I have my xbox hooked up to my pc over a lan, and was wondering if there was any prog or utility that would allow me to power off my xbox from the pc. Some of my roommates are overusing the xbox and i want to be able to turn off the xbox at the most inopportune moment for them (and make them think that it was a power failure or something). Thanks!

Power the XBOX via an extension cable that runs to an outlet near ya foot.

If they use XBMC you can ftp in (and with Flashfxp) press ctrl+r

Enter in the box that appears and press enter.

The xbox will now power down :-)

Wont work when playing games and only with XBMC afaik.


Btw, here´s the rest of the raw commands you can use with XBMC

R] 200-FTP SITE HELP
[R] Help This help message
[R] Reboot Reboot the xbox (power cycle)
[R] Restart Restart the xbox (power cycle)
[R] ShutDown Shutdown the xbox
[R] Dashboard Run your dashboard
[R] RestartApp Restart XBMC
[R] Credits Run XBMCs Credits
[R] Reset Reset the xbox (warm reboot)
[R] ActivateWindow Activate the specified window
[R] ReplaceWindow Replaces the current window with the new one
[R] TakeScreenshot Takes a Screenshot
[R] RunScript Run the specified script
[R] RunXBE Run the specified executeable
[R] Extract Extracts the specified archive
[R] PlayMedia Play the specified media file (or playlist)
[R] SlideShow Run a slideshow from the specified directory
[R] RecursiveSlideShow Run a slideshow from the specified directory, including all subdirs
[R] ReloadSkin Reload XBMC's skin
[R] PlayerControl Control the music or video player
[R] EjectTray Close or open the DVD tray
[R] AlarmClock Prompt for a length of time and start an alarm clock
[R] CancelAlarm Cancels an alarm
[R] Action Executes an action for the active window (same as in keymap)
[R] Notification Shows a notification on screen, specify header, then message.
[R] PlayDVD Plays the inserted CD or DVD media from the DVD-ROM Drive!
[R] Skin.ToggleSetting Toggles a skin setting on or off
[R] Skin.SetString Prompts and sets skin string
[R] Skin.SetPath Prompts and sets a skin path
[R] Skin.SetImage Prompts and sets a skin image
[R] Skin.ResetSettings Resets all skin settings
[R] Mute Mute the player
[R] SetVolume Set the current volume

Remeber: site [command]

Using the XDK and XboxNeighborhood you could do it. But your box would have to be in debug mode, and it would be far too much messing around just to do that.

I say go with the extension cable!

Hey, thanks alot JayDee, those commands are pretty awesome.

I have them working with SmartFTP fine.