[mythtv-users] Desk Top Power

[Gordon McCrae]

On 15/05/15 20:53, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A quick look and apparently its not available on this side of the puddle :-/
> Computer controlled switches are available, though.  Many years ago I
> had some switches from X10 that I could control via an RS232 dongle.
> It wouldn't turn off your devices in the event of an uncontrolled
> shutdown of your server, but it would allow you to send a power-on on
> start up and a power-off on a normal shutdown.
>
> Eric
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Perhaps I'm missing something here, but why not just spend £10 on an 
"Energy Saving Master Slave Extension Lead". Basically whenever the 
device plugged into the main socket is switched off, the power strip 
cuts the power to the other sockets on the strip.

Cheers
Gordon