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Need assitance with mini-cab controls...
conseit68:
Thanks for the assistance thus far. The spinner that I planned on using would be a plain model (not a push/pull), so maybe the mouse hack would work for me. Now, as far as the keyboard hack, I don't believe I am up for that challenge. I was thinking maybe a "minipac" or "keywiz eco 2" but am not sure which one would be more appropriate for my needs...
sc1103:
If you go with the Minipac, you could probably hook the spinner up to it, as it does have a model for trackball support. Im not entirely sure though. If you really wanna check, email Andy and check out the site.
conseit68:
Ok folks...
True to life mini-tron cab is asmost complete within the building process. And I still have the question of which encoder to use...the controls on the panel will be as follows:
1 - standard spinner (don't know who I am going with yet though)
1 - 8 way joy (I am tring to find / make one with a top fire button)
2 - standard buttons
1 - set of admin buttons (would perfer as few as possible)
I would perfer the cheapest route of course on this one as all of my monies are being alloted to the "back to the future" cab. I am hoping that Randy or andy could chime in to this post and send me on a direction, but I know there are a ton more super geniuses here so all help is greatly appreciated.
Tiger-Heli:
Cost will be a wash when you figure in shipping.
Best bets are hacking an IDE cable and using either the minipac for everything - $29 plus shipping (yes, the non-optical board without harness will control the spinner).
or
$10 for the oscar mouse hack for the spinner and $23 for either the KeyWiz Eco 2 or the GP-Wiz 32.
You don't want Andy and RandyT BOTH to chime in, trust me about that!!!