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PC power-on and standby with a rocker switch?
Diewrecked:
--- Quote from: Malenko on January 20, 2010, 12:47:44 pm ---yeah, it pretty much has to be a momentary switch; as gryhnd stated they do make rocker style momentary switches.
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Thanks for the responses guys.
The thing is here that the rocker switch already in the cab is a standard always on/always off type switch rather than a NO/NC type like a power button. It's not that I want to replace the power button with a rocker-type NO/NC switch but that I want to use the always on/always off type that's currently controlling the monitor on/off to put the PC in or out of standby state. Is this doable? If not I'll just mount another button on the cab and hide it - I would just prefer not to.
Cheers all
SavannahLion:
Is the rocker switch a SPST or DPST switch? How comfortable are you with soldering?
If it's DPST, you can build a small circuit to modify the always on/off behavior to a rocker style switch.
If it's SPST, it's a little more complicated.
gryhnd:
--- Quote from: Diewrecked on February 09, 2010, 06:23:07 am ---The thing is here that the rocker switch already in the cab is a standard always on/always off type switch rather than a NO/NC type like a power button. It's not that I want to replace the power button with a rocker-type NO/NC switch but that I want to use the always on/always off type that's currently controlling the monitor on/off to put the PC in or out of standby state. Is this doable?
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Perhaps I'm not fully caffeinated yet, so forgive me if I'm not understanding 100% what you want to do.
But...
If you use a momentary switch to power down your PC, your monitor (I am assuming this is a normal PC monitor) will also shut itself down when the signal is gone. OK, technically it's not a full power off, but it goes into a very low power state, usually on the order of only a few watts.
If you want a total power off, or you are using an aracade CRT. then get yourself a Smartstrip. The PC is plugged into the smartstrip trigger outlet. When the PC powers off, it completely shuts off everything else plugged into the the switched portions of the strip.
Diewrecked:
--- Quote from: gryhnd on February 09, 2010, 10:19:33 am ---
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you are using an aracade CRT.
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Yep - it's a Hantarex MTC9000 that came in the cab.
SavannahLion - my soldering is perhaps the worst in the civilised world. No seriously, I suck.
So looks like I'll be using a hidden button to replace the power button on the case. Kind of suspected as much. Thanks you guys for confirming