Buehler, Martin wrote:

> in the meantime, i did some tests. although the design is not yet
> finished (the main part is always to get such things in a  box ;-)

Thanks for reporting back! It's always interesting to hear how the things
work out.

> to turn the printer on, a small tool is started, knowing the mac address
> of the power switch, as well as the ip address of the printer. this tool
> sends a magic packet to the switch once a minute, and pings the printer
> to check if it is on.

Why do you need to check on the printer?

Gerhard
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