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General Discussions / Re: Where to connect middle pin of encoder to button adapter?

« on: August 23, 2013, 08:23:29 pm »

That makes sense now, many thanks for your swift response as ever Cristiano, and also thanks for the speed at which you deliver the items when I order stuff, very quick turn around, well done.

(Thanks grum as well for your response). 

Rob.

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General Discussions / Where to connect middle pin of encoder to button adapter?

« on: August 21, 2013, 10:07:55 pm »

Hi,

I'm sure this is a silly question with an obvious answer. The connecting pins on the pro race button adapter are in pairs but the rotary encoders have three pins.

I know it's the middle pin of the encoders that need to go to somewhere else but where on the button adapter?

Many thanks,

Rob.

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General Discussions / Re: Newbie Questions, Connecting Buttons to Pro Race

« on: May 23, 2013, 08:41:15 am »

Ahhh, that's what momentary means! I'll probably order a button adapter and just a few buttons to start with and see how I get on, build up from there.

Thanks for all your help.

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General Discussions / Re: Pro-Race with iRacing

« on: May 22, 2013, 02:43:21 pm »

Hi Snipe,

Have you tried posting in the iRacing forum? If you mean being able to get Pro Race to automatically get shift information for the car used in iRacing then I know of no such capability, although I'm new to the Pro Race myself.

I've been setting my shift lights manually as I usually want something slightly different to the cars shift lights anyway.

regards,

Rob.

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General Discussions / Re: Newbie Questions, Connecting Buttons to Pro Race

« on: May 21, 2013, 09:53:23 am »

Thanks for your detailed reply Cristiano.

I'll certainly be using the button adapter! I think I'll leave the POV switch, all the ones I've found seem to be very expensive for some reason and I don't want to complicate things.

I was talking about on-off-on toggle switches because my wheel already has two toggles on it and they have an up, a central and a down position and it springs back to the central position after each push and this type of toggle is really useful for things like brake bias and engine boost. If I could find the right type of toggle I'd quite like these, but does that mean it would take up the space of two buttons?

As for enclosing the pro race, is it ok to leave the rear of the pro race exposed, I was thinking about dust collecting on the circuitry etc? And if you do enclose the pro race does it need vents for heat dissipation?

Thanks again.

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General Discussions / Newbie Questions, Connecting Buttons to Pro Race

« on: May 17, 2013, 02:47:24 pm »

Hi,

I bought a pro race a few months ago and love it, I now want to add a full range of buttons, toggles and rotary encoders to it to make myself a little dashboard, I would probably buy the button adapter to help me. As I'm new to this though I have a few simple questions.

1. The website mentions a POV 4 way hat switch. Where could I get these from and how would these connect?
2. Toggle switches, again where could I get these from and could I use 'on-off-on' toggles or just 'on-off' toggles?
3. Rotary Encoders, I've not used these before, what things do people usually use these for, for example in iRacing?
4. How would I physically connect these items to the button adapter - by soldering wires to the pins? If so what type of wires would I use?
5. In the columns and rows diagram for the button adapter what do the North South East and West pins refer to and what are they for?

I'm sorry this is a lot of questions for my first post but I like to know what I'm getting into before I buy or start my project!

Many thanks,

Rob.