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BobA:
I prefer the 1 button approach.   If your PC is set to shut down (orderly) from the front button you can use the PC button (remotely mounted) to turn on your cab and turn off your cab.  When windows shuts down then the cab shuts down.  When you power up your computer your cab powers up.   All with the same button. No waiting for windows to shut down before you hit the toggle switch.

You can also shutdown your cab if you have your front end shutdown the PC when it exits without touching a button.

The biggest advantage of this is that there is no way   not as many ways to improperly shut down your PC.

edit: I guess you can improperly shut down a pc if you really try.

bfauska:

--- Quote from: BobA on July 26, 2007, 02:39:05 pm ---The biggest advantage of this is that there is no way to improperly shut down your PC.

--- End quote ---

 >:D

Unplug cable from wall.

 ;D

That's Why I hardwire my cabinet to the grid and shorted all the switches.  All games all the time.
Jouster:
Would it not also be possible to wire your cab/computer switch in to a multi-button combo that would act as the power button?

Say extend one wire to the ground side of your switch and route the other through both P1&P2 start and Coin ups?  I really wanted to do a button combo to keyboard power up the system, but my board doesn't support that.   :(

Jouster
psychotech:
Awesome!

And here I'm using just the motherboard's power switch for a one button solution to power on and off my cabs.. Well, I really must be doing something wrong?

KISS - psychotech
bfauska:
I use my MB power switch too, the only thing in my cabinet that doesn't either get power from my PC power supply or shut off automatically w/o signal is my speaker system, and the amount of power a 20ish watt amp at rest draws isn't enough to make me worry.  Of course, I don't have a marquee lit up yet and if I use 120v for that I may want to try one of these relay solutions.
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