Joined: Jun 27, 2007 Posts: 1135 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: Shutdown PC through XBox
I am going to put an xbox in my bedroom upstairs and my PC is downstairs. I am going to stream films through xbmc and wondered if there was a program/script that would allow me to shutdown my PC through a command on the xbox?
Is there a way i could initialize a bat file on my PC through the xbox?
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject:
No and i dont think so.
Even if you find a way to cut the pc off with your xbox (i dont think there is a way) there is no way to send the signel to turn it back on.
I dont think you can use a bat file with the xbox but if your running something like D.S.L. (damn small linux) there might be a way but i cant seem to find it.
Joined: Dec 08, 2006 Posts: 2337 Location: Repping the (216) yo
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject:
You can allways set your pc to shutdown after a predetirmened amount of time. _________________
Div Moderator
Joined: Jun 27, 2007 Posts: 1135 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject:
Never mind, it don't take that long to ftp a film over anyway, just thought it would be a snazzy thing to do.
Thanks
pezzar V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: V1.6 Modded: Xenium Gold OS v2.3.1
Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 976 Location: Seaside, England
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:
if i remember correctly there is a windows emulator available for the xbox. You could initiate a shutdown on the pc by using the shutdown.exe, i'll see if i can find more info on the emu. Command syntax is
shutdown -s -m \\computername -f -t 10
use the -f to force open programs to close and the -t 10 is a 10 second timeout. You could put this into a .BAT file or you could use a VBS file to shutdown or shutdown and restart the machine
bomernee Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: V1.6 Modded: Xenium Gold OS v2.3.1
Joined: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 1105 Location: UK
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject:
i would reccomend a psp as an essential bit of kit for remote interfacing, theres a shell replacement called ir shell which can be used as an infra red remote for your xbox, a little program called portable vnc on the psp, and tight vnc on your pc give you the ability to control your pc and see the desktop on its screen, and even having xbmc remote interface so you can control your xbox anywhere in your house, if u dont have wireless even tho they get bad reviews i use a wifi max kit with downloaded drivers and it runs fine with my psp (which i pronounce pisssp) a little of topic, but hey share the knowledge right?
23r0c001 Xbox-HQ Experienced Xbox Version: 2x v1.6 Modded: Hotswapped Softmod
Joined: Sep 14, 2007 Posts: 141
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject:
actually, you can turn it back on... i think I saw this button somewhere on one of the dashes, but i'm not sure... It is called wake on LAN... basically when your computer shuts off, the nic card keeps power on it, and if it sees a "magic packet" that is for it's IP, then it will turn on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_on_lan
bomernee Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: 2x v1.6 Modded: Hotswapped Softmod
Joined: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 1105 Location: UK
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:05 am Post subject:
oh snap i forgot i had read about wake on lan!
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