Can I turn ON and/or OFF my hotspot remotely?

Hey hey! So as you have probably figured out, there is not going to be a built in way to remotely turn on and off the device 😥 If I am understanding this right, you need to have the hotspot on to remote monitor your cabin via a camera of some sorts? If so, @barcodeable‌ could be on to something but instead of using the switch on the hotspot, you could use it on the camera. If the camera is off, it won't use any data from your hotspot and you can just leave your hotspot powered on and plugged into an outlet.

Thanks barcodeable, for your suggestions…I like # 2, except that we have lots of red squirrels up there that I'm sure with a little bait we can get them to push a button that turns everything on. The monkeys couldn't survive the cold in northwestern Michigan. ( we also have Bear, Coyotes, Wild Turkeys, & Deer) hum…lol

Your #1 suggestion, is brilliant! I think I'll try that next time I get to the Cabin. However, I'm not sure how this will work since my HotSpot is always on until the battery runs out of juice, and the charger must kick on. I can't remove the battery without breaking the case open. (it's sealed in)

I checked out You Tube, for people that used an old cell phone to activate a switch, I could see some potential here,also; but I figured that since these HotSpots have their own phone numbers, they could be programmed to turn on when you call that number,and/or enter a passcode.( like retrieving messages remotely on an answering machine at home).

I also have a switch in the top on my hotspot, I could probably break the case open and solder some wires to the switch, and hook them to a cell phone activated switch. But the software solution seems to be the simplest, if the manufacture would ever consider adding that feature to the hotspot.

Lets see what other people think, before I dig in to my Hotspot.

Gracias

Im not familiar with that particular Wifi Hotspot, but anything is possible i guess. If currently there isn't a way to do it, that would be a great cool feature for a manufacturer to install into a future device (you are a genius). 😊 Well anyway, I can only think of ways I would go about doing something like that, and two things popped into mind.

#1. You can use one of those electric outlet timers. My wifi hotspot has a physical on/off on the side of it. If your wifi hotspot is similar to that plug a electric outlet timer into an outlet,plug your wifi hotspot to that and set the timer to go on at a specific time everyday. My wifi hotspot has a feature that i can toggle to go off after 10 minutes of inactivity. Then when the next day arrive (in theory) when the timer activates, perhaps the wifi hotspot will turn on again and allows you to access it so you monitor your precious cabin 😀. And as I said, its just a theory, but if you have no other ideas mine is worth looking into.

#2. Purchase a circus monkey and train it to turn your wifi hotspot device on and off on command when the phone rings. Animal activist will not approve of this idea, but I like coming up with at least two options for people to choose from and this was the best I could do sorry, lol 😎

But on a serious note, you have really came up with a great question im sure after the right people read this post, they will probably start making your delimma a problem of the past.

Good Luck

IF anyone else has a better solution than what I have provided I would love to hear it. And you have to admit, I made you atleast smile with my circus monkey solution....lol