Smart Control Stip and Raspberry Pi, not enough power draw

[jimd0586]

So I bought a smart strip to run my arcade with retropie. Plugged my speakers and monitor into the slave inputs and the pie into the control device socket. Pie powered up and I figured that the other two devices would as well. Turns out, even after adjusting the strip, the Pi doesn't draw enough power to trigger the other devices to come on even after adjusting the strip to the max. Anything I can do to have the other devices slave to my pi on this? The ultimate plan was to install a power button and put in the script. The just press the button turning on the pi and then having that power draw trigger the other devices (monitor and speakers). Power button hasn't come in yet... it has a light in it, but even with that I believe the power draw will still be negligible.

Any advice would be great.

[glennlake]

@jimd0586 I have read that it is possible to increase the power output of the Pi USB but I have never tried it. Here is the link to an article about it. https://www.hackster.io/idreams/boost-usb-current-in-raspberry-pi-a1531d I would be careful as the Pi will draw more power from your supply and may overheat.

[jimd0586]

Thanks @glennlake . I too am worried I might overheat my pi. I have heatsinks, but that is about it. I decided I will plug my Monitor into the control socket and the Pi into "Constant", speakers into the slaved sockets. I am going to install a power button onto the pi and the monitor has auto sleep mode. So when the pi is turned on the screen comes on and that triggers the speakers. When I turn off the pi, the tv goes into low power mode, shutting down the speakers. That's my plan anyway.