Hacking Pole Position wheel to USB?

[shorthair]

I just got this Pole Position wheel and wanted to make it usb compatible.  I guess I could do a mouse hack, right?  Well, I happen to have this PC wheel with pedals and would like to hack this for use with the PP wheel.  Note, in the picture below, the PC wheel appears to use a small pot (in green), with two wires coming off it to the board.  Can I just connect these to the PP wheel?

[Texasmame]

Just do the mouse hack to the PP wheel.

I mean, no need to go reinventing the wheel!!!

 

[Havok]

Just do the mouse hack to the PP wheel.

I mean, no need to go reinventing the wheel!!!

 

 

[Kremmit]

Sorry, but PC wheels with potentiometers do not mix with 360 degree arcade wheels with optical encoders.

If you post a pic of the existing optics on your PP wheel, we'll see what you have to do to get it hacked to a mouse.  There are two varieties of PP optics, one version hacks easily, the other pretty much requires a replacement optic.

[shorthair]

Okay.  So, originally, I didn't have the PP wheel, just showed a picture of the auction, but now I have it.  My camera is she-ttae, so you can't see how dingy it is.  I just cleaned it up, so that it wasn't nasty to use, but other than that, that's it.  The board was sent detached - it's pretty grimy, too - and will see how it works, but may end up just getting one of those new boards that fixumdude has....if he still has any. (This isn't necessarily an ambitious project, but I may put it up on that board.) In any case, here's the photos...

[Kremmit]

That's the easy one.  Pin assignments are as shown in the attached pic, which I shamelessly stole from another recent post.  I have a matching optic hooked up right this second, and can confirm those are right.

[shorthair]

THANK YOU.   You're wonderful.

[janey]

I still don't understand how to go about hooking up my wheel ??/
 and where can i get car simulator games

[leapinlew]

I still don't understand how to go about hooking up my wheel ??/
 and where can i get car simulator games

 

keep reading janey. I doubt you'll get anyone to give you step by step instructions. Unless Janey is long for Jan and your some sort of super chicky who likes video games. I think we all know that the only girl who likes video games is Ms. Pacman and she has a kid already.

[BobA]

I still don't understand how to go about hooking up my wheel ??/
 and where can i get car simulator games

 

keep reading janey. I doubt you'll get anyone to give you step by step instructions. Unless Janey is long for Jan and your some sort of super chicky who likes video games. I think we all know that the only girl who likes video games is Ms. Pacman and she has a kid already.

Janey/Janet seems to be used in Janey's messages so be nice leapinlew. 

Janey has been working on getting into on a sitdown driving cab since January.

To quote an earlier message.
"I want to build an acrade with bucket  seat , peddles , steering wheel
I bascically want all car racing games i can install.
 Cam any one help me design one?"

So lets point her in the right direction. Here is a start.

Coder's Driving Cab Link

Timoe's Driving Build Link

markrvp's Driving Cab Link

unclet's Mamey Award Cab Link

BobA

[FrizzleFried]

I still don't understand how to go about hooking up my wheel ??/
 and where can i get car simulator games

 

keep reading janey. I doubt you'll get anyone to give you step by step instructions. Unless Janey is long for Jan and your some sort of super chicky who likes video games. I think we all know that the only girl who likes video games is Ms. Pacman and she has a kid already.

Janey/Janet seems to be used in Janey's messages so be nice leapinlew. 

Janey has been working on getting into on a sitdown driving cab since January.

To quote an earlier message.
"I want to build an acrade with bucket  seat , peddles , steering wheel
I bascically want all car racing games i can install.
 Cam any one help me design one?"

So lets point her in the right direction. Here is a start.

Coder's Driving Cab Link

Timoe's Driving Build Link

markrvp's Driving Cab Link

unclet's Mamey Award Cab Link

BobA

You smooth talker you...

[Kremmit]

You interface your wheel to an Opti-Pac, Opti-Wiz, Mini-Pac, or a hacked computer mouse.  You'll connect wires from the pins that are labeled in the above picture to the appropriate terminals on your device.  Once you've picked your interface device, it'll have the correct terminals labeled for you.  It's really not that hard once you do it, it's only 4 wires.