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eightbit:
Hmmm, my setup is much simpler. I use a power strip that has a remote switch, the switch is mounted on top the cabinet. The Marquee and monitor is plugged into the switched side of the strip. I then wired a arcade button to the power button on the PC to turn it on. Its plugged into the always on side of the power strip. This way I can turn the monitor and marquee off but leave the PC on in case I want to send updates to it over the network. Its running winXP pro so I can make configuration changes with the remote desktop client over the network. Since its winXP if you tap the power button it does an orderly shutdown of windows and shuts the pc off. Tap again and it fires up.

No soldering, no relays, 2 buttons to turn it on but I needed a way to have the PC on with the monitor off.

Oh yeah I wired the coin lights to the 12v on a hard drive power connector in the pc so when the coin lights are lit I can tell the PC is on.

cdbrown:

--- Quote from: eightbit on November 13, 2002, 12:22:50 am ---Hmmm, my setup is much simpler. I use a power strip that has a remote switch, the switch is mounted on top the cabinet. The Marquee and monitor is plugged into the switched side of the strip. I then wired a arcade button to the power button on the PC to turn it on. Its plugged into the always on side of the power strip. This way I can turn the monitor and marquee off but leave the PC on in case I want to send updates to it over the network. Its running winXP pro so I can make configuration changes with the remote desktop client over the network. Since its winXP if you tap the power button it does an orderly shutdown of windows and shuts the pc off. Tap again and it fires up.

No soldering, no relays, 2 buttons to turn it on but I needed a way to have the PC on with the monitor off.

Oh yeah I wired the coin lights to the 12v on a hard drive power connector in the pc so when the coin lights are lit I can tell the PC is on.

--- End quote ---

Could you post a picture of this or a link?

Cheers
-cdbrown

eightbit:
While looking for an example of the power strip that I have I located this on ebay- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2071762526
It looks pretty cool, its even better than my setup. Turning on and off the power on the computer turns the power strip on and off.

COBeav:
jimlab, I'm glad my page was useful.  The switched powerstrip on Ebay that eightbit posted is functionally the same, but I didn't see anything like it when I was building mine.

I'd be very interesting in seeing your pictures if you still have them.  If you don't have a website I know there are some online photo album sites that allow you to post pictures.

COBeav

jimlab:
Here's the Radio Shack project box that I used to house the relay, as described above. The red and black wires are connected to the 12V hard drive power plug. As I mentioned, the insulated disconnects are a very snug fit, and won't come off without effort, but they will allow changing the relay fairly easily, should it fail.



And here's what the powerstrip looks like installed in the cabinet (Taito Egret II). The Altec Lansing subwoofer cube sits in the corner, and I fastened the powerstrip down with industrial velcro, after running its cord out the back of the cabinet. The "aqua", "violet" (sound system) and "purple" (monitor) plugs are switched on by the relay. The red, orange and green plugs are always live, and the computer plugs into one of them. Works for me. :)

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