USB Mechanical Switch?

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

You wouldn't use it for answering a call since you'd set Skype to always use the headset. It's only for redirecting 'PC' audio for when you want that through the headset.

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)

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.

Jim:

USB Cable Color Code:

Red = VCC Wht = DATA 1 GRN = DATA 2 BLK = Ground

Break VCC, switch there.

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.

Steve

Jim,

you just need a standard DPDT switch to switch the data lines.

Did it this way...

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