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General Discussions / Re: Is there a longer connection cable avaiable for Dash Pro and the Button adapter

« on: June 24, 2014, 09:39:56 pm »

Cristiano,

Thank you very much for your help. Really appreciate that!

I'm going to order 10 of the connectors (just to be sure).

I'm also going to order this cable: http://uk.farnell.com/amphenol-spectra-strip/191-2801-110/ribbon-cable-10way-30-5m-28awg/dp/1170217?Ntt=1170217. This is the right cable right? I know it's too long, but then again I can afford to screw up when trying to make a custom cable.

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General Discussions / Is there a longer connection cable avaiable for Dash Pro and the Button adapter

« on: June 07, 2014, 12:02:47 pm »

So,

I succeeded in making my own button box. For the moment I used a see through lunch box to experiment with the button layout and later I'll make the final one with a black hard plastic lunchbox.

However, the cable to connect the Dash Pro and the Button adapter is a little bit short for my setup. I need a cable that's at least twice as long so I can mount the button adapter inside my botton box and you won't see any cables outside.

Cristiano, where can I get a longer connection cable? Is it available in specialized electronic shops or is it custom made by symprojects?

Regards,

Mohammed

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General Discussions / Re: Help needed with connecting buttons to Pro-Race

« on: May 13, 2014, 08:39:29 am »

Cristiano,

Thank you very much for the clear explanation! With that and the schematics on the website and help from my friend I think I can get this working. It looks to be easier than I thought! Hopefully I can show the result soon!

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General Discussions / Re: Help needed with connecting buttons to Pro-Race

« on: May 07, 2014, 08:50:30 am »

Can anyone help me with my question?

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General Discussions / Help needed with connecting buttons to Pro-Race

« on: May 04, 2014, 06:16:29 pm »

Hi all,

I have the Pro-Race dash, the button adapter, several push buttons and several rotary encoders with which I wanted to make my own button box. I also have the 20 pin dual female splittable jumper wire to make connections even simpeler.

I have two questions I want to check with you guys:
First to attach a button to the button adapter, I think I need to do the following: Take two splittable jumper wires. Solder one wire to a contact of the push button. Solder the other wire to the other contact of the push button. Connect the jumper wire to a specific button pin of the button adapter. Can I connect two jumpers to the two pins of one button on the button adapter or do I need to use a specific order? In other words: will it always work as long as I attach both jumpers to the corresponding button-pins on the board or do I need connect a specific jumper to a specific pin? Every button has two pins, so I don't think I can make big faults there I hope (maybe causing a shortage).

The second question is how do I attach the rotary encoders to the button adapter? I know a rotary encoder uses two buttons. I thought I need to solder two wires to both outside pins of the rotary encoder (so each wire to one outside pin). Let's call these wire A and wire C. The middle wire I need to solder two wires to. Let's call these wire B1 and wire B2. Then I can attach two wires to a specific button. So wire A and wire B1 would be connected to both pins of button 3 for example. And wire C and B2 would be connected to both pins of button 4. Is this how it should work or am I completely missing out on something here?