how to use slingbox 500 to control a pc

chuliu · Post by **chuliu** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:36 pm

I have a slingbox 500 and the pc has hdmi output.
The question is how I can use slingbox 500 to remote control the pc.
I need to control it when my teamviewer is offline or when I want to set up bios. Any such device exists?

Thank you.

Post by **The Robman** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:23 pm

Do you currently have any way to control your PC with a remote today? If you can, then I think all you would need to do is add an upgrade for the device that you're using to the Slingbox and it could do it too.

I don't know what PC control methods are available today, but once upon a time there was a device called Streamzap that did it, and I created an upgrade for it here:
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=1009

The Streamzap site is still there:
http://www.streamzap.com/consumer/pc_remote/buy.php

Amazon doesn't sell it anymore, but I see them on eBay, here's one for $9:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324569408456

Someone else may jump in with more modern ways to control a PC with a remote.

chuliu · Post by **chuliu** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 11:10 am

Thanks. I will buy one or two of these to see how well they work.

albert90 · Post by **albert90** » Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:52 am

chuliu wrote:Thanks. I will buy one or two of these to see how well they work.

A bit late to the party, but any luck? I've been interested in similar endeavors lately and it'd be encouraging to know someone else got it running. Was StreamZap a viable option?

chuliu · Post by **chuliu** » Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:25 am

I ended up not buying it. I had a feeling it won't work for some reason.
I ended up using a remote power switch to power cycle the pc and set in bios, restore ac power loss to power on. When I power cycle it, it will boot up the pc from power off state.

For setting up the bios, I haven't found a solution.

albert90 · Post by **albert90** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 2:04 pm

Ah alright, fair enough. Thanks for the update then.