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USB Mechanical Switch?
I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype
calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On 9/18/2012 7:15 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson short extension cable will save the hub. or cut the cable and insert a switch Or look around in the sound configuration to see if it lets you use different i/o for calls and not calls. |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:15:29 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson Something like this... http://tinyurl.com/8emrh85 I guess just cut the headset cable and insert in-line, in a teensy plastic box ?:-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:34:47 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:15:29 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson Something like this... http://tinyurl.com/8emrh85 I guess just cut the headset cable and insert in-line, in a teensy plastic box ?:-) ...Jim Thompson Or this... http://tinyurl.com/8bvcx34 ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:15:29 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson Something like this... http://tinyurl.com/8emrh85 I guess just cut the headset cable and insert in-line, in a teensy plastic box ?:-) Surely you know better than to do that? Mechanically toggling one of the data lines (pins 2 & 3) supposedly works. -- Don Kuenz |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:02:52 -0500, Don Kuenz
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:15:29 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson Something like this... http://tinyurl.com/8emrh85 I guess just cut the headset cable and insert in-line, in a teensy plastic box ?:-) Surely you know better than to do that? Mechanically toggling one of the data lines (pins 2 & 3) supposedly works. Are you forgetting I have a headset attached? I want the switch equivalent of unplugging the headset. Adding electronics seems quite superfluous for a headset. For a harddrive, sure, signal intent, so you don't scramble data. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson You got to be kidding me? right? Jamie |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
Jim Thompson wrote:
Are you forgetting I have a headset attached? I want the switch equivalent of unplugging the headset. OK, so you need to make/break audio and not USB? That may be a hard nut to crack. Newer PCs seem to sense when an audio connection changes. One way of doing that is to use a phone jack similar to symbol D in this schematic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ck_symbols.png The tip breaks/makes a switch as the plug is inserted/removed. When plug is removed the tip signal lines(s) get(s) connected to an unknown "black box" circuit. -- Don Kuenz |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:03:44 -0500, Don Kuenz
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Are you forgetting I have a headset attached? I want the switch equivalent of unplugging the headset. OK, so you need to make/break audio and not USB? That may be a hard nut to crack. Unplugging the USB connector seems to work. So why wouldn't a switch? Newer PCs seem to sense when an audio connection changes. One way of doing that is to use a phone jack similar to symbol D in this schematic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ck_symbols.png The tip breaks/makes a switch as the plug is inserted/removed. When plug is removed the tip signal lines(s) get(s) connected to an unknown "black box" circuit. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
Jim Thompson wrote:
Unplugging the USB connector seems to work. So why wouldn't a switch? The outer two pins of a USB connector carry VCC and ground while the inner two pins carry a differential pair. Put a switch on either line of the differential pair. -- Don Kuenz |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:05:30 -0500, flipper wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:15:29 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson Maybe I'm missing something in the problem description but seems to me you can just leave them both plugged in all the time. Set the PC Speakers as your 'default' sound device in Windows so it operates 'normally'. Then tell Skype to use the headset and, in the third option, ring 'all devices' so that comes out the speakers too in case you're not wearing the headset when a call comes in. This particular box drops speakers and outputs to a headset anytime it senses the headset., which is just fine with me... I use the headset for YouTubing when the wife is still asleep. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:47:54 -0500, flipper wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:21:13 -0500, flipper wrote: On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:11:42 -0500, flipper wrote: On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:28:29 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:05:30 -0500, flipper wrote: On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:15:29 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson Maybe I'm missing something in the problem description but seems to me you can just leave them both plugged in all the time. Set the PC Speakers as your 'default' sound device in Windows so it operates 'normally'. Then tell Skype to use the headset and, in the third option, ring 'all devices' so that comes out the speakers too in case you're not wearing the headset when a call comes in. This particular box drops speakers and outputs to a headset anytime it senses the headset., which is just fine with me... I use the headset for YouTubing when the wife is still asleep. OOOooh, now I get it. ...Jim Thompson Follow up. Here's a little hotkey program to switch between the two so you could just leave it plugged in. http://blog.contriving.net/2009/05/0...s-soundswitch/ Here's a sys tray icon version (Windows 7 only) http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1656534 I had a "soundswitch" program on the old machine... a nuisance trying to apply it, when all I want is to grab the headset and answer the call by punching the switch. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On 2012-09-19, Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ideally you want the power-supply contacts to close before the data contacts but usb enumeration is fairly slow so an ordinary 3p2t switch would probably work. But as others have mentioned this is really a software configuration problem (unless you have too few sockets to leave everything connected all the time) -- š‚šƒ 100% natural --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On 2012-09-20, Jim Thompson wrote:
This particular box drops speakers and outputs to a headset anytime it senses the headset., which is just fine with me... I use the headset for YouTubing when the wife is still asleep. I've got an analogue headset plugged into a Y adaptor that it shares with the speakers, when I want "less noise" I just turn the speakers off. -- š‚šƒ 100% natural --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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USB Mechanical Switch?
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:15:29 +1000, Jim Thompson
wrote: I'm going to wear out my USB hub plugging in my head-set for Skype calls, then unplugging to return to PC speakers. Does there exist a simple mechanic switch I could toggle to disconnect the head-set when not in use? ...Jim Thompson Jim, you just need a standard DPDT switch to switch the data lines. -- Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:03:44 -0500, Don Kuenz
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Are you forgetting I have a headset attached? I want the switch equivalent of unplugging the headset. OK, so you need to make/break audio and not USB? That may be a hard nut to crack. Newer PCs seem to sense when an audio connection changes. One way of doing that is to use a phone jack similar to symbol D in this schematic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ck_symbols.png The tip breaks/makes a switch as the plug is inserted/removed. When plug is removed the tip signal lines(s) get(s) connected to an unknown "black box" circuit. Did it this way... http://www.analog-innovations.com/SE...h_Plugable.jpg Hard to see, but there's a pushbutton on top (the white dots between connectors). With only one PC plugged into the output side, the LED only lights when the headset is active. Now to neaten up the desk, then go buy some Montepulciano d'Abruzzo ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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