- Restart Powerkey on Failure If you select this then as part of an action an attached Powerkey
will be restarted.
A powerkey is a product of Sophisticated Circuits and is a power strip that connects to your mac through the ADB port. Through this WB can physically shut off and restart a crashed box.
- Unit Number You can connect multiple powerkeys to a single Mac. Select the one you want to
control here. While the software supports as many as 4 units, the real number you may be able to use could be
less due to current limitations on the ADB buss. Check with Sophisticated Circuits for more information
on setting up your powerkeys.
- Socket Number Powerkeys can have as many as 6 controllable outlets per device. If you try to restart
a powerkey outlet, or unit, that doesn't exist then nothing will happen. The socket will be switched off
for 5 seconds and then switched back on.
If you attempt to restart a powerkey when no powerkey is installed, your Mac will stall for the length of the apple event timeout that it tries to send to the powerkey control background app. Your Mac is not crashed and will recover in a few minutes.