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I want to be able to turn my PC on and off using an IR-remote sensor that is connected via USB to the PC. The sensor is a custom PCB implemented with an AVR microprocessor and V-USB software USB-implementation.
Now, turning off the PC is no problem with software, but is there any way to turn ON the PC using USB?
(Please note, I’m not talking about booting from USB-stick or USB-power supply …)
There seem to be two problems:
keeping the USB powered on while the PC is off. It seems that most mainboard have a jumper for this functionality.
bringing the PC back to life. There seems to be no standard functionality for this. The solution is to “press” the PCs power button through the AVR on the USB board. I know, this means extra cable from the USB to the PC, but it seems to be the easiest solution.
Another workaround could be to send the power-on signal to the PC over ethernet. But I guess this will be more complicated than the power button solution and it involves extra cables too.