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automate OC
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Posted by: NoseDive
> I am a pilot. I have a PC with a dial up connection that I use to get
> weather reports from the internet. My goal is to get my computer to do
> it for me and print it up so that it will be ready for me in the
> morning. I can use this to dtermine if I should actually get an
> official report and make a go/no-go decision, or if it's obvious that
> I wont be able to fly that day and sleep in.
> I wonder if this is feaseable.
> Here is my plan so far:
> 1. Configure BIOS to "Power on LAN" (I know, I know, but it's dial-up)
> 2. Attach a micro server, such as PicoWeb, to PC's NIC
> 3. Configure micro server to ping my PC wehn activated.
> 4. Attach "On/Off" circuit of micro server to the speaker circuit of a
> cheap alarm clock
> 5. Set alarm clock to 7:000am
> This should get my PC to boot into the log in screen of WinXP at
> 7:00am
> 6. Configure micro server to wait x number of minutes (x > time to
> boot PC) and then log into my PC, using some kind of remote access
> software, as user Y.
> 7. Configure user Y's profile to load a script program of some kind to
> do the following:
> 7a. connect PC to internet using dial-up connection
> 7b. access a weather website (such as aviationweather.com)
> 7c. input relevant data such as the location, type of information,
> etc. (1G3, KCAK, METAR, etc.)
> 7d. print weather information
> 7e. dissconnect from internet
> 7f. shut down computer.
> So what does everyone think? I want to know how feasable this is.
> Also, if anybody knows of an easier way to do this, I would love to
> hear it. Actually, I really don't know a whole lot about micro
> servers, just what I read in Piopular Science. Also, I know even less
> about software to automate PCs, such as scrpts and macros. So any
> information on those would be benificial as well. And finally, any
> information, feedback, or opinions about this plan would be great
> too! Tell me how good or bad it is. Thanks everyone!
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»Tony
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Posted by: bcr
that is an awesome idea, but i do know a lot about pcs, but i dont know if thats possible or not. if you can pull it off though its goign to be hard as hell to do...something with marcos will be needed...and some other stuff that i dont know lol...anyways, good luck with htis
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