Amazon echo voice command to trigger computer on/off

[Thirall]

https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonecho/comments/4wlpgt/alexa_turn_on_my_computer_anyone_have_a_setup/

https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonecho/comments/3dk07k/can_i_turn_onoff_my_computer_with_echo/

These to links show questions and answer upon how to make a switch for an amazon echo dot to turn on/off a computer with a voice command. I see that these posts are 5+ months old and figured it would maybe be an easier solution now for this. I have a raspberry pi with a plexgear controller for it. I wonder if I can use this to program the pi to trigger the computer, then pair the controller with the echo dot or something like that. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Mira Yurizaki]

You can use the Wake-on-LAN protocol to turn the PC on remotely.

 

I'm not familiar with how to do it, but I give it as a starting point

[Thirall]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

You can use the Wake-on-LAN protocol to turn the PC on remotely.

 

I'm not familiar with how to do it, but I give it as a starting point

Ooh. Thank's for letting me know anyway! oh look: 

 here it seems as if there is another post for that!

[manikyath]

if you have a device that can listen for voice commands and send WOL magic packets (and if your pc supports that) you have the waking thing covered, in terms of turning it off, should be roughly the same idea, but with a listener on the system.

 

you could offcourse also just wire a pi with a microphone straight into the power switch circuitry

[Thirall]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

if you have a device that can listen for voice commands and send WOL magic packets (and if your pc supports that) you have the waking thing covered, in terms of turning it off, should be roughly the same idea, but with a listener on the system.

 

you could offcourse also just wire a pi with a microphone straight into the power switch circuitry

Oh yes I have the echo which basicly listens to my command and can send out that command via skills in the amazon app. From there I would use a WOL skill and set that up for my computer. Thing is, I have no idea how to seetup a WOL.

 

And ofc yes i could turn that off with a power switch. But really turning it on is the most important.

[manikyath]

Just now, Thirall said:

Oh yes I have the echo which basicly listens to my command and can send out that command via skills in the amazon app. From there I would use a WOL skill and set that up for my computer. Thing is, I have no idea how to seetup a WOL.

 

And ofc yes i could turn that off with a power switch. But really turning it on is the most important.

setting up WOL is actually pretty easy.

 

- follow the appropriate steps to enable wake from S5 state in your mobo bios

- take note of your mobo's mac address

- input the mac address in your WOL solution of choice

 

take note that magic packet is a VERY low level protocol, so you wont be passing it trough routers or complex managed switch setups.

[samhep]

Just wanted to share a little tutorial I have been making for getting Alexa to turn on your PC.

The first part is finished and up.

WakeOnLan with Amazon Alexa and Raspberry Pi - PART 1 - https://youtu.be/m6ide-C6U3g

If you have any questions just ask! 

[Sziszi]

On 2017. 04. 27. at 1:10 PM, samhep said:

Just wanted to share a little tutorial I have been making for getting Alexa to turn on your PC.

The first part is finished and up.

WakeOnLan with Amazon Alexa and Raspberry Pi - PART 1 - https://youtu.be/m6ide-C6U3g

If you have any questions just ask! 

Hi!

 

Where is the second part?