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spystyle:
Howdy !
I have a simple one button solution that uses only solder and 1 microswich pushbutton

I am using it on a television and an ATX motherboard, but it should work for anything that has a 2 point switch

(OK electronics guys, help me out here, I don't know the lingo)

I put the left wire from both devices to the COM of the miscroswitch, and the right wire from both devices to the NO of the miscroswitch

One button press and the TV and PC both power on, another press and they both power off.

Simple eh ?

I would imagine this method could be used for many other devices as well

(I call the left wire hot and the right wire ground, because I don't know the proper terminology, but you get it right ? )

Dig it?
Craig


spystyle:
Here is a pic of the front

MiKman:
I haven't done it yet but basically what I was going to do was mount a light switch on the top of my cabinet that switches power off and on to 4 outlets mounted inside the cabinet where my computer, flourescent light, and TV are plugged into.  Failing that working then I will get a smartstrip and switch it on the TV with the TV remote control...

delta88:
well.. this was my doing..
I take 2 3 doller power strips and a relay from radio shack.. I have one hot all the time witht he pc plugged into it.. I then take the relay and wire it across the 2 stripps and then make it actuate with the power from the pc.. so now anythin plugged into the 2nd power strip will turn on and off the the pc.

recently I have used mobo's with the on with any key feature.. this is the next best way from using the smart strip.
 id say:

 #1. smart strip: best

#2. Myway: 2nd best

#3. anyother way totalyy weird.. dont wanna sound mean but htat monitor and pc thing.. ehh scary. havin the direct wired to the front panel.. there are such things as grounding issues and static charges. thats why you see so many ground strpas inside a real arcade game. for instance. the real mspac thats in the arcade .. well the one near me and a few others in ther area.. if you rub your feet on the ground and touch the coin door it freaks and goes into free play with one pac per play.. weird.. so its better to isolate that kinda stuff from frequent exposure ;)

REBIRTH:
Here is what I did for this, works with two different Mame PC's - incredibly simple and cheap and is a 1 button on/off for everything.

- 1 standard everyday power strip with everything in my cab plugged into it

- I bought a standard on/off pushbutton switch at Home Depot.  That switch has two wiring posts, all I did was cut 1 wire in the the power strip cord in the middle, connect two wires from the on/off pushbutton to either side of the power strip wire (just like inserting a light switch in your house).

That's it

- On the PC, turn on your power management settings in the CMOS.  What this does is boot up your PC any time power is turned on.  This is different than hitting the power button on the PC, which I do not have to do.  As an example, what this esentially does is if you power down your PC and then  unplugged it from the wall, when you plug it back into the wall later the PC will automatically boot back up without having to hit the power button.  When I hit my on/off power button I installed on the cab  it is as if I just plugged it back into the wall in my example and it will boot right up.  99% of all CMOS' can do this.

- similar on the monitor, most monitors have a setting that will turn it on when power is supplied instead of having to hit the actual monitor on/off

- marquee light, etc. all powers on/off with that button as well.

So all I do is walk up to the maching, hit that one on/off pushbutton (I put on top of my cab) and everything comes on.  When I finish playing, my front end will power down my PC when I tell it I am done (which I do by hitting my player 2 start and player 1 coin at the same time).  I then just hit the on/off pushbutton to turn everything off.  Later hitting that button will power everything back on again and I am good to go.

I understand the question of how to do this, I had it myself, but never quite understood the lengths people go to for a solution, the smartstrips people buy (which can be a bit pricey), the relays people build, etc...  My solution cost about $10 (actually I had the power strip already so it really only cost about $5 for the on/off switch).  My solution should work for almost everyone (would not work if your CMOS doesn't allow the power management setting - but that is rare in any PC less than 5-7 years old).

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