slightly OT: talkback remote

[Rodgre]

okay all you geniuses.... this one is totally beyond me.

Does anyone have any idea of how to remotely control a switch with a wireless remote?

Any of you who have worked in a major studio might have seen those little remote clickers that turn the talkback mic on and off to speak to the folks in the studio when you're in the control room.

I am using a console with a talkback mic and a switch on the board for the mic. I would love to wire up a wireless remote that activates that switch, or a relay in parallel with the switch via a "clicker"

Who knows anything about infrared circuits? How could I wire up a remote control that would engage the talkback button?

Roger

[niftydog]

I have done this in the past using a PICAXE chip that "listens" to a regular remote control.  When the transmitter says the right things, the receiver puts out a signal that you can use to drive a transistor and a relay to do the actual switching.

The PICAXE language is surpirsingly easy to learn.  You'll also require one of these puppies. (or similar)

There's many kits available that do this kind of thing; And they're also available as RF links strong enough to go through walls!

In Oz I'd visit jaycar... but that's no help to you!