2010-08-23, 00:19
If the only thing you are running on the box is XBMC then you could send it a "Magic Packet" to perform Wake on LAN. That is how I use my ION 330. It is powered off normally and when it receives WOL it boots right to XBMC running from a HDD (9.11 Live CD). If you are running other things then it depends a lot on which OS is running.
For example, building a little windows app that would be always be running in the background (or as a service) which monitors a particular Port on the win machine could then wait for a specific message at that port and launch the XBMC application.
For example, building a little windows app that would be always be running in the background (or as a service) which monitors a particular Port on the win machine could then wait for a specific message at that port and launch the XBMC application.