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Need info on REBIRTH-style 3 panel rotating CP

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horseboy:
 :laugh2:

PoDunkMoFo:
I think you will have much better luck going swapable.  Trying to get a rotating control panel to work in a factory cab without major re-construction would be next to impossible.  Just use one plug for the swapable panels that way it would be easy for your wife to make the change.

Lilwolf:
Swappable is nice for many reasons... Find a special deal on a weird controller?  Want both a tempest and an arkanoid spinner.  Want to have a dedicated control panel JUST for asteroids?

But you have to deal with a connection issue.  I have rewired my cab more times that I can imagine.  There are some simple (multiple db25 serial cables... male side on one side... female on the other... and you can buy db25 f-f cables later when you only want more control panels).  But the wires in the cable not easy to use.  I ended up with a hotswap with tacswitches I made.  So I just drop a control panel in and its connected... nice but not super easy.

Then you have software issues.  I haven't found a good frontend that can deal with filtering based on control panel well.  I wrote my own a while ago, but not having time to update it to make it stable for others...

But I think you have a lot more / different problems with rotaries..  Get it look nice at the end... make sure the controls fit.  Same software problems, but easier to pick a game, then pick the control panel. 

Anyway, good luck and post pictures if you go with a rotary

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