Remote power switch via mobile?

petkow · **Remote power switch via mobile? -** 08-09-2009, 10:34

I'm looking for a bit of hardware but I do not even know if it exists. All I want to be able to do is to somehow operate a remote on/off switch via a mobile phone signal.

I am imagining some sort of kit probably cobbled up from an old handset with a prepaid sim card in it which is somehow linked to a relay mechanism which can switch a power circuit on or off. The idea is to be able to ring or SMS or send a GPRS (or better) data signal to the handset to be able to remotely switch a simple circuit.

Does an off-the-shelf cheap solution exist for this, or do I have to cobble something together myself? If something exists, what words should I be googling for?

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 696 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	Remote power switch via mobile? - 08-09-2009, 10:34 I'm looking for a bit of hardware but I do not even know if it exists. All I want to be able to do is to somehow operate a remote on/off switch via a mobile phone signal. I am imagining some sort of kit probably cobbled up from an old handset with a prepaid sim card in it which is somehow linked to a relay mechanism which can switch a power circuit on or off. The idea is to be able to ring or SMS or send a GPRS (or better) data signal to the handset to be able to remotely switch a simple circuit. Does an off-the-shelf cheap solution exist for this, or do I have to cobble something together myself? If something exists, what words should I be googling for?