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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Darkstalker on October 29, 2002, 04:37:46 pm
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My Happs Optical just arrived via UPS, and looking at the optical connector, I was expecting a 15 pin interface to use with Druid's board, but instead it's only a 4 pin. Anyone work with these yet? I've got a KE72 for the encoder that I'm going to use, and I do have the optional trackball interface.
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According to the manual the interface board is for the mechanical version NOT the optical version of the rotary joystick. The optical version looks like it interfaces like a spinner but not seeing the circuit diagram I am only guessing that that is what the 4 wire interface is for.
Link to rotary interface board.
http://members.rogers.com/druins22/ls30/RotaryManualREV3.pdf (http://members.rogers.com/druins22/ls30/RotaryManualREV3.pdf)
BobA
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According to the manual the interface board is for the mechanical version NOT the optical version of the rotary joystick. The optical version looks like it interfaces like a spinner but not seeing the circuit diagram I am only guessing that that is what the 4 wire interface is for.
Link to rotary interface board.
http://members.rogers.com/druins22/ls30/RotaryManualREV3.pdf (http://members.rogers.com/druins22/ls30/RotaryManualREV3.pdf)
BobA
Doing a bit more research myself, Ultimarc has a pic on the optical pinout of the Happs joystick here:
http://www.ultimarc.com/optipac4.html (http://www.ultimarc.com/optipac4.html)
It looks like I would need to wire each rotary to a seperate analog interface, X axis for P1, and Y for P2. I'm thinking it also has the benefit of allowing me to use a mouse in windows by rotating the joysticks, kinda like an Etch-A-Scetch...heh
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My Happs Optical just arrived via UPS, and looking at the optical connector, I was expecting a 15 pin interface to use with Druid's board, but instead it's only a 4 pin. Anyone work with these yet? I've got a KE72 for the encoder that I'm going to use, and I do have the optional trackball interface.
You confused optical with 12way. An optical used an encoder disc, like a spinner. A 12way is positional.
So oyu hook up an optical like a spinner and a 12way with the druin interface.
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You confused optical with 12way. An optical used an encoder disc, like a spinner. A 12way is positional.
So oyu hook up an optical like a spinner and a 12way with the druin interface.
That's what I was thinking, that I wouldn't need Druin's board with the optical. Thanks for confirming it :)