[Soekris] Power on/off and bios access

[Bob Bishop]

Hi,

On 20 Apr 2010, at 03:17, Alan wrote:
> Is it possible to power off a net5501 box by software (eg: shutdown -h
> now), and maybe also power it back on using wake-on-lan?

No, but:

> From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk>
> Date: 24 July 2007 07:26:42 GMT+01:00
> To: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
> Subject: [Soekris] 5501 console "Easteregg"
> 
> 
> There's a little secret about the 5501 which Søren hasn't sad much
> about yet: The 5501 has a simple "lights out" feature on the console
> port.
> 
> On your serial console type
>        +++
> wait second or so then type
>        reset <ENTER>
> 
> If instead of "reset" you type "power", the powersupply will shut
> down for a few seconds.
> 
> I belive this only works at 19200 speed.

I can confirm it also works at 9600, so may not be speed-sensitive.

> Enjoy, and thanks a lot Søren!
> 
> Poul-Henning
> 
> -- 
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Bob Bishop
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