Using Home Assist to sleep/resume a Linux PC

Posted on 2022/12/16 in Linux • Tagged with Linux, Power, Automation, Home Assistant

Intro

All right, you automated lots of stuff arround your place with Home Assistant, but what about your PC ?

Wouldn't it be cool if you could turn it on or off from anywhere, just tapping on a button in your phone screen ?

Well, if your PC supports Sleep/Resume, you can do it with a couple of scripts. I'll demonstate here how to do it for a Linux desktop/notebook. You can addapt this to MacOS, maybe even Windows. You you do it, let me know on Mastodon, just Toot me at @nerdeiro@fosstodon.org.

Checking system

First of all, let's check if your system supports Sleep/Resume. On a …


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