Re: Fw: XBOX - HA for Power ?

[Nigel Champion <nigel_champion@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a thought, but is your xbox chipped?

If so, some chips boot into different BIOS's depending
how long you press the "power on" button.

Nigel


--- Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Pretty much what I thought. Now the question is :
> can I wire it direct to
> a Comfort output, or via the relay board (which I
> have)....
>
> G.
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> ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 22/08/2005
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> I can't remember the exact voltage, but it's either
> 5v or 12v.
> It works just the same as a standard ATX PC power
> supply, the Xbox psu
> is 'on' all the time, and when you push the  power
> button,  the
> motherboard starts up.
> So basically shorting out the two connections to the
> 'on' button
> (without adding any voltage) would start the Xbox
> just fine...
>
> > Here's a thought.
> >
> > I want another media player and have been looking
> at dvd/divx players
> > with
> > network support - but they all seem a little
> flakey, whereas XBMC just
> > works. But the problem with the XBOX is the on/off
> - you have to press
> > the
> > front switch and the remote cant do it (without an
> awkward mod). I would
> > be siting the XBOX in Node0.
> >
> > So how about this - I wonder what voltage the
> power switch at the
> > front is
> > ? I'm curious to know if this can be wired into a
> Comfort output (not
> > sure
> > if it would need to go through my relay or not -
> prob bot) direct to the
> > switch on the front of the xbox.
> >
> > I can then program a button on the CBUS DLT in the
> lounge to tell
> Comfort
> > to toggle the power. Not quite as good as a remote
> but at least it's a
> > switch in the same room !
> >
> > Comments ?
> >
> > G.
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