An embedded telegram bot for M5Atom to send a WOL packet on the local network.
Blog post with more info: https://dan.salvagni.io/b/embedded-telegram-bot-for-wake-on-lan-pc/
This is a sketch for the M5Atom ESP32 board. A telegram bot is hosted on the board and listens for messages, when the /wol
command is received a Wake-on-Lan magic packet is broadcasted on the local network in order to turn on a target device.
๐ช You can keep it running for about 1$ in electricity per year, the power consumption is less than half a watt.
- Install the following libraries from the Library Manager of the Arduino IDE:
- M5Atom: needed for the M5Atom board
- WakeOnLan: for sending the magic packet
- UniversalTelegramBot: for using the Telegram API
- Create a new Telegram bot and configure your
BOT_TOKEN
andALLOWED_ID
You can use @Botfather to create a new bot and @userinfobot to get your ID - Fill your WiFi configuration and the MAC address of the PC you want to power on
- Compile and flash
- Use
/start
to get a list of the available commands - Use the
/wol
command or press the physical button to turn on your PC - Use the
/ping
command to check if the bot is online
- Refactor code
- Store network configuration in EEPROM
- Add configuration commands to Telegram bot