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NEW PRODUCT: Ultimarc ServoStik. 4-8 way joystick with powered restrictor.

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NIVO:
here is a pic of the underside of my panel. Its for reference only just for folks to gauge the idea of how things will fit. The stick is a JLF, andy's is based from JLW. But you get the idea, very tight fit indeed but will work, thanks to the motor and board being able to be mounted left/right/up/down. As you can see from the pic, very close to button nuts for sure.

MacGyver:

--- Quote from: AndyWarne on August 06, 2012, 04:26:27 pm ---The ball tops will fit but the shafts wont unfortunately.

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I have a lot of time and money invested in the lighting, if you have a source for hollow JLW shafts I'd buy 2 ServoStiks today.  ;D
I looked at Ultimarc, Paradise, Arcade.de, GGG, and that place with all the Chinese language PDFs (sorry at work, can't recall the name).  Some have JLF shafts, but I have found none for the JLW. (discontinued in 2009)  :cry:

Nephasth:

--- Quote from: MacGyver on August 07, 2012, 07:21:21 am ---
--- Quote from: AndyWarne on August 06, 2012, 04:26:27 pm ---The ball tops will fit but the shafts wont unfortunately.

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I have a lot of time and money invested in the lighting, if you have a source for hollow JLW shafts I'd buy 2 ServoStiks today.  ;D
I looked at Ultimarc, Paradise, Arcade.de, GGG, and that place with all the Chinese language PDFs (sorry at work, can't recall the name).  Some have JLF shafts, but I have found none for the JLW. (discontinued in 2009)  :cry:

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Right under your nose (a few threads below this at this time)...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,114677.msg1292148.html#msg1292148

Also, if you can't light the balltops, light the dustwashers!

AndyWarne:

--- Quote from: millercentral on August 07, 2012, 12:56:36 am ---I've ordered mine, and while I wait for them I'm fretting over the fit in my tight cocktail control panels. Here's a question.. would it would be possible to mount motor upside down (with standoffs)? I have more room under my sticks then next to them...

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The motor can be located under the stick by simply mounting the stick in that orientation, with the motor at the bottom.

Andy

Mysterioii:

--- Quote from: AndyWarne on August 04, 2012, 06:29:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on August 04, 2012, 10:08:42 am ---You are a madman Andy - that's awesome!  :applaud:
Any way of being able to manually fire the motor to switch for JAMMA setup (i.e. via an outside button)?

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Yes we have alternative firmware which enables the USB cable wires to be connected to a buttons instead, to control switching.

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This looks really cool Andy, but I don't suppose it's configurable for both USB and button control simultaneously?  I have several console emulators in my cabinet, I can envision wanting to have my MAME frontend set up to automatically toggle the controller using the controller info but still might (occasionally) want to manually toggle to 4-way mode if I'm playing some old console game that I think it might be better suited for.  (I know, I could start a big discussion with people that don't think console games are fitting for an arcade cab and should only be played with a gamepad etc., but it is what it is).

I don't know what uC you're using and if you have free GPIO, but here are some features I can see being of use.  If the hardware doesn't support it now perhaps you'd consider it for a future rev.

Software control to command it to 4-way or 8-way (already present) as well as a "soft toggle" to invert the current state.
A software means to query the current state.
GPIO pins configured as input to command it to 4-way, 8-way or toggle whatever the current state is...  available concurrent with the USB control, not instead of it.
GPIO pins configured as output to indicate the current state.

With these features I could for example have MAME automatically set it to 4-way or 8-way as it believes is correct for the current game.  Then I could have a hidden (or not-so-hidden) button on my CP to toggle the state, in case I for example want to try a game with the "incorrect" setup to see how it feels, or if I want to toggle things for a console game.  With the 2 output pins I could for example use a hollow shaft (if/when they're available for this stick) and perhaps have the joystick illuminated blue when in 8-way mode and red when in 4-way mode.  Alternately, indicator lighting could be built into the CP if that's the user's preference or in the absence of hollow shafts.

Just some thoughts sir.  This is very interesting.

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