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TIL: How to Wake up a Laptop without WoL (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I've had a laptop that I've never been able to get WoL (Wireless or otherwise) to work, no matter what I tried. Recently realized that the Bluetooth keyboard I used was able to wake it with a key press though.

I searched and found an ESP Home project that will make an ESP32 emulate a Bluetooth keyboard - https://github.com/dmamontov/esphome-blekeyboard

Now for $6 of hardware, I can wake my Laptop up remotely via HA, whenever needed. Definitely recommended!

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[–] ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually tried something like this, the laptop BIOS didn't have any settings to tweak for A/C power changes. However, it does wake from sleep after plugging in. The issue is, it immediately goes back to sleep (within seconds). Tried quite a few things to try to stop that behavior (e.g. running Power Toys Awake) but had no luck.

So that's when I switched to ESP Keyboard.

[–] Kuinox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, because it's a laptop, I know lots of desktop have the option tho.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I think most laptop’s still have the option of whether to boot or not when you plug them in with a dead battery.