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Rotating monitor - Yet another take
psychotech:
csa3d, you REALLY need to read weisshaupt and DaOld Man's threads & the wiki on rotating monitor.
See these threads:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=72750.0
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=75411.0
This here build is a semi-automatic that's easily transformed into a fully software controlled solution. I just like to have the mounting / motor / drive system done before diving any deeper... What use is software without the actual mechanism it's supposed to control........................
Shopping list? above links & www.solarbotics.com ..maybe even google :)
DaOld Man:
Mala can turn the monitor for you.
You will have to interface your motor to teh printer port.
Check out the thread about my rotating monitor project, also the one that koz319 did.
Koz319 was working on a mala plugin that would rotate the monitor and the mame screen based on the game's orientation.
I havent heard back from Koz319 in a long time, I hope all is well with him.
I have been trying to learn some C++ and Delphi to make a mala plugin that will do what I want. Loadman has hinted that he would make me one, I may take him up on it.
But for now, the program I have written is to be started instead of mala on power up.
The program (im calling it rotmala.exe now, but that name will change.) looks at which input is made, then sets mala's orientation according to that.
It then starts mala and rotmala ends.
If you are going to interface your motor to the printer port, you will only need two switches, since you will be taking the switches back to the printer port as inputs, rotmala.exe can look at those inputs.
Im at work right now, when I get home I will post rotmala.exe. (Its not finished, but it should work, just gotta put some help screens on it.)
csa3d:
Ok,
Sorry to offend. Believe it or not, I have read both threads in full; both are chock-full of good information. I surely can go through both again, and try to piece together the information needed to make it work. Obviously others with minor electrical background understand better. Ultimately, I was hoping for something as strait forward as something you'd find on Makezine.com, without lots of expanation, and clear steps 1,2,3 etc. Maybe I'm asking for too much. ::)
I can probably figure a lot of it out for myself, and I do appreciate what has been previously put out as public info.
Thanks
-csa
psychotech:
DaOld Man: Yeah, I've been following your progress on the rotating monitor solution, no surprise. Awesome stuff! Totally forgot the Koz319's thread, but have his software etc. downloaded.. just seems that I never get around to even opening those files. Well, probably have to, sooner or later..
And yes please, do post the file. Now that the mount/motor part is more or less taken care of .. it's about time to take a peek at the software solutions too :) Live and learn?
csa3d: NOT! No offence. W(h)ell, I don't understand half the stuff on those threads either and I know I'll have to read them again (and again) if I'm going to make a fully software contolled solution that I understand the workings of. As it is, a semi-automatic solution suits me right at the moment. Full software control is a thing to aim for.. sooner or (probably) later :banghead:
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Yeah, I wish that too from time to time ;D But then again, would this hobby be worth anything if you got all the instructions ready-made for you ..IKEA, anyone? :dunno
Software or not, first you'll need a working mounting solution and drive mechanism anyway, I'd think?
PS. Semi-automatic. Works. Nicely. Progress. Later.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: csa3d on February 21, 2008, 07:41:21 am ---Ok,
Sorry to offend. Believe it or not, I have read both threads in full; both are chock-full of good information. I surely can go through both again, and try to piece together the information needed to make it work. Obviously others with minor electrical background understand better. Ultimately, I was hoping for something as strait forward as something you'd find on Makezine.com, without lots of expanation, and clear steps 1,2,3 etc. Maybe I'm asking for too much. ::)
I can probably figure a lot of it out for myself, and I do appreciate what has been previously put out as public info.
Thanks
-csa
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csa: I'm in the same boat as you. I don't know anything about electronics, motors, voltage, etc. but I definitely want to give this a try. My contribution (when I get around to it) will be trying as best as I can to create a guide for dummies with parts list and everything. First, I think I'm going to follow psychotech's example and just get everything working with a switch - it seems (sort of) easy enough to do. It doesn't seem like it would be too tough to make the jump from that to something that interfaces with the computer for automatic rotation which is my ultimate goal.
Maybe I'm way off but wouldn't you just use the same wires that go into the switch and wire them to the printer port and let software do the rest? I will be using MaLa as my front end - hopefully it will be as easy as installing a plug-in).
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