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Diewrecked:
Well after years I finally finished my cab. And it works great. And it looks the nuts. Hurrah! Only trouble is, when I was at the design stage, the stage where I decided to put my three admin buttons Pause, Quit and POWER, at the bottom of the CP, I didn't have a little two-year-old boy who really likes pressing buttons (you can guess where this is headed, right?)
I really don't want to move the buttons to the top of the cab (above the screen) which is my only other alternative - I don't want three 29mm holes showing under the panel - so I was wondering if you can buy purpose-built covers for the buttons? IE, flip the cover open, press the button, close the cover again. Nothing too taxing but certainly enough to deter an opportunistic two-year-old.
Any/all ideas gratefully received!
Many thanks all
NoBullMAME:
I've heard of button protectors, but not button covers; except for industrial applications. You could try looking for something like that, but they cost a lot more than a regular pushbutton and I'd bet you'd have a hard time finding one that fit your hole (though I might be wrong). If there's something I don't know about, I'm sure someone else will chime in though.
If you are powering it down via an interface card (software), and not a button wired to the motherboard, you could make it a shifted key (if you have an IPAC) GGG products also have a similar function.
You could make it a two button process by wiring them in series (it is series right? It's too early for my brain--wire them in a row). Then you'd have to add a second button within reach. You'd have to press both buttons at once to shut it down (later you could disable one).
Or you could live with it for 6 months to a year. My little one has a year to two on yours; I used to have a problem with the location of the exit button, but she's figured it out now. My guess is what you get past the, "cool I can shut it down" stage, you'll be fine :-)
TOK:
Thats funny! I went through this too. I have a coin up and pause button on the bottom of the panel of one cabinet. When my daughter was about 2 or so, she found out about them. She used to run into the room while I was playing something, hit the button then run away giggling.
Its a pretty short phase, I think I would just pull a lead off the button for now and just use the shift function (hold player 1 and press player 2) for exiting games.
Vigo:
If you don't mind putting a couple screws in your machine you can get some sort of recepticle cover. The kind of thing they put over outdoor outlets.
BobA:
Put a button in series with your control buttons ground lead and place that button on top of the cab. Then you will have to hold down the button on top before your control buttons will work. Extra safety and no button moving or covering.