Hurm, interesting idea on the LAN, however it doesn't quite seem right. I'm not sure exactly why, I'll have to sleep on it.
The way I was thinking of powering on, since my box has a soft "power" switch, I was just going to run a relay system that 1) sets the relay to on, then 2) when power is current in the IDE power lines switches off. This would mock your finger "pressing" the power button. Others with a hard on/off could just relay it to a remote on line from the radio.
One thing that has slipped my mind in respects to power is, does a DC/AC inverter use any power if what's plugged up to it is off? If it does, I'll have to relay that as well and run it off my lights. They stay on for a few minutes after the doors are closed.
As for the mute, I think I'm going to use the buttons on the controler for "function" selectors. This will allow me to build in more commands that the up/down/left/right keys can use.
IE;
* Press button 1 (Windows Control Functions)
* Press left/right - volume up/down
* Press down - mute
* Press up - shutdown?
* Press button 2 (Winamp Comtrol Functions)
* Press left/right - prior/next song
* Press up/down - prior/next playlist
This leaves buttons 3 and 4 open, so I can build in 8 commands into these as well, giving 16 commands in total that can be controled via a standard game pad.
Thoughts?
Scott--
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