I want to connect my phone to my pc power switch

Ross1234 · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:22

I want to connect my phone to my pc power switch so that when it rings my pc turns on. Any idea how to do this? (Don't suggest WOL).

Jony27 · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:24

uhmm if this is even possible id like to see how its done and try it myself

Ross1234 · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:50

I nearly had it
I think you remove the speaker and connect the + and - of the circuit board to your power switch wires. Then when you ring it it should turn on.
I broke the keypad though so cant turn it off silent

Jony27 · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:51

lulz

fini · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:52

Wow this doesn't sound too much like a 'how to remote activate a bomb' thread at all...

thingemajib · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:53

well the remove speaker approach would have been my suggestion.

Im curious as to why you want to do this. In fact...

*scurries off and finds old phone*

ZG002 · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:56

relay? phones speaker connections power the relay (or something along those lines) and this makes your switch on pc..

thingemajib · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:59

ZG002 said:
relay? phones speaker connections power the relay (or something along those lines) and this makes your switch on pc..

well, anything that sends out a pulse when the phone rings. now that i think about it, the vibrator motor would probably be a better bet.

i hope this is not directly advising bomb making...

Jony27 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:01

the next morning
a fellow forum member of ocuk has threatened to blow up a bus if he doesnt get a system to play crysis on enthusiast settings

raceway99 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:09

Ross1234 said:
I want to connect my phone to my pc power switch so that when it rings my pc turns on. Any idea how to do this? (Don't suggest WOL).

noob questions whats WOL stand for?

Ross1234 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:10

raceway99 said:
noob questions whats WOL stand for?

Wake on LAN.

raceway99 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:12

does this include wake-on-usb? as if not then shouldnt be too hard

Ross1234 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:13

How would wake on usb work over the internet.

raceway99 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:17

just wasnt sure of the terminology didnt now u wanted it to work over the net

edit: was going to say write some software (for the phone) to wake the pc up over usb, but if its an old nokia im guessing this wont work

Ross1234 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:21

I just acquired an old nokia. Time to try the speaker thing again! will report back.

d_brennen · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:22

fini said:
Wow this doesn't sound too much like a 'how to remote activate a bomb' thread at all...

What next, "how do I turn my pc on with a mercury tilt switch"

clocka · 27 Sep 2010 at 23:15

my girlfriend had this working about 7 years ago, in error i might add!

we were at uni and her computer kept turning on randomly, sometimes at night sometimes early morning. we eventually figured out she had her modem plugged into the telephone socket (for dial up internet) but whenever someone rang the telephone number for her room the pc switched on!

this was with old hardware, at least 10 years old, and it may have even been faulty hardware as i didnt think it was even possible till we tried it for ourselves and it worked!

Ross1234 · 27 Sep 2010 at 23:31

That was actually my first plan clocka

I dont have a modem in my pc though