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Title: How do I....
Post by: Alpha17X on December 17, 2004, 01:15:46 am

So I looked and just could not find the answer so now I ask. (hopefully it turns out i'm not blind...)

As far as my cabinet goes. I have a hole in the smoked plexi to turn the monitor on, and theres a kind of rigged button extention for it. same with the pc button.  where can I find instructions for rigging it so the monitor. and the pc could be turned on and off via a single switch?

can someone point me the right way?

Title: Re: How do I....
Post by: nipsmg on December 17, 2004, 08:34:03 am

Look at the Bits Limited Smartstrip.

http://www.bitsltd.net/SmartStrip/index.htm

It lets you power on everything plugged into it by turning on ONE of the appliances you select to be the control appliance.

--NipsMG

Title: Re: How do I....
Post by: shmokes on December 17, 2004, 12:23:17 pm

And please, for the love of god, do not make mystery subject lines.  It's purpose is to let people know the subject of the thread.  It's not a box of crackerjacks.

Title: Re: How do I....
Post by: SirPoonga on December 17, 2004, 01:18:18 pm

You mean like the reset button on game console displays?you could make one with a grommet and a dowel.

Title: Re: How do I....
Post by: Stingray on December 17, 2004, 01:38:45 pm

Quote from: shmokes on December 17, 2004, 12:23:17 pm

And please, for the love of god, do not make mystery subject lines.

Title: Re: How do I....
Post by: Stormy151 on December 17, 2004, 02:36:36 pm

I took my TV apart and spliced into the power button wires.  I did the same for my computer and wired them both into a Happ button, so now one button turns everything on.

I hacked a regular power strip into an "S-M-R-T strip" (not quite a Smart Strip-lol) using a relay triggered by the comp's power supply, so when the computer comes on, so does the marquee and speakers.