point soon, making a small board that could be mounted in a box or in the equipment rack. The watchdog card is a possibility but not as useful for me, but maybe moresuitable for others. Ideas and gotcha would be welcome. -- Peter Sleggs VA3SLE Bellatrix Systems Corp. peters@belsys.com
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