# Wake up through USB or GPIO

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wake-up-through-usb-or-gpio/23307>\
**Category:** uConsole\
**Created:** [September 9, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wake-up-through-usb-or-gpio/23307 "2026-09-09T16:05:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![fmatray](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/fmatray/32/15616_2.png) [@fmatray](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/fmatray)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wake-up-through-usb-or-gpio/23307/1 "2026-09-09T16:05:54Z")

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Hello everyone,

Is there a way to wake up the Uconsole with USB, GPIO or something else ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![WhyDev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@WhyDev](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/WhyDev)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wake-up-through-usb-or-gpio/23307/2 "2026-09-09T19:04:01Z")

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You could solder directly into the button to stimulate a press. Otherwise im not aware you’d need someone with more expertise than me i haven’t had time to look through the designs and schematics to know if there is another method.

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**Author:** ![snipeytje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@snipeytje](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/snipeytje)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wake-up-through-usb-or-gpio/23307/3 "2026-09-09T19:58:43Z")

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USB isn’t powered until the kernel is loaded, so it could only work from fake sleep  
also because the PI doesn’t really have low power modes afaik

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**Author:** ![fmatray](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/fmatray/32/15616_2.png) [@fmatray](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/fmatray)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wake-up-through-usb-or-gpio/23307/4 "2026-09-09T20:11:39Z")

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Thanks for the replies.

Makes sense for USB and I was thinking about wiring the on/off button. I’m just looking for a cleaner solution.

Does WAKE\_ON\_GPIO works with CM5 ?

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**Author:** ![fmatray](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/fmatray/32/15616_2.png) [@fmatray](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/fmatray)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wake-up-through-usb-or-gpio/23307/5 "2026-09-09T20:14:53Z")

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I found the answer… It doesn’t work with cm5