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Re: Auto shutdown pc on power loss....
noel_pilot wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Looking for a way to shutdown the pc when I've finished watching a
> film. I used to have shutdown on lan working from a python script
> within xbmc which pretty much did the job but required positive action
> to run the script. I then shut the power socket off using an X10
> remote appliance module.
>
> Ideally I'd like to be able to hit power off on my harmony remote and
> everything switch off including the pc shutdown.
>
> Now one way in which I assume I could do this is get a small UPS
> device with pc shutdown on AC power loss, get an x10 IR interface and
> then the IR remote can turn the power socket off, the UPS detects this
> and issues a shutdown command to the pc.
>
> Alternatively I'm thinking that I should be able to fit a IR receiver
> to the pc and control somehow in a similar way to Media centre?? I'm
> running XP Pro by the way.
>
> Any thoughts on the above or any better solutions?!?!
Look at http://www.eventghost.org
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