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Anyone made a auto 4way/8way switching joystick?

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mgb:

--- Quote from: Epyx on August 08, 2010, 06:58:04 pm ---Auto would be great. If the Mag stick were  a better 8-way, it's solution would be fine but for now I don't mind my Sanwa JLW and bottom rotating restrictor...it does a great 8 way and a great 4 way. All I do is open the coin door and reach up and rotate.  Really only for Robotron or Crazy Climber type games the rest of the time the left stick is perma 8 way and right is set to 4 way.  

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Hey Epyx,
 Thats the same thing I'm doing with my new control panel. I don't want 3 joysticks so instead I'm using 2 JLW (Great sticks) and just keeping the player 2 one set for 4-way.
I'm pretty much the only one using the game anyway so it works

Epyx:

--- Quote ---Hey Epyx,
 Thats the same thing I'm doing with my new control panel. I don't want 3 joysticks so instead I'm using 2 JLW (Great sticks) and just keeping the player 2 one set for 4-way.
I'm pretty much the only one using the game anyway so it works
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Agreed, they are great sticks...my favourite, and I have tried a lot. I also like the configuration (player 2 in 4 way)...easy enough to change it for the odd game that requires 2 8 ways (fighters which I don't play a lot anyways or of course the ones I  mentioned already!).

ranma:
For anyone interested I just finished a prototype for my idea with servos and works very well, I'm very happy with the result.

From the software side I used either xset command or ledcontrol on Linux, both work good to turn on and off the scroll lock key. That I use it to drive a relay via a transistor, so that it consumes 5mA. The relay switches between two different resistance paths for the 555 circuit to send the different pulse sizes, which correspond to two different servo positions and thus, the 4/8way positions on the joystick.

It really works very well, and I like the servo corrects the position if it moves for any reason. I'll have to test it further and put it into stress now.

Bender:
^^  show us, show us!!!

ranma:

--- Quote from: Bender on August 16, 2010, 06:48:18 pm ---^^  show us, show us!!!

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Ok, just remember it's a quick prototype...  ;)

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