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
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> 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.
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> 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?
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 |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
...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 | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
>> 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
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| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@on-my-web-site.com> 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:
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.
>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 |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@on-my-web-site.com> 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.
>> 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.
...Jim Thompson
-- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
>>> 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.
>>>> 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.
The headset is plugged in, but not active. Press the button, they go
active. No grappling to get it plugged in, button on edge of desk.
...Jim Thompson
-- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
>>>> 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.
I already have a "plugable" brand 7-port (powered).
I've spent the week unsnarling cables. Ended up with nearly a bushel
basket of un-needed cables :-)
I guess that's what happens over the years as you just ADD things on
;-)
...Jim Thompson
-- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
>>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 | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
>>>>>>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.
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 |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
On 2012-09-19, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> 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)
On 2012-09-20, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> 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.
The PC might, in rare cases, get annoyed. The USB widget is supposed
to initialize the PC port for device type and current draw. If the
laptop type PC sees your widget as a current draw with no talk, it can
power down the port. I have used a few that do, but most do not.
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@on-my-web-site.com> 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.
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>> 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:
>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.
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 | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
