Shutdown scripts for XBian
Default SSH user name is xbian, password raspberry
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Key in :
cd /etc
sudo nano rc.local -
Copy and paste (use shift+ins to paste in nano) the following into the nano editor window, just above the last line (before the line exit 0)
(/etc/irswitch.sh)& - Press ctrl+x to exit the editor, y to confirm, enter to save the file
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Key in
sudo nano irswitch.sh -
Copy and paste the following text into the editor window
#!/bin/bash
# this is the GPIO pin receiving the shut-down signal
GPIOpin1=14
echo "$GPIOpin1" > /sys/class/gpio/export
echo "in" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin1/direction
while true; do
sleep 1
power=$(cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin1/value)
if [ $power != 0 ]; then
echo "out" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin1/direction
echo "1" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIOpin1/value
sleep 3
sudo shutdown -h now
fi
done - Press ctrl+x to exit, y to confirm, enter to save the file
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Key in
sudo chmod +x irswitch.sh
sudo reboot - After reboot you can use the RemotePi Board to power cycle XBian
The above script has been tested and is confirmed to work up to XBian 2016.05.12. Although not yet tested, it most probably will work with newer versions as well.
This page was last updated 18-Apr-2018