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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Zero_Hour on August 11, 2004, 09:21:25 pm
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Hello, I've been a long time reader of this board, and I am finally starting my project. A big part of this project will involve integrating the controls from a TRON CP.
My question concerns the Tron Spinner. Does anyone know if the stock Optical Encoder Board from a TRON spinner can be wired into an optipac? I ask simply because the TRON optical encoder board has 10 wires coming out of it, which is obviously more than a single player setup on the optipac.
I found the manual for TRON via KOLV, but alas my skills at reading technical schematics are nil.
Is there an easy way to do this, or should I consider replacing the encoder board with one from Happ?
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I made a control panel using a Tron spinner in the past. Do youself a favor and get a happ encoder board (or one from a tempest should work too). You'll make your life much easier for less than $20 and the Happ encoder works perfectly with the tron spinner.
Mike B
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I seem to remember that the stock TRON boards are not compatable, or very difficult to interface.
Oscar (http://www.oscarcontrols.com)'s optical board and mouse interface should be plenty to get it working.
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Thanks for the feedback - order placed!
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There is addtional info here, http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=12805;start=msg100055#msg100055, that you may find interesting.
If you use any optic board other than the original Midway one, you will have to do a little modification to make it fit. What I did with mine is drill a couple new holes through the metal bracket and used some nylon spacers to place the optic board in the proper location with respect to the encoder wheel.
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Thanks for the link - interesting stuff for the more electronically motivated - which is not me ::)
I think I'll have much better luck fitting the OSCAR optic board as opposed to rewiring the origiinal. The pics of your mod are most helpful.
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I've hooked Oscar's boards up to just about everything I could think of that has an encoder wheel, and EVERYTHING (arcade trackballs, trackball hacks, homemade spinners, steering wheels, etc...) has worked PERFECTLY.