wright 971,
Sorry I missed your question previously. It may be possible to wire the LED straight from the SLU control board. I will have to get back to you on that.
I think the safest way would be to run your IR emitter wire from the mantlet up through the turret hatch and into the apple. When you are not using the apple, just coil the IR wire in the hatch. Or one could just run a jumper off of the apple to the IR wire.
We will pass these concerns on to the manufacturer and see what answers we can get.
And I'd like to thank those who have contacted me by email.