Mechanized keyboard key press.

[Saga]

Say for example I need to have a key on a keyboard pressed.. oh, every 45 seconds. Just one key. Doesn't have to be anything fancy.

Think the bobber Homer used on his work from home episode to hit the Y key all day for him that led to the plant meltdown.. only my actions won't be causing a meltdown, just automating a server inventory robot without me having to babysit it for 45 minutes every single day at work.

Oh, and mine is completely authorized, but still needs to be non-software based, simply because any non-company software I install on these machines can lead to a possible liability which I do not want to have to spend time defending should something go wrong. (unlikely, but as they say, an ounce of prevention..)

Edit: On an additional note I'd be more than happy to pay for the services of someone who could make this. =)

 

[BillGates]

helper monkey

 

[Saga]

I think tax code would require him to be on the payroll. =P

 

[So]

Hire an illegal.

 

[tweakmm]

Sounds like you need to get a company guy to write a 5 minute script.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

get one of the bobbing head birdies like in Darkman

 

[Saga]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
Sounds like you need to get a company guy to write a 5 minute script.

Sure sounds easy, but pulling resources off for something which I have to spend "just three quarters of an hour" doing would probably be a big no-no around tax time.

 

[swtethan]

Take a cheap rc car motor, mount it to a piston like presser thingy with some legs to attach to the keyboard and a timer.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Izusaga

Originally posted by: tweakmm
Sounds like you need to get a company guy to write a 5 minute script.

Sure sounds easy, but pulling resources off for something which I have to spend "just three quarters of an hour" doing would probably be a big no-no around tax time.

/Bashes head against middle management's corner cube desk. :laugh:

Gotta love corporate culture.

 

[Saga]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: Izusaga

Originally posted by: tweakmm
Sounds like you need to get a company guy to write a 5 minute script.

Sure sounds easy, but pulling resources off for something which I have to spend "just three quarters of an hour" doing would probably be a big no-no around tax time.

/Bashes head against middle management's corner cube desk. :laugh:

Gotta love corporate culture.

I've long since been used to it. =P Time management has always been a personal goal, so I always aim to reduce as much time spent on tedious crap as possible. Sitting in a server room with a magazine for almost an hour just to press the Y key every 3-4 minutes REALLY starts to drive one crazy, however.

 

[phisrow]

You've got a couple of options, really.

If you are an ME at heart, you need a solenoid mounted just above the key in question, with a timer to send it pulses.
If you are more of an EE, butchering a cheap USB keyboard is probably the way to go. All you would need is the Y key wired to a transistor on a timer(assuming you can plug in a USB keyboard, this wouldn't work with a KVM console setup).

 

[tweakmm]

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: phisrow
You've got a couple of options, really.

If you are an ME at heart, you need a solenoid mounted just above the key in question, with a timer to send it pulses.
If you are more of an EE, butchering a cheap USB keyboard is probably the way to go. All you would need is the Y key wired to a transistor on a timer(assuming you can plug in a USB keyboard, this wouldn't work with a KVM console setup).

Unless it was a USB KVM setup.