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Announcing U-HID, a new generation of control interface.
Paul Olson:
I think I might need one of these to upgrade the wiring on my modular CP. It works now, but I am currently using 4 encoders so this might be ideal. Most of us that have built modular CPs are using cat 5 for the connections, I guess my only gripe so far would be having 9 pins per section instead of the 8 I can use. I guess I could just use 1 wire from each to make an almost complete 8th port. What other harness options are you planning? I would like to see a harness that has two wires for each pin coming out of the connector; the other end could just be loose wires. That would make it much easier to mirror the inputs at the panel. My CP is pretty wide so I like to have all inputs available on both sides. Would that cause any problems with the analog controls?
The nano looks like a great solution for my pedal panel.
Like u_rebelscum, I am very interested in finding out if these are hot swappable at the device. With my current encoders, I sometimes need to restart the computer to get the new control to work after the swap. It would be really nice if that wasn't a problem.
Please let me know what you are planning for the harnesses as soon as you get a chance. I will (try to) wait to order to try to save from having a separate order shipped.
Thanks,
Paul
Xiaou2:
AWESOME!
mamemaniac:
Andy,
Will this device be available for a ps2 connection and a serial out for us dos users?
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: Blanka on May 22, 2008, 05:08:57 pm ---Can you program it on Windows and does it retain settings when plugged into a Mac? I guess an OSX utility will be unavailable for a while.
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The Config Utility Page mentions that...
--- Quote ---The utility interacts with the board in real time, every time a change is made. The configuration is stored in flash ROM on the board so it remains after power off/on.
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Since everything stays in the flash ROM you should be able to configure it in Windows and use it with OSX no problem.
AndyWarne:
Some answers:
There will be a Mini-PAC-type harness for the longer connector, with all spade terminals. I am considering switching over to the 4mm spade terminals rather than 1/4 inch but this is not a simple changeover as it means changing our other products such as pushbuttons at the same time. Open to feedback on this.
Also a Mini-PAC opto harness for the top row. I think you can see where I am going here: The Mini-PAC will eventually be rolled into this product and will be one common board.
Its quite easy to re-jig the harnesses of course as the wires/contacts can be pulled out of the black housings very easily and we might sell a variety of housings and pre-crimped wires.
About hot-swappable, not sure what you mean here. There is not really any problem hot-swapping controls on any interface. But if you disconnect an analog device from an analog input it will float around and give unpredictable analog output. You would need another config to disable the analog input thats not being used.
A "micro" version is not planned at the moment.
Everything held in flash so you could move across from PC to Mac.
PS/2 and Serial would not come close to being capable of handling what the U-HID is capable of so no plans for these.
Andy
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