search

ElectricRCAircraftGuy / eRCaGuy_ComputaPranksta_Support

Public support for my "Computa Pranksta" mouse jiggler device I sell on Amazon and elsewhere.
Other
4 stars 2 forks source link

When I reboot my PC it stops working. I have to unplug it and plug it back in to make it work again. Is this normal? I need to control the system remotely. Are there any workarounds? #10

Open ElectricRCAircraftGuy opened 4 years ago

ElectricRCAircraftGuy commented 4 years ago

Question:

When I reboot my PC it stops working. I have to unplug it and plug it back in to make it work again. Is this normal? I need to control the system remotely. Are there any workarounds?

Answer:

Is this normal?

Yes, this is expected behavior.

I need to control the system remotely. Are there any workarounds?

Some 3rd party hardware exists which allows you to electrically and remotely toggle the power to USB devices, which could have the same effect as physically unplugging the device and plugging it back in. These would allow you to toggle the device's power remotely to reset the Computa Pranksta, making it begin jiggling/functioning again.

See here:

  1. You can try this: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/30/16278
  2. Ex: try a YepKit USB Switchable Hub: https://www.yepkit.com/products/ykush. They are controllable remotely it looks like. Then, just plug the USB device into that!