<div dir="auto">imo, i would grab the android devkit and write a quick app (background service) to poll the server and turn on/off the screen wakelock when you want the screen on.<div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">it could also theoretically launch the browser/vnc/etc as required </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Blair</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 21 Mar 2024, 12:39 Mark Atherton, <<a href="mailto:markaren1@xtra.co.nz">markaren1@xtra.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">All,<br>
<br>
I am hoping to use a bunch of older Android tablets in the garage as <br>
display devices. These units will be wired to 5V chargers and hopefully <br>
can be configured so they can be placed in a low power mode with <br>
wireless switched on and attached to the local WiFi network. All high <br>
power stuff (graphics, backlight) of the tablets will be switched off.<br>
<br>
When the units need to display something, I am hoping to wake them up by <br>
sending a magic packet to each of the devices MAC addresses, and waking <br>
them up using Wireless Wake On LAN.<br>
<br>
With the devices awake and a browser running in each device and attached <br>
to a small local HTTP server, messages can then be served to each device <br>
to be displayed.<br>
<br>
There seem to be lots of stuff on the web about using an Android device <br>
to wake a PC, but little about waking an Android Device from a PC.<br>
<br>
Does anyone have any experience waking Android 10 devices remotely ?<br>
<br>
Thanks, Mark<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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