I am new to Carputer world. I am using a laptop in my car as a carputer. This laptop is placed under the passenger seat. I learned the hard way that a big problem in my attempt is how to switch the power.
I've scanned the Internet and this forum for solutions without a definate answer to the problem. Has this problem been solved in an elgent way that I missed?
Solutions :
1) Solder 2 wires to the power switch and place a boot switch in a visible location. This maybe the only solution that I can think possible in my situation. However the issue is that the laptop needs to be modified.
2) Use Wake-On-Ring : This could be an elegant solution. In my case, my laptop modem does not support WOR.
3) Use Wake-On-Lan : This solution may be workable if there was a device that could send the magic packets to the laptop either by pressing a button or by switching the power on. Has anyone heard of such device?
4) Use a mechanical servo from a remote control toy to press the power switch.
Afshin Moshrefi
soldering to the power switch is the best and most reliable method to control the laptop power on/off. if you don't want to modify the laptop itself then you may be able to get a docking station with a power button you could mod instead.
instead of a remote mounted power button you could hook up an SSC like this. or even better would be to power the laptop with a Carnetix DC-DC regulator (they have a built-in SSC).
To answer #3: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/1288005-post19.html
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