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Microsoft Xbox

TVs · Entertainment

Partly works

1 report: 1 says it partly works.

Reported with 1 Homebridge plugin: CMD Switch.

What people report

PluginStatusWhat they saidConnectsSource
CMD Switch
homebridge-cmdswitch2
Partly worksOff command works in terminal, fails in plugin; likely permissions
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I have a switch setup with this as the off command: "off_cmd": "/home/pi/venv/bin/xbox-poweroff --address 192.168.1.35 --liveid FXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" this works fine if I run it from a terminal in PuTTy. if I put it in the off_cmd line on cmdswitch2 it fails. do I need to put it in a virtual environment (source venv/bin/activate) first? how do I make this work? I used to run Homebridge straight from PuTTy, but i got tired of manually having to launch it if it crashed. now I set hb-service up and i'm running into all kinds of problems. this is the only one I can't seem to figure out. i figured out …

Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-22.

LocalIssue #64 · 2020-07

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In ReReHome

Once a Homebridge plugin publishes it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Homebridge bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.

Identifiers

BrandMicrosoft
CategoryTVs

Also reported as

  • Microsoft Xbox (xbox-poweroff)