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shorthair:
I really like Mountain's admin panel, but for a volume knob, I decided to go with a Griffin usb deal.
Zebidee:
Sick of keyboard drawers and cables caught in doors? Try an external USB port!
This evening i made a decision. I whipped the coin mech out of the 4 player galaxy cab, replaced the metal plate with a piece of craft wood cut to size. Cut a hole for a large credit button (where the coins used to go!),
and another hole for a USB port (in the former coin return). Painted it (first coat). got my soldering iron and other stuff together and ready. painted another coat.
While that was drying I got a new USB female end (you can buy from a hobby electronics store), and fixed it
to a small piece of plain unflashed PCB by pushing the connections through some pre-drilled holes in the PCB (I got this idea from an xbox USB hack). I got my USB extension cable, hacked the female end off and
resoldered the wires to the new female end. Tested it with PC (OK). Painted third
coat on face plate. Called girlfriend, went shopping.
Attached USB to faceplate (screwed PCB to small piece of wood, screwed wood to faceplate), fitted new faceplate (paint just dry!) to cabinet. Very Happy! Drank beer :)
Can post photo when camera battery recharges ...
cheers, zeb.
shorthair:
Sure, you can have the keyboard externally accessible, though you have to stash it somewhere. However, what I'm not understanding is, why change the female ends?
Zebidee:
Really, it's up to you where you stash your keyboard. You could keep it inside your cabinet (I do). But when I need it, I just pull it out and plug it in. I use a keyboard with two USB ports in it, and plug a marble mouse into one of those for windows.
You need to change the female end, because a normal USB cable end isn't easily mountable (actualy, I had it mounted with some gaffa tape previously, but this looks better). Mine looks just like a USB port on a PC or other device.
shorthair:
No, I don't at all understand what you're doing there. You have a port mounted. You have something you want to plug into it. What else would there be to do? Or are you implying the keyboard is PS/2 and you hacked a usb jack onto it?
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