How do I turn on a garage stereo via zwave?

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I have a stereo in my garage. Currently I can turn it on and off with a universal remote and IR extender

I want to hook this up to my 2gig system and ADC so I have more flexibility and range as I can use other devices such my phone

Problem is, a simple on off lamp switch won’t work because to turn on the stereo, it has to receive an “on” command from a IR remote. I use URC PRODUCTS BTW

Any ideas?

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2gig is quite limited with the z wave devices it’ll control. But this can be done. Look at the Hall Research HR 4P (admittedly not cheap). It can send IR (or rs232) commands responsive to a closed contact sensor closing or opening.

You now need a Z wave switch that’ll operate a relay. If you’re handy with wiring, the easiest way is to get the relay module from Linear or Evolve, put it in an electrical box (you can wire it to a plug in cord if you like), and connect the dry contact outputs to the Hall. Another idea is to find a 120v plug in relay, which you would plug into a zwave module and then wire to the Hall. Although off hand I’m not aware of any like this.

The idea is that the 2 gig is just controlling a normal Z wave switch, and the Hall is doing the magic with translating this to an IR command.

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Look at the Hall Research HR 4P (admittedly not cheap). It can send IR (or rs232) commands responsive to a closed contact sensor closing or opening.

This is a good idea for this application.

Implementation of IR control would require at minimum two devices. The mimolite would work as the Z-wave dry contact for this as well.