[RELEASE CANDIDATE] CoRE (Community's own Rule Engine)

[rontalley]

My 5 hard-wired PCs still work. However, there were a time or two where one or two of them stopped responding to WOL commands. The fix was to disable the network adapter then enable it and then restart. This happened to 2 separate PCs.

Never could get WOL to work with Wifi adapters. For those (3), I used Iris Smart Plugs and enabled Boot on Power Restore in BIOS.

For my 2 laptops (MacAir and Dell), there is no solution that I know of.

I can also turn them off via ST, use mouse activity as a presence sensor, open up web pages, start Pandora, WMC, KODI or whatever I choose with a Tutorial I’ve done here:

(Tutorial) PC on/off and Activity Monitor with SmartThings

How about: Turn on Kitchen PC Turn off Bedroom PC Mouse is Active Turn on Kodi Even Works with Alexa or Hey Google!! This Tutorial will not only show you how to make your PC a totally controllable Switch in ST, but also use Virtual Switches as a Motion device or to Execute Programs which can all be used for Home Automation! After setup, your PC status will be in perfect sync with the Virtual Switch no matter if you turn on/off the PC manually or through SmartThings. It might seem like a lot but you can have this up and running fairly quickly especially if you are already familiar with installing custom apps. It’s up to you how far you want to go down the rabbit hole! Tools used: Send Events to Event Ghost (App), Host Pinger (App), EventGhost (Free Windows Program), CoRE or webCoRE …