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buges:
Here we go 1st post n all that!!!!.....

Im in the middle of converting my cab to rotate my monitor. i would like to have a motor rotate the monitor from H to V & visa versa with a motor witch would get the signals to the relay for the motor from arcade os using Ltp1:

so had anyone got an auto rotating monitor working with arcade os??

if so pls could u share how u did it.

what type of motor?
the relay curcit for the cut offs
& the interface to drive the relay curcit from arcade os..

thanks in advance

Buges
mmmPeanutButter:
Theres a guy in Germany who put a rotating monitor in his cab.  He was lucky, cause he already had the mechanism (from another game).  I think the type of motor you are looking for is called a stepper motor (correct me if I' wrong."  Check out this site for additional information.  The advantage of stepper motors is that you can specify the amount of rotations, that way you get either horizontal or vertical.

I'm building my cab with a manual rotating monitor... the motor drive will be a future "tweeking" after my hands get sore from playing.
spidermonkey:
I will be using a garage door operator. Not just the moter but the whole unit. (that is except for the boom) The cheap sears units are perfect but any kind will work. The reason why these would be perfect is because you would be able to adjust how far the monitor rotates by using the open and close limit switches. You adjust them by turning the two screws and you could rotate the monitor either way with one of these. Another benefit is that you would be able to actuate it with a battery powered transmitter (remote) otherwise known by homeowners as a "clicker".  How cool would it be to rotate your monitor using a hand held remote ? I say very cool. I install garage doors and electric operators so I get tons of old ones that work fine and if they are broken I just fix them. If anyone is interested in one of these to moterize their monitor I could set them up with a fully working unit and a brand new handheld remote or even a keyswitch or keypad for like $50.00 plus shipping. If a keypad was used you would have to enter a code to activate the rotation. I also have keychain remotes. I haven't started my third cab yet as I am finishing up on my second but my third cab WILL have a moterized monitor and I'll definately be using one of these to do it.
REBIRTH:
Motor would be cool.  I went with a manual turning monitor and have no problems with it.  Takes no more than 3 seconds to rotate.  If you go to my webpage (which is being biult) and then click the link to my "old" web page, you'll see a bit of what I did.  You may want to look there for an idea of what you may be able to incorporate into your build - most of the dynamics would be similar to what I did I would think, just with a motor on it.  Hope you get it working, would love to see the final product!
mahuti:
Can you show a diagram of how you plan to do it? Some kind of gear drive?

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