Scottmichaelj Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 After purchasing my ISY I began to think how great it would be to be able to have the ISY send a wake on lan signal to my server from my remote. I already had a macro that allowed me to turn everything on via one button but nothing for the server to turn on. So I emailed the suggestion to the ISY support team, then after a couple emails back and forth with them, then within the next couple firmware updates the Network Module was included! And I have to tell you that the Networking Module is the best money I ever spent after purchasing my ISY! Plus it doesnt help that it was my idea! heheh I use the networking module three times a day if not more to wake up my media server in my home. I have the ISY wake up the server on a daily schedule to have "juice" podcast catcher go out and download any new podcasts (Revision3 fan!) that have been released. Once its completed the task the server then powers itself into standby mode. Then at night when I sit down to watch TV on my Windows Media Center PC I use a Philips Pronto remote to send a "Wake on Lan" signal to wake up the server that then allows me to watch my podcasts or stream anything else on the server to any PC in the home. Its also is nice to stream music stored on the server though our whole house music distribution center system. Again i can hit one button that has a macro on my Philips Pronto then it send a command to turn on everything I need and listen to my music including the server its stored on. I feel this is a much better way to do things rather than keep the "server" on 24/7 - it helps save electricity and still being green. I hope everyone else is enjoying it as much as I am!
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