Just playing around with actions on my harmony 525,

I've setup an action to run the media centre portion of the xbox which does the following

TV On
Amp On
360 On
360 Sent 'Media' command.

Is there a way to disable powering up the 360, and instead just sending the Media command?

For those unfamiliar, the 360 switches on and automatically goes to a game, if you press the media button the 360 switches on and goes straight to media centre.

At the moment the 360 switches on and a game starts to load and the Media command is ignored by the 360 for a good 15-20 seconds whilst the console starts

Any suggestions?

Thanks

I know that from within the 360 dashboard you can specify at least two options upon startup. One is to play a game, another is to go to the dashboard. I don't remember where that setting is w/in the menu structure but I know it's there. And perhaps there is a third option to go directly to the Media Center but, again, I don't recall off hand but will look for it this week. Either way, once you change that setting on your 360 I would think you would be able to send the 'media' command and have it start up.
,R

I am not familiar with the XBox 360, but could you not configure its Adjust Power Settings to use the "Media Center" command instead of the "PowerOn" command for its power on function? Or set its Power Settings to "no power buttons", and add the "Media Center" command to the Activity Startup macro (Yes, but I want to add more control of options and devices for this Activity).

I confirmed this morning that you can change the startup settings from the XBox dashboard so that it launches the media center on startup (w/o having to send a separate command and w/o a game launching instead).
Go to your 360 dash and go to the 'System' blade -> 'Console Settings' -> 'Startup'.
There you can select from one of three options:
1. Disc
2. Xbox Dashboard
3. Media Center
Select Media Center and the next time you start up your 360 it will launch directly into the Media Center instead of launching a game. You can then modify your RC settings so that it does not send the now-redundant 'Media' command.
I hope that helps.
,R