>The definition of 'unplugged' is too wide to be useful imho.

Well, the more I read this thread, and the more the OP writes, the further 
my feeling is that rather than "unplugged" he is looking for "empowered", 
and that can be done by simple voltage detection with an opto-isolator. 

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