Remote power-up

I am to configuring a few portable music lab racks and was intending to use mac mini's. I wanted to use a rack mount enclosure that has all the amps and preamps. All access is to be from the front. 8ch Mic/line plus USB/FireWire and the display port are all to brought forward to be mounted on a front access panel.
Now, How can I turn the mac mini on with out having to access the back of the rack in order to reach in and push the power button?
I have read, that the intel machine do not support the usb power-up option that the earlier PowerPC machines had.
has anybody figured a way around that?
I have to wonder why something so apple cool was missing in the new intel machines.
any Ideas?

You may be able to use on of the solutions that folks use when mounting Minis inside of their vehicles. This company sells modified power supply units:
http://www.carnetix.com/
I've not installed one of the latest Minis in a vehicle but if you contact them they might have a solution. It still may be a bit of a kludge as you may need a 12VDC power supply in order to power the thing.
I've also known folks to wire in a set of relay contacts across the power button of the Mac in order to turn it on remotely from another room in the house so that is another option although it will void your warranty/applecare.
Did you ever think about mounting the Mini backwards so that the back faces the front of the rack?

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Greetings!
I have a G5 Quad that I love, but not the noise or the heat. In the basement just below where the computer is I have a workbench with a workstation already sitting there that I use remotely whenever I need to do something Windows only.
I've found several locations to purchase a long DVI cable and will get an external firewire CD/DVD and already have a firewire/USB hub and a conduit run through the wall from the basement to upstairs. All I need now is a way to turn it on from upstairs. Does anyone know of a remote power-on solution that would work with the G5?
Many thanks in advance!

Hi. Some previous suggestions here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3158100#3158100
Good Luck.

Access denied error while running opening remote power-shell session from one azure machine to another

We are trying to open a remote power-shell session from one azure machine to another azure machine and that is failing with the following error. Any ideas?
Observations: -
If the worker role is running under network service or local system, then it fails.
We emulated the same behavior from a stand-alone exe and that also failed when the exe was run under network service or local system.
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was related with windows Azure.
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Hi,
I'm moving a G5 to a place where it would be hard to get to the power button. Is there any way to add a remote power button?? Any help would be great thanks.

Hi Ampex351-
Did you by any chance search the forum regarding this subject? I know that this has come up more than once and the most eloquent solution seems to require a small amount of surgery on your Mac in order to install the contacts of a small 12V relay in place of the power button and have that switched from a remote location via the application of 12V.
Luck-
-DP

How to wire remote power switch?

My G5 is under my desk. It's inconvenient to reach the power switch. How can I wire a remote switch that will boot the G5? Thanks in advance.

I don't think you can. If you use a switch that shuts off power completely between the Mac and wall outlet, you would still have to push the power button after restoring the power. And cutting off power completely all the time is not good for the Mac (you would be doing a PMU/SMU reset), and it will drain the PRAM battery more quickly.
You don't want to use sleep mode to avoid the constant daily startups? Then all you need to do is hit any key on the keyboard, or move/click the mouse.
In the old days, Mac keyboards had a power button. Pushing it would power ON the Mac. I just tried an old Mac keyboard with my Power Mac G5 to see if it would still do the power ON function. It does not. I guess Apple expects users to use sleep instead of shutting down all the time.

PXIe 1071 remote power up

The PXIe 1071 chassis is located inside a panel which is normally kept closed. Every day morning at start of shift, the operator has to open the panel door and switch ON the White button in front of the controller. This is something they are not happy doing as the panel does have high voltage switchgear at the bottom level.
Earlier with PCI boards and normal Induatrial computer we could wire the Power ON / OFF button to a switch outside the panel. Whihc was in parallel with the built in power switch of the PC.
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- The operator launches the application and completes testing.
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- Powers down the panel and goes home.
I have already treid to read the manual which talks of a SW1 switch but the description is quite ambigous as to what it does :
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I really am not clear as to what hey are trying to say. And since the system is now with client, I need to be sure before I propose to change default settings. Trial and error will look not so good.
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LV2012 to Automate Hydraulic Test rigs.

Hi Ming,
I apologize for my confusion regarding the functionality of the DB9 inhibit switch versus the white power button. I must have misinterpreted the descriptions in the User Manual. It seems that the white power button can hibernate the system whereas the DB9 inhibit switch just cuts off the power. In order to properly shut it down without using the white power button you will need to first hibernate or shutdown the computer through the Windows interface, then you can use the DB9 inhibit switch to remotely cutoff the power to the chassis and later turn it back on. I am not aware of another simple 'one press button' type way to remotely hibernate the PXI controller.
Since your chassis is located in a cabinet you could run keyboard and monitor cables to the device to interface with it. Alternately, you could connect the chassis to the internet and use Remote Desktop to shut it down.
Regards,
Barron
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Pxie-1062q remote power up and power down

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I'm using a PXIe-1062q chassis with PXIe-8108 controller. I plan to mount the chassis inside a cabinet, therefore it will be difficult to gain access to the small white power on/off button on the front of the PXI chassis. Is there a way I can gain access to the power on/off by way of the DB9 connector on the back of PXI chassis?
I've already tried the inhibit switch on the DB9 connector and it simply cuts the power to the PXI and does not shut it down properly.
Thanks in advance
Ming

Hi Ming,
I apologize for my confusion regarding the functionality of the DB9 inhibit switch versus the white power button. I must have misinterpreted the descriptions in the User Manual. It seems that the white power button can hibernate the system whereas the DB9 inhibit switch just cuts off the power. In order to properly shut it down without using the white power button you will need to first hibernate or shutdown the computer through the Windows interface, then you can use the DB9 inhibit switch to remotely cutoff the power to the chassis and later turn it back on. I am not aware of another simple 'one press button' type way to remotely hibernate the PXI controller.
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Regards,
Barron
Applications Engineering
National Instruments

Remote power management

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IPod Remote & Power Plug That Also Works With AUX Jack In Car?

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Remote power-shell connectivity

got below error when trying to connect to remote SharePoint server through power shell.
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by the server. To use Kerberos, specify the computer name as the remote destination. Also verify that the client
computer and the destination computer are joined to a domain. To use Basic, specify the computer name as the remote
destination, specify Basic authentication and provide user name and password. Possible authentication mechanisms
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sudesh withanage

Hi this is how I got it working:
For the Server:
On the domain controller open "Active Directory Users and Computers". Under "Computers" find the servername and right click properties, on Delegation Tab select "Trust this computer for delegation any service (Kerberos Only)"
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Run Remote Power shell Script as Administrator

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My guess is that the answer may be no; and below is why I think this:
When you interactively run as administrator using a non-administrative account, UAC prompts for admin credentials. When you interactively run as administrator using an administrative account, UAC asks if this is OK. If already running as administrator, running
something else as admin allows you to bypass these prompts.
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When you are running remotely, by default you are not running as administrator, therefore you cannot run something as admin without dealing with the prompts. But running remotely usually involved running non-interactively, in which case prompted input is
not applicable.
If remote running as admin were allowed, it seems that this could not be done without reducing the security posture of your system.
This is like Runas.exe itself. It could have been written to allow the password to be passed as a parameter or by reading from stdin. Instead, it forces the password to be entered interactively.
Al Dunbar -- remember to 'mark or propose as answer' or 'vote as helpful' as appropriate.

OcsPowerShell Access is denied through Remote Power Shell Session

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I have a Quest Message Stats Reporting Server which connects to the OcsPowerShell Internal Web site on the Lync FE enterprise pool.
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Remote managment Exchange 2013 SP1 from C# code using Power-Shell.

Hello,
Sorry if I am describing something wrong, but it is first time I am using Microsoft development forum.
I am trying to built library that will manage Exchange remotely using C# code (VS 2012) and Power-Shell ver.4.0. My workstation and the actual Exchange server physically placed in different domains. In order to test functionalities I am using
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In order to connect to the Service I am using that part of code :
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string emailAddress,
string password,
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space activation to that part of code :
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Now I am receiving exception :
"Connecting to remote server exchange.domainname.local failed with the following error message :
[ClientAccessServer=exchange,BackEndServer=exchange.domainname.local,RequestId=....,TimeStamp=...]
Access is denied. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic."
Please help me to understand what I am doing wrong.
Thank you.
Alexander.

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