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Pi Desktop - control power by button

pepeel

Hi all

I have Raspberry Pi3. I want buy Pi Desktop and connect it with RPI3 and add mSata hard disk SSD. I use it for home automation application. But i have a problem becuase Pi Desktop has own POWER BUTTON. And one problem which i have before buy is that after lost POWER all RPI3+Pi Desktop no start automaticaly when POWER come back. I must click on POWER BUTTON.

Is any chance to configure this to when power lost and when power lost RPI3 worsk , and then when power come back to RPI3 + Pi Desktop start automaticaly ?

Rpi3 without Pi desktop start automatical but power adapter is connected to RPI3 but when use with Pi Desktop powerd adapter is connected to Pi Desktop(and power is transport also to RPI3 by GPIO or USB)

 

I need have auto start rpi3+pi desktop because it is use for home automation and when it not start auto , when power lost and come back my home automation control stop working. But when i am away home i can not power On it by button.

 

Please help me.

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  • Did you ever find a solution to this problem. I just bought a BUNCH of the Pi Desktop cases and SSD's for a project that might involve hundreds more. Assembled the first one and found that you must press the power button to power it on. That is a deal breaker! - I don't even care about a power button. I control the power from a POE switch IF I need to reboot one.

     

    Please help! I may have to hack the boards and simply bypass the entire power circuit.

     

    Are schematics available anywhere?

     

    Mark

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  • Did you ever find a solution to this problem. I just bought a BUNCH of the Pi Desktop cases and SSD's for a project that might involve hundreds more. Assembled the first one and found that you must press the power button to power it on. That is a deal breaker! - I don't even care about a power button. I control the power from a POE switch IF I need to reboot one.

     

    Please help! I may have to hack the boards and simply bypass the entire power circuit.

     

    Are schematics available anywhere?

     

    Mark

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  • in reply to mcheavens

    There are no schematics for this. You'd have to either build your own board, or reverse engineer and try to write your own code for the microcontroller.  If you really don't care about any power control and wish for it to "just run" on power-up perhaps you can hack the circuit, if you manage it, please do document it so that if anyone else has your requirement, they can follow it. The use-case you have isn't the use-case that this enclosure and circuit and firmware were designed for.

  • in reply to shabaz

    Unfortunately, many of us had no idea that it wouldn't auto boot after power loss. I'd like to find a solution for this as well as I got one for my HA controller, but I'm more than happy to prevent it from losing power. No risk of data corruption that way...