https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/automation/Recent content in Automation onHugo -- 0.155.3enCopyright © 2002–2025, Nicholas Schmidt; all rights reserved.Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:57:09 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2014-10-19-the-machine-is-self-aware/Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:57:09 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2014-10-19-the-machine-is-self-aware/<p>I live in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standish,_Michigan" target="_blank">boonies</a> now, but thankfully we have some semblance of broadband with <a href="http://speedconnect.com" target="_blank">SpeedConnect</a>. It is a WiMax setup with a modem that needs to be reset once a day (sometimes more if I am downloading ISO’s) and only connects at 10Mb Half-Duplex.  Better than nothing I suppose.</p> <p>Originally I just succom to needing to wake-up, hit the head, and then hit the server room to pull the power. The geek in me couldn’t take it. Enter an extra <a href="http://www.belkin.com/us/support-product?pid=01t80000003JS3FAAW" target="_blank">Wemo Insight</a> I had lying around. Initially I attempted to set up a rule that reset the switch (and thereby the modem) and coincide that with a cron script to bring down and back up the connection.</p>