Shutdown and timed startup automation saves your setup from running 24/7. Configure Kodi setwakeup.sh #!/bin/sh #$1 is the first argument to the script. It is the time in seconds since 1970 #this is defined in mythtv-setup with the time_t argument #this clears your alarm. echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm #this writes your alarm echo $1 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm set script to be executable sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/setwakeup.sh Reference https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=155128