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Tron Spinner Question
Zero_Hour:
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?
exibar:
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
MinerAl:
I seem to remember that the stock TRON boards are not compatable, or very difficult to interface.
Oscar's optical board and mouse interface should be plenty to get it working.
Zero_Hour:
Thanks for the feedback - order placed!
OSCAR:
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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