XPS 9360: Power on external actions/button?

Question

Dear, I have a Dell UltraSharp U3818DW connected via Thunderbolt 3 to my Dell XPS 9360 which is at the same the docking station for me. The only feature it lacks is a 'power on' button to forward to the notebook. I want a method to power on the XPS 9360 (running Windows if this matters) without opening the lid because I will store the notebook under the desk. I know that there is the option to power on the notebook when connecting it to power, but this too often results in 'false positives', meaning I only want to connect it to power to charge it but then it would boot. According to page 10 of https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/xps-13-9360-laptop_setup-guide_en-us.pdf, there is a button on the side (5 - battery charge status button). Would it be possible to abuse this button to let the notebook power on some how? Or is there a way to make the monitor wake the laptop? Thank you so much.

jphughan · Answer

You can't reassign the battery status button.  To my knowledge, that button is wired directly to the battery rather than processed by the system firmware.  The only way I know of to power the system on from outside the system is to connect it to a docking station when it wasn't connected before (if the 'Wake on USB-C' or 'Wake on Dell Dock' option is enabled) or to have a Dell docking station that includes an external power button.

DuckingOfficer · Answer

Thank you. I even tried using Wake on LAN, but this does not work with my external Ethernet adapter as well (the option in Windows to even allow this device to wake the notebook is missing).

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