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am_monkee:
frizzlefried,
that's exactly what i was going for! now i wish i didn't spend the 30 bucks on the strip (could have put it towards the coin door i've been eyeing...). so i guess the switch pictured is useless and there's no reason to purchase it...too bad, because i really like the cabs i've seen on here that have a switch. it makes it so authentic...
thanks for answering the question so clearly. absolutely what i needed to know.
am_monkee:
the more i think about it, the more i want to utilize this toggle switch. can't i just extend the wire from the smartstrip's switch to the toggle switch pictured? that way, when i flip the toggle switch, it'll turn on the computer and as a result everything else?
if not that, can i just wire the toggle switch to my mini ipac (what i'm using)? then change a setting in bios to turn the computer on with a keystroke (in this case the switch)?
i know it seems so trivial, but these small details seem to make a world of difference on the cabs i've seen here....
saint:
The toggle switch is counter to the purpose of the strip you bought. The strip you bought will sense when the device plugged into the control (blue) outlet is turned on, and will turn on the rest of the outlets that are slaved to it. There's no mechanism that I'm aware of to attach a switch of some kind to the blue outlet. You have to turn something on that's drawing power from the blue outlet. You don't have to splice any wires from your PC - just plug the PC into it.
am_monkee:
sorry, maybe i was unclear. i wasn't looking to attach the toggle switch to the blue outlet. rather, i was looking to extend smartstrip's flip switch to the toggle switch so it can be outside the cab. that way, when i flipped the toggle switch, it would be the same as flipping the switch on the smartstrip, thus sending power to the blue outlet, blah, blah.
what do you mean by the statement below? plug the pc into what? the smartstrip? thanks for any help.
<<You don't have to splice any wires from your PC - just plug the PC into it.>>
ahofle:
That should work as long as your PC automatically powers on when the AC power is returned (this is usually a bios setting). But I do think you wasted your money on the smartstrip as fizzle mentioned. :)
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