max.spicer Wrote: 
> Sadly this is way beyond my budget.  The power supply is designed to be
> a cheap alternative to a cheap plug in to the wall device i.e. around
> £20-£30.
I too was eagerly waiting for the geekport to enable me to toggle power
to my power amps, but gave up waiting. In the end, I lashed up a
solution using a configurable IR detector. (Taught it to respond to the
SLEEP button on the SB remote - which I wasn't using and seemed
appropriate for the purpose).

You're in the UK, right? So am I, and the simplest configurable IR
device I could find was a lampholder (which can be disassembled quite
easily with careful use of a craft knife). Maplin have them at £9.99,
order code L17BB. Of course, being designed for a lamp, you can't use
it as the direct feed for power amps - it's not rated for a high enough
current. So you have to use the output of the IR detector to control a
power relay. Maplin do a suitable one for £4.99, order code N24AW.


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