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| Minwah:
Well if you guys can come up with an .exe program to do whatever you want, it can be launched by Mamewah via a keypress or screensaver activated. More importantly, all FE's could use it :) |
| mccoy178:
I like it. Keep up the good work fellas! |
| Level42:
Haha, glad I stirred some interest here....I think I pretty much summed it up how it should work. That could easily be translated into a flow diagram and into an .exe :) The hardware part.....well it is so easy, there's no real need to explain... Almost all usual motion detectors use 12 V (handy!). So you connect that. Then usualy there is a relay with common, normaly open and normaly closed terminals. Of course we need the normaly open contacts in this situation. Some detectors have normaly closed only, so don't use these.... The contacts will switch for a couple of seconds at least ..depending on motion....shouldn't be a problem... Placing the detector is the most challenging part. PIR's (most common) can be of "curtain" type, or have a pattern with a wide angle. It also depends on when you want the cab to be inviting/challenging you....When you put it fairly low (let's say under your CP) that may work nicely, as it will cover only some meters probably. Remember that PIR's work on infrared (body heat). If the software part lifts off I will do some testing, as I have both PIR and US sensors at hand... We also need some fun samples (I'd like some in the voice of AdvanceMenu....) or screen artwork (a talking head or something ?) |
| jerryjanis:
I think it's a great idea. I don't think I would need any special software. I would just want it to break the computer out of power save mode (which can be done by simply pressing a key), and turn on all the devices through the power strip. If I walk past the machine, the marquee will light up, and the display will power up, and the menu screen will show up waiting for input. |
| RetroBorg:
This sounds like a cool feature, I don't know if anyone here ever played a pinball machine called Centaur, but it used to say every few minutes "CHALLENGE ME". I think that would be really cool to walk past your mame arcade machine and the machine detects your presence and says "CHALLENGE ME", how could you refuse? ;D |
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