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javeryh:

This doesn't bode well for me...  hmmm... if I can't get my Powermate to function properly can I still use the knob on top of a different type of volume control (pot)?  I'm really more concerned about using the knob than using the functionality of the powermate...

whammoed:

FYI:

I'm working on a new product that you can use to control system volume.  You can either hook it up to a keyboard or gamepad encoder and have it send button presses for volume up/down/mute or you can use the parallel port.  Won't be as expensive as the powermate.  I'll have to see if the powermate knob fits on it.

...It will have another cool function related to BYOAC as well.   8)


whammoed:

Also,  there are ways to control system volume with a mouse, so you could also hook up a quadrature encoder to an opti-wiz to control system volume.  The optical ones tend to be expensive, but I'm sure you could make your own by hacking an old mouse.

DaOld Man:


--- Quote from: javeryh on September 30, 2008, 09:41:27 am ---This doesn't bode well for me...  hmmm... if I can't get my Powermate to function properly can I still use the knob on top of a different type of volume control (pot)?  I'm really more concerned about using the knob than using the functionality of the powermate...

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I have took mine apart. it looks like the knob will fit a pot with a flatted shaft (?), a shaft with half the diameter cut out, making it flat on one side.
I may do that with mine too. 40 bucks is a lot for a pot knob  though :timebomb:


--- Quote from: whammoed on September 30, 2008, 10:44:01 am ---Also,  there are ways to control system volume with a mouse, so you could also hook up a quadrature encoder to an opti-wiz to control system volume.  The optical ones tend to be expensive, but I'm sure you could make your own by hacking an old mouse.

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You can control the volume on the touchscreen with Xlobby, but Mountains idea of using the knob is the way i want to go.

JH: you may want to try yours with your jukes PC, judging from what people are saying, it behaves differently on different PCs.
I just tried disabling and re-abling from device manager and that worked.
From what I have been experiencing, that may not work the next time though.


leapinlew:


--- Quote from: DaOld Man on September 30, 2008, 05:33:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on September 30, 2008, 09:41:27 am ---This doesn't bode well for me...  hmmm... if I can't get my Powermate to function properly can I still use the knob on top of a different type of volume control (pot)?  I'm really more concerned about using the knob than using the functionality of the powermate...

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I have took mine apart. it looks like the knob will fit a pot with a flatted shaft (?), a shaft with half the diameter cut out, making it flat on one side.
I may do that with mine too. 40 bucks is a lot for a pot knob  though :timebomb:


--- Quote from: whammoed on September 30, 2008, 10:44:01 am ---Also,  there are ways to control system volume with a mouse, so you could also hook up a quadrature encoder to an opti-wiz to control system volume.  The optical ones tend to be expensive, but I'm sure you could make your own by hacking an old mouse.

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You can control the volume on the touchscreen with Xlobby, but Mountains idea of using the knob is the way i want to go.

JH: you may want to try yours with your jukes PC, judging from what people are saying, it behaves differently on different PCs.
I just tried disabling and re-abling from device manager and that worked.
From what I have been experiencing, that may not work the next time though.


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I've considered hooking mine up to a USB hub, and having a button control the power to the USB hub. This would allow me to conveniently disconnect it. But still...

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