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I guess ill call it the black and red plague....??
willybeamish:
I also have the factory gas pedal with the micro switch still in tact. I was wondering if there is any way to still use this ?? I dont plan on getting a steering wheel but it would still be cool to have the pedal work and use the X gaming joystick to steer.
willybeamish:
I was wondering about a power switch and what you guys do for the monitor power on switch? It would obviously be under glass and once its in I dont really wanna pull the glass everytime I turn this beast on :dunno
drventure:
For the monitor, just be sure to get a monitor or TV with a "power resume" function.
Basically, you want the monitor to "come back on" when power is restored.
Then you plug the monitor into a smart power strip that turns on EVERYTHING when the PC is turned on.
That way, all you have to worry about is a switch to turn the pc on, and you can use any ol' switch for that.
Here's the one I used in my cab
(ok, so that one +does+ take a little more effort to use as a pc switch, but any momentary pushbutton will do in reality.
PL1:
--- Quote from: willybeamish on September 23, 2012, 08:49:11 pm ---I also have the factory gas pedal with the micro switch still in tact. I was wondering if there is any way to still use this ?? I dont plan on getting a steering wheel but it would still be cool to have the pedal work and use the X gaming joystick to steer.
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You can easily wire the pedal in parallel with one of the player buttons.
Why not add a TT2 with optional 7" steering wheel? Several threads around here about the Tankstick TT2 mod including here and here.
--- Quote from: willybeamish on September 23, 2012, 09:20:45 pm ---I was wondering about a power switch and what you guys do for the monitor power on switch? It would obviously be under glass and once its in I dont really wanna pull the glass everytime I turn this beast on :dunno
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If your monitor/TV doesn't switch on using a smartstrip, you can use a DPST or DPDT switch like this. (You add the green switch and red wires to the existing circuits.)
Remember that the dotted line between the two switch levers in the diagram is only mechanical, not electrical.
The TV and computer circuits are mechanically connected, but electrically separate.
If you are worried about modifying the board, you could scrape back a little insulation and use micrograbber clips to connect.
Scott
willybeamish:
--- Quote from: PL1 on September 24, 2012, 01:28:44 am ---
--- Quote from: willybeamish on September 23, 2012, 08:49:11 pm ---I also have the factory gas pedal with the micro switch still in tact. I was wondering if there is any way to still use this ?? I dont plan on getting a steering wheel but it would still be cool to have the pedal work and use the X gaming joystick to steer.
--- End quote ---
You can easily wire the pedal in parallel with one of the player buttons.
Why not add a TT2 with optional 7" steering wheel? Several threads around here about the Tankstick TT2 mod including here and here.
--- Quote from: willybeamish on September 23, 2012, 09:20:45 pm ---I was wondering about a power switch and what you guys do for the monitor power on switch? It would obviously be under glass and once its in I dont really wanna pull the glass everytime I turn this beast on :dunno
--- End quote ---
If your monitor/TV doesn't switch on using a smartstrip, you can use a DPST or DPDT switch like this. (You add the green switch and red wires to the existing circuits.)
Remember that the dotted line between the two switch levers in the diagram is only mechanical, not electrical.
The TV and computer circuits are mechanically connected, but electrically separate.
If you are worried about modifying the board, you could scrape back a little insulation and use micrograbber clips to connect.
Scott
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Great idea on the steering wheel ill have to see what side work I get this week ahhh money. And as far as the pedal goes..your saying wire it up with the dual stick setup aka wire it to one of the buttons and map the "gas" to that particular button?
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