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Difference between Mini-Pac and Mini-Pac Opti. ?
GeoMan:
So, i just wired my Spinner to a basic Mini-Pac i had laying around. The Spinner works, so that means that the basic Mini-Pac supports trackball/spinner connections. ;)
I checked with MouseRate and the average polling rate of the SpinTrak connected through the Mini-Pac is 250Hz. Not bad, but not very good either. My other SpinTrak with it's own dedicated USB circuit reports 500Hz...
I don't know if the Mini-Pac Opti offers better polling rates, but i doubt it...
Nephasth:
So this whole time you haad the hardware in front of you, but were just too lazy to wire it up and find out to begin with?
GeoMan:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on June 11, 2013, 06:16:45 pm ---So this whole time you haad the hardware in front of you, but were just too lazy to wire it up and find out to begin with?
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I had to take out the Spinner from my control panel, solder it to a pin header and risk damaging the spare Mini-Pac or the SpinTrak. I would prefer it if someone knew the answer, instead of experimenting... ;)
Nephasth:
So you'd rather someone else "risk" their hardware? ::)
GeoMan:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on June 11, 2013, 07:24:31 pm ---So you'd rather someone else "risk" their hardware? ::)
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No, but someone could have asked Andy before. I got a reply from Andy a few minutes ago, that you can use the bare-bones Mini-Pac to drive the trackball/spinner if you are willing to make your own harness.