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crashwg:

--- Quote from: torcer on December 09, 2010, 03:00:59 pm ---I've read this explanation for years, but I'm a wiring idiot.  Does anyone have a very detailed description, or better yet a picture of this?  IOW, how exactly would I wire a pushbutton to the PC power switch? 

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The power button on your computer is connected to a pin header on the motherboard like the one in the first picture with a wire that looks like the second picture.  All you have to do is extend the two wires to a normally open (NO) momentary pushbutton which will close the switch in the same fashion as the current button on your PC.

The smart strip comes into play like this:  You plug your PC into the "Control Outlet" which is blue in the third picture.  You plug everything that you want to come on with the computer and turn off when you shut down into one of the "switched outlets."

When you push the power button that you've extended to the outside of your cab it will shut down the computer.  Once the computer has shut down completely it draws very little current which the Smart Strip senses and turns off the "switched outlets."
torcer:

--- Quote from: crashwg on December 09, 2010, 04:19:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: torcer on December 09, 2010, 03:00:59 pm ---I've read this explanation for years, but I'm a wiring idiot.  Does anyone have a very detailed description, or better yet a picture of this?  IOW, how exactly would I wire a pushbutton to the PC power switch? 

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The power button on your computer is connected to a pin header on the motherboard like the one in the first picture with a wire that looks like the second picture.  All you have to do is extend the two wires to a normally open (NO) momentary pushbutton which will close the switch in the same fashion as the current button on your PC.

The smart strip comes into play like this:  You plug your PC into the "Control Outlet" which is blue in the third picture.  You plug everything that you want to come on with the computer and turn off when you shut down into one of the "switched outlets."

When you push the power button that you've extended to the outside of your cab it will shut down the computer.  Once the computer has shut down completely it draws very little current which the Smart Strip senses and turns off the "switched outlets."

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THANK YOU!
ids:
Here's what I did.

Started with stuff a lot like these items:


It wasn't a dryer cord, just a regular one, but this should give you the right idea.  Regular plug on one end, nothing but the wires on the other end.

Wired as shown below - with the device box and outlet inside the cab, and I've mounted the switch inconspicuously at the top of the cab.  I also use a smart-strip like device.  With this setup, you could put a power bar into one outlet, for the always on stuff, and the smart strip for controlling things.  Note that when the master switch is off, EVERYTHING is off.
Nephasth:
What about a TV in a cab? Will the smart strip turn on a "newer" CRT TV? If not, could the button wired for the computer be teed into for the TV? Or would a seperate button have to be wired in for the TV. I've already looked for DPDT or even SPDT microswitches that would fit on the bottom of a standard arcade button for this, couldn't find anything. Cherry told me they don't make any either. If they were made, I wouldn't still be scratching my head.  :dunno
Donkbaca:
Depends if the TV has the option to turn on after a power restore.  You can test this easy, just turn on the TV, unplug it and then plug it back in and see if it turn on by itself.  Most newer CRT's have this option.  If it doesn't turn on by itself. trying turning it on while holding the power button in, if it stays on, then unplug it and plug it back in while still holding the button.  If it turns on then all you have to do is wedge something to keep the power button pressed.

Assuming that your have figured this out, and your simple question is if the smart strip will send power to the tv, yes it will.  THe smart strip I have has one MAIN outlet, a few switched outlets and a couple "always on" outlets.

The MAIN outlet controls the switch outlet.  THe smart strip measures the current flow on this outlet, and when it detects an increase, it powers on the switched outlets, when it senses a decrease, it powers the switched outlets on.  You plug your PC into the MAIN, your TV, speakers, marquee, powered USB hub, whatever into the switched outlets.  When you turn on your pc, everything else turns on, when you turn your pC off, everything shuts off.  Then all you do is extend your power button on you pc to wherever you want on the cab.  All you need is a standard NO momentary switch.  I have a regular arcade button turn my stuff on and off.
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