[linux-dvb] AW: Re: Idea to save power (and also your money) with VDR

[Jens Groth <JGroth@gmx.de>]

Hello,

the idea of starting the PC via RTC sounds great.
I just took a look in my mainboard manual (Gigabyte GA-6BA).
This board support AT and ATX power supplies and has
an Award BIOS. If you configure it for ATX, then you
can enter an alarm for startup in the bios. So it should
be really just some programming to get this feature to be
integrated in to linux.
What I also found is an external switch from ELV. It is
called the PC-Timer-Switch TS3000 (DM 99,95).
Interfaces:
- Paralellel (in/out)
- Keyboard (in/out)
- Switched power (3 connectors)
- 3 external switches
- Modem/Fax input
- Dimension 40x133x208mm
For further details go to http://www.elv.de
For those of you with AT mainboards this might be an
alternative (instead of buying a new board/powersupply).

cu

Jens

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: linux-dvb-bounce@linuxtv.org
> [mailto:linux-dvb-bounce@linuxtv.org]Im Auftrag von Ralf Bauer
> Gesendet: Freitag, 23. Februar 2001 11:16
> An: 'Thilo.Schunck@apartis.de'; linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
> Betreff: [linux-dvb] Re: Idea to save power (and also your money) with
> VDR
>
>
> Sorry, but that's not true.
> When I call "shutdown" on my machine, it switches off and
> consumes only 2W.
> I measured it with an Ampere meter (trust me I'm an electronics
> engineer ;-)
> ).
>
> Switching the main power is also no real solution for everybody, because
> most of the mainboards don't boot when power is switched on. I
> needed a long
> time to find a mainboard which can be configured in the BIOS to boot on
> power-up (EPOX 8KTA+).
>
> At the moment I'm using a timer (DM 12,95 at ALDI) and set it to power up
> the VDR about 15 minutes before the first timer event occurs. The
> power down
> time is not critical, because I shutdown the system by software,
> so I chose
> 06:00. The timer also allows different times for different weekdays.
>
> Ralf.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thilo.Schunck@apartis.de [mailto:Thilo.Schunck@apartis.de]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 10:47
> To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Ralf Bauer
> Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: Idea to save power (and also your money) with
> VDR
>
>
> The RTC onboard will not solve the problem of consuming *a lot* of power,
> 'cause
> the ATX Power supply is still working! The only solution to get a
> zero-standby-power-pc
> is a separate battery/rechargable-RTC (With display?) which is able to
> switch the mains supply
> (for the techies: with a Triac etc.)
>
>         Thilo
>
>
>
>
>
> Ralf Bauer <RBauer@quark.de>
> Sent by: linux-dvb-bounce@linuxtv.org
> 23.02.01 09:43
>
>
>         To:     "'Peter Seyringer'" <e9425234@stud1.tuwien.ac.at>,
> linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
>         cc:
>         Subject:        [linux-dvb] Re: Idea to save power (and also your
> money) with VDR
>
> Sorry, I don't understand. Are you talking about additional hardware?
> I don't think this is necessary, because the normal RTC on your mainboard
> can do that already. Just the software support is missing (I'm not sure, I
> have to look at the device driver for the RTC first to tell more).
>
> Ralf.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Seyringer [mailto:e9425234@stud1.tuwien.ac.at]
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 23:03
> To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
> Subject: [linux-dvb] Idea to save power (and also your money) with VDR
>
>
> Hello!
>
> I have a idea to install a RTC that switch the ATX power supply on when
> VDR
> wants to record.
> Does someone interests at this project?
>
> Peter
>
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