Return-Path: From: Peter Wippich To: Michael B Allen Cc: , Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] Waking up a machine with bluetooth signal? In-Reply-To: <20050227125748.4fc29727.mba2000@ioplex.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Reply-To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: BlueZ development List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:16:04 +0100 (CET) Hi Mike, yes, about the implementation on the Mac. Usually internal BT Adapters are connected through an internal USB port. However, a normal USB port doesn't have the capability to wakeup the machine. Some machines implement extra signals for this purpose, but I don't know if it is done in the Mac . So ask your favorite Apple engineer... Ciao, Peter On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Michael B Allen wrote: > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:13:36 +0100 (CET) > Peter Wippich wrote: > > > better ask the Apple developers if this is possible. It is not a matter of > > the Bluetooth stack but of the hardware and driver implementation. > > About the implementation on the Mac? The machine from which I would > be sending this "wakeup" signal is Linux 2.4 on an IBM T30 laptop w/ > builtin BT. I bought a logitect MX900 mouse for the Mac and it worked > without installing any extra drivers or anything so there must be some > level of standard communication. No? > > Mike > > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Michael B Allen wrote: > > > > > I just bought a mac mini w/ a bluetooth keyboard. I'd like to be able to > > > ssh into it from my laptop but when it's in sleep mode it doesn't > > > respond over the network. I can't use wake on lan because it's a > > > wireless connection not ethernet. I'm all the way across the other side > > > of the room and I'm very very lazy so I would like to use the bluetooth > > > capability builtin to my Thinkpad T30 to try to wake up the mac mini > > > from across the room. Is this possible? > > -- > IRC - where men are men, women are men, and the boys are FBI agents. > | Peter Wippich Voice: +49 30 46776411 | | G&W Instruments GmbH fax: +49 30 46776419 | | Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, Geb. 12 Email: pewi@gw-instruments.de | | D-13355 Berlin / Germany | ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel