![]() If the Shutdown settings are grayed out, click on Change settings that are currently unavailable and then uncheck Turn on fast startup.Each Android update Google make changes that have caused havoc. Click on Start Search and select Control Panel, Select Power Options and at the top left corner select Choose what the power buttons do. If the computer is restarting on it own after you shut it down, then check that Fast Startup is disabled. In there, make sure that “Allow this device to wake the computer” and “Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer” are selected. If you have issues where WOL is not turning the computer, check if it’s enabled in Windows by going to Start, Search and select Device Manager, expand Network adapters, select your Ethernet controller and then go to Power Management. Whenever you ask the Google Assistant on your smartphone or smart speaker, IFTTT will be listening and will send the command to Tasker on your Android device to turn on the computer or to EvenGhost on your computer to turn it off. Back out completely from Tasker to save the changes or You can also press the checkmark icon at the top right corner.Ok, so we are done with all the steps. Then go to Plugin, Wake on Lan and select the computer that you would like to turn on remotely. Now, tap on the Plus “ +” to add a new Action. This will create a variable name %pcpower.īack out and create a new Task named PC Power. Now, go to Variable Names and type pcpower. Tap on Event, Plugin, Join, Text and Text Filter. Type pc_on and then tap OK. Step 4: Create a Tasker ProfileĪfter the WOL is setup, we have one last step to do and is to create a profile that will trigger the command to wake up the computer when we ask the Google Assistant.Open Tasker, tab on the Plus “ +” to create a new profile. From the list, select the computer that you would like to turn on remotely and then tap Add Device. ![]() Once downloaded, open the app and tap on the Plus “ +” icon to add a new device. We are going to use the Wake on LAN app by Mike Webb because it also works as a plugin for Tasker allowing us to automate the whole process. ![]() Now let’s head over to the Android device to set up the WOL app. Last but not least, click on Save, so the changes take effect. Drag it to the Configuration tab and drop it between the Forced: Shut Down Macro and the Forced: Shut Down Action. Now, on the EventGhost Log tab, you will see the shutdown command like this: AutoRemote.Message. Then, copy the URL and go back to the IFTTT website and paste the link under the URL field. Under the API Key, click on Show so the key gets displayed and the URL gets populated. Select your Android device and then click on Join API. On a separate tab, go to which is the Join web interface. Now select That, search and select Webhooks and choose the action Make a web request. Now, for the Google Assistant response enter, Turning computer on and then click Create Trigger. Then, on the first field, type turn computer on. Go to IFTTT, click your Username and then click on New Applet. Select This and then look for Google Assistant. We are also going to need the Join API for the Webhooks service so we can send the commands to Tasker on an Android device and EventGhost in a computer. We will be using the Google Assistant service and Webhooks from IFTTT. ![]() One to turn on the computer and the other one to turn it off.
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