A power button for a game console is fed 12v at all time, when the button is pressed down to a fixed down-state the voltage drops to 0 (short-circuit i guess) and the game console powers on. I have a Remote Relay switch (SPDT) (like a garage door opener) that i have piggy-back wired on the solder points of the power button whereas when the remote controller is switched on it feeds Ground(GND) to the positive leg of the power button making short circuiting and keeping voltage down at 0 and powering up the console.
But that renders the actual physical power button on the game console itself useless whilst the Remote Switch Relay is active. I can only use one at a time.
Does anyone might know a way to have them both working at the same time, or to make the physical power switch primary, overriding the remote control when pushed somehow?
The relay gets GND from the GND Pin of the Power Button and is connected to COM on the relay. Then from the relay (NO) Normally open to the positive 12v pin on the power button so that when the relay switch is turned on it feeds the 12v pin with gnd and the console turns on.
Thanks for any input!
