It won't be done in time to help the OP, but I think I'll add this to my "to do" list;  and I could animate the event horizon and the activation "whoosh", and have them cast light.  The DHD ("dial home device") would only need depression and illumination of the symbols;  that would be easy.

     I'll need to gather some research screen grabs.

     Lately, most of my computer time has been spent on hardware - rebuilding dead machines and/or setting up server blades for use as render slaves.

Poser 12, in feet.  

OSes:  Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64

Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5