RE: X10 - shutting down a PC ?

[Mark Hallows <markhallows@xxxxxxx>]

This is free and works an absolute charm... It will shutdown anything.. I
love it.. :-)

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psshutdown.shtml

Mark H.

-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus Warrington [mailto:marcusw@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 10 December 2003 11:27
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] X10 - shutting down a PC ?


Has anyone devised a way to shut down a PC using X10 ?

My son is always leaving his PC turned on and I would like to automate a
way
of cleanly shutting it down and switching off. My best guess so far is to
butcher an Appliance module so that the relay is isolated from the mains
and
have it short the "Shutdown" button on the PC. I'd have to send
ON then OFF
to stop it holding the shutdown button in and so switching off immediately,
another appliance module could then disconnect the mains a few minutes
later.

Failing that can I shut it down by sending a message over the network ? His
PC is running XP Pro and the main house server is running Win2K Pro.. I
guess this must be possible since BlasterWorm manages to do it across the
t'internet

Marcus


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