4 Jan
2006
4 Jan
'06
4:30 p.m.
However, this idea that there's a way to powerup
from the front panel
on an 11/03 intrigues me! Unfortunately I see no obvious button that
powers up the machine. Is this possible with an 861 and if there is
not existing switch, what would you add to enable this feature?
It is certainly possible to do this with an 861 (I have an 861 in one of
the cabinets of my 11/45 system, it works with the other assorted power
controllers, all of which fire up whrn I turn the front panel key).
Near that toggle switch are some 3 pin connectors (I think a total of 3
of them). They are all equivalent, you can use any one of them. Shorting
the right pair of pins together with the switch in the Remote-On position
will turn everything on. You can find out which the right pins are from
the printset, or you can convince me to look in the printset.
Once you know that, you need to get a plug that will fit that socket.
It's a standard AMP Mate-N-Lock I think. Wire one end of a piece of (2
core) cable to the right pins on the connector. The other end of the
cable needs to go to suitable switch contacts. I am not sure if you have
a switch on the 11/03 box (it depends, probale, on the box, and anyway I
am not a Qbus person). If not, just use any on/off switch. The voltage is
around 24V, the current is well under 1A (and it's isolated from the
mains line), so just about any swtich would do.
-tony