Thank you for the response. I did now take a look at irule. There are also several others out there like mastercontrol that I have now found. As a novice, someone out there must have created a "Harmony" like ease of implementation. Meaning irule and the others I found are very sophisticated, will do everything you need, I just don;t have the hours needed to implement. It would seem tht there should be an AP to download, enter in your IP controlled components and your done. ANy othre ideas out there? Thank you.