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Making Light gun Removable(solved)

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Sasquatch!:
Cool!

Chris:
THe Act-Labs cable has 8 wires, so I used an RJ-45 connector. Note, however, that the calibration switch is normally closed, and is opened to go into calibration mode; thus, if you disconnect the gun, the system goes into calibration mode!  So you can make the gun removable, but you can't play with the gun removed...

--Chris

Brad Lee:
If youve got rj45 plugs and a crimper, just take a single strand of awg22 or -24, loop it betwen the pins needed to close the calibration circuit, and crimp away

Kinda like a homemade loopback plug

AX:
excellent Idea!  Do you remember what color wire it is?

Chris:
I had thought of that.  However, since I don't intend to play without the guns connected, I wasn't too worried about it.  If I did anything to account for it, I'd probably put in a VGA switch instead to route the video signal around the control box; this would also be useful for setting BIOS options and such.

--Chris

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