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Mini Power Minder or SmartStrip?
pmc:
The SpyStyle hack seems like an aweful lot of of work for something that the mini and SmartStrip can do inexpensively. I also have a fear of burning the house down. ;D
-pmc
wrench:
I'm using the powerminder in my cab setup and couldn't be happier with it.There is no lag in powering up like lilwolf mentioned.I've read some posts on this board of some people having problems with the smartstrips current sensing and powering on the other devices.The power minder simply uses a 5vdc trigger sensed from a usb plug when the power is turned on.I had one problem, the motherboard I have has usb power all the time and could not be disabled,so the power minder would not turn off the secondary outlet when the computer was off.My fix was to cut of the usb plug on the computer side of the powerminder usb cord and ran it inside the case,hooked the red and black wires to the 5vdc wires of a spare molex connector from the computer power supply,works perfectly.I have one button outside my cab and when I press it,the computer starts to boot,cp lights,marquee lights,coindoor lights and monitor all fire up at once.
ref post http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=46266.msg443181#msg443181
emerica:
--- Quote from: grueinthebox on December 12, 2005, 11:37:57 am ---There's also option C, which would be to make your own SmartStrip using SpyStyle's instructions (http://spystyle.arcadecontrols.com/index81.htm).
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