Not sure if this is the best forum for this query, but none of them
seemed a perfect fit. Please relocate if appropriate.
I'm just wondering if it's possible to issue a 'restart' command to SC
via a URL. As I've moved to 7.3 and seem to be beta testing a number
of plugins as well (informally)
You can't do it though the SqueezeCenter software, but if you also have
a standard web server installed there might be possible to do it
through some cgi scripts.
It's planned to make this easier in future version as the new Extension
Downloader module in the upcoming SqueezeCenter 7.3 will
There is a service for Windows that can do this. That you can just poke
it to restart the whole server. I imagine something similar exists for
Unix. In fact you could probably write a cron script to do it. By just
creating a file for example it will see it and restart a daemon or the
machine.
Thanks for the responses guys. The first sounds like it may help when
7.3.1 arrives, and the second at least suggests another possible
solution - what about a simple Applescript? I can almost certainly
write one to end the process, then presumably there's a way to launch
one as well.
I can
It's not a URL, but you can do it from your SB remote (including SBC I
believe): the ServerPowerControl plugin. It's currently in beta, and
working quite well. While the main focus is on
shutdown/restart/suspend/hibernate of your server hardware, it also has
a feature to send a command to restart
aubuti;368651 Wrote:
It's not a URL, but you can do it from your SB remote (including SBC I
believe): the ServerPowerControl plugin. It's currently in beta, and
working quite well. While the main focus is on
shutdown/restart/suspend/hibernate of your server hardware, it also has
a feature