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Difference between Mini-Pac and Mini-Pac Opti. ?

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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.



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