Turning Pi On and Off

dirtychinchilla · 10 Nov 2016 at 14:09

Hey guys,

How do you manage the turning on and off of your Pis? I'm using mine with Retropie to play games on, but find it very weird about turning on an off.

Easy to turn it off properly or just pull the plug, and then I tend to switch it off at the wall. But then if I switch it back on, it doesn't just start up. I have to pull the plug (micro-usb lead) and then put it back in for it to start.

What's going on?! How do you deal with this?

dirtychinchilla · 10 Nov 2016 at 14:33

why not? Don't they need a rest? I'd rather that converter wasn't running all the time as it puts out a lot of waste heat.

dirtychinchilla · 10 Nov 2016 at 14:44

Fair enough. If I use the shutdown on the Pi, there doesn't seem to be a way to get it to start back up again. I feel like it really does need a power button, but the way the converters work, I believe they'll always be drawing some power. Whilst this isn't a huge concern, I would rather that none was drawn, so I think the best solution is to have a plug that the converter plugs in to and switches on and off.

I've seen plug sockets with remote controls that do this, but whether the Pi would start up again after, I don't know.

dirtychinchilla · 10 Nov 2016 at 14:58

Thanks for the guide. Seems like such a cumbersome solution to be honest. I've just ordered one of these to try:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hot-USB-t...289100?hash=item3ce124480c:g:BQAAAOSw0HVWBnWv

dirtychinchilla · 10 Nov 2016 at 15:40

Not sure how well it will work, but at least I can cut off the power and put it back on without going to the plug socket.

dirtychinchilla · 23 Nov 2016 at 12:50

neodude said:
Get a RemotePi board from Here. I use mine to allow my RasPlex to turn on and off with my other equipment via my Logitech remote. RetroPi is on the cards for the future too.

Nice, thanks for that!

stopper said:
My Pi is powered from a usb on my TV, so when i turn it on/off, the Pi switches with it.
I would have thought doing it this way would be quite common.

Oh man, I think that this is easily the best solution!!

bledd said:
Just leave it on, uses like 2Watts. Probably costs about £1-2 per year to leave on.

Maybe, the transformer definitely gets hot though.