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Start cabinet with single power button, idea help needed (Schematic included)
psychotech:
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No need to touch the smartstrip at all ..and there's no switch anyway ... I just push the power button on the cabinet :) The one that's just so conveniently located ...
Come on, just extend the (two) motherboard power wires, connect them to a microswitch and it's all done. No (real) hacks, no problems. And takes all of about a minute to do?
The PC power button never connects to the smartstrip, just acts as a normal PC power button ...the PC is the master on the smartstrip etc..
Can't be that difficult to do?
PS. Jakobud, I've seen and know your solution works ..but so do the smartstrips I'm using on my builds...
PPS. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=67842.msg706604#msg706604 / http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=61679.msg614554#msg614554
lanman31337:
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on March 25, 2008, 08:21:41 pm ---^My power strip (not a smart strip) runs out via an orange ext cord, which plugs into an on/off switch at the outlet. I just flip the switch.
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That's exactly how I have my setup. When I flip the switch, everything powers on. The top part of the outlet is switched, the bottom isn't, so I can have something that needs constant power plugged into there.
QuarterJunkie:
Where do you guys get the said "smart strips" from? Can you get them from a retail chain, or are they online only?
Zobeid:
--- Quote from: QuarterJunkie on March 26, 2008, 11:05:03 am ---Where do you guys get the said "smart strips" from? Can you get them from a retail chain, or are they online only?
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I live way out in the middle of nowhere, so I don't know about "brick and mortar" retail. However, just a couple days ago I put an order into Amazon.com for one.
http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Strip-Autoswitching-Technology-SCG3/dp/B000P1QJXQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1206549597&sr=8-3
Info about the various models at the manufacturer's website:
http://bitsltd.net/ConsumerProducts/index.htm
Now, here's my problem. . . I'm trying to figure out how to relocate the power button from the front panel of my computer (Dell OptiPlex GX270 tower), and I'm not having much luck. There appears to be a ribbon cable that runs from the front panel to the mainboard, which carries USB, audio and the power switch signals, but hacking into the ribbon cable doesn't seem practical -- it would be scary even if I knew which leads carried the switch signal, which I don't.
The power button itself is buried into the single most inaccessible spot of the whole computer, between the plastic front panel and the metal frame. I can't even see how it's wired or anything, it's all concealed in plastic and metal. It doesn't look like I can get at it without either disassembling half the computer (which I would like to avoid) or cutting up the front panel with a dremel tool (which I would even more like to avoid).
So, I'm weighing my options. Any suggestions?
ids:
--- Quote from: QuarterJunkie on March 26, 2008, 11:05:03 am ---Where do you guys get the said "smart strips" from? Can you get them from a retail chain, or are they online only?
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I found an equivalent in Home Despot, around the power tools area. It was being sold as a good way to have the shop vac and lights go on when you start your power-tool.
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