Add discrete POWER_OFF and POWER_ON

[Peter Urbanec]

Many users have advanced remote controls that allow automation of tasks. It is often required that devices respond to IR remote codes for POWER_ON and POWER_OFF, instead of just POWER (toggle), because these automation devices have no way of retrieving the current state of the device.

Please add support for discrete POWER_ON and POWER_OFF to the front panel, drivers and application software.

Existing POWER should work the same way it does now.

POWER_ON should turn the device on or come out of standby. If the device is already on, then POWER_ON should have no effect.

POWER_OFF should do nothing if the device is off or in standby. If the device is on, then POWER_OFF should behave as if normal POWER was pressed and go either into standby or shutdown, depending on user preferences.

A further enhancement would be to also add STANDBY and SHUTDOWN commands, that would ignore the user preferences and go to standby or shutdown (deep standby) mode directly. These two commands are less important than POWER_ON / POWER_OFF.

[Peter Urbanec]

The issue was updated with the following change(s):

• The status has been updated, from New to Delegated.

[Peter Urbanec]

The issue was updated with the following change(s):

• The priority has been updated, from Not determined to Normal.

[Peter Urbanec]

It appears that the application level already supports the desired functionality. The front panel and device drivers still need to be updated and documented.

[Peter Urbanec]

The issue was updated with the following change(s):

• The category has been updated, from Not determined to Driver / Hardware.

[Peter Urbanec]

Front panel 20042 and later support the code 0xC0FFEE to power on the T3 from shutdown mode. This code will be ignored at any other time.