Device to reset power...

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri Jun 27 19:00:15 2003

> I'm getting sick of my DSL modem locking up on me. Some times it will be
> good for weeks on end, other times it needs to be powercycled every few
> hours. This seems to be one of those every few hours days :^(
>
> It is fairly easy to set my Firewall up to monitor and determine if the
> firewall is down. The question is, what would it take to get that Firewall
> to powercycle the ()#*&% #(*&% modem on it's own? I seem to recall seeing
> something that can be plugged into a Serial port, and you can send it
> signals to turn the power on and off on a receptical.

Can you toggle any line on any port (say one of the handshake lines on
the serial port (RTS, DTR) or one of the lines on a parallel port)? If
so, you could use it to drive a transistor and then a relay..

-tony
Received on Fri Jun 27 2003 - 19:00:15 BST