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HI Braeden108, So i put together a small 3 econder panel with mmjoy to chg freq's in the a10 radios. I bought these encoders. http://www.ebay.com/itm/5Pcs-5-Terminals-20-Detents-Points-360-Degree-Rotary-Encoder-Push-Button-Switch-/321900634079?hash=item4af2c5dfdf:g:RtMAAOSwnbZYFH0h When you spin one click simulates a button press. So spin left would be Button 1 and spin right would be Button 2. and one click is one number at a time on the radio. I had to set the timer on how long mmjoy held the activation of the "on" state. Just curious what USB controller you using?

Ya those awesome. Nice work!

So i asked the same question here and i think you might be right on left and right channel here the answer from Andre. having the effect after takeoff might be a bug heard of this acouple of patches ago. it might clear up after the key maybe! https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2673928&postcount=611

Hello "Now, I was wondering if it is possible to remove the 'coming back' so I can release the rocker and the view would stay as is until i use the other side of the rocker to zoom out." EDIT-I use "Zoom in slow" and "Zoom out Slow" and I bound them to 2 keys when I push zoom in and stop it stays where I leave it.

Second Question-Yes there is a y adapter you can pluggin for use with games that you can't use shimshaker with. I would switch back and forth when I was active flyer in IL2-clod from second to main sound card. SO dcs got the second card with buttkicker amp and when i flew CLod i would switch the amp input cord to the main sound card I used for IL2. But you'll feel everything. So if you run TS3 thru same card you feel people talking too. Unless you use a USB headset then that would Isolate the TS3 Problem.

Which buttons are causing issues? Right hand throttle buttons?

C:\Users\YourName\Saved Games\DCS\Config\options.lua IN the Options.lua is where you saved settings you can put the specific rez settings manually there. scroll down to ["graphics"] and you'll see ["Height"] and ["width"] that is the screen size for the monitor.

Awesome! Nice work!

Sokol1, Thanks i am thinking i might order Sprint. It seem common pcb software for here. There are pics all over for Sprint and Fritzing. I have read about file renaming and need for the drill data. Still a little confused but getting there. I am thinking there is no free convertor?

Hello! I am guessing you need Sprint layout program to convert sprint files to gerber files for PCB maker? I am thinking of up loading to OshPark. Answer-Ok i dug alittle deeper and found my answer i need full version of sprint to convert sprint to gerber file. The demo version has the exports function disabled.

Have you seen this thread? https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=160114 http://www.shapeways.com/shops/debolestis I have bought a few parts for my projects. And if he doesn't have it give him some measurements and he probably can draw it up.

Nice work, I like the idea with the 5pin din connector. I have similar ones I got off Ebay. One piece and heatshrink.

WOW! That is cool I learned something today! Thanks for sharing. Of coarse I do have a digital caliper.

Hey Dooom Did you figure out the knee board. I have messed around with the knee board alittle bit but i had help with a post by Alaskangrizzly. I got it to place the kneeboard on my 4th monitor and resized, it but every update i had to go and re amend the kneeboard file so i gave up on the knee board period. Right now my kneeboard, cause i use 3 screens it useless, unless i move it to the fourth monitor. But here's the post i followed to modify kneeboard. And it has nothing to do with the monitor.lua just messing with the kneeboard.lua. And its protected so everything is out the window for online protected servers. https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2203108&postcount=2

You can try Portrait mode with 3 monitors. I have thought about it but it would be custom bracket for some monitors.

Ok i can try that! Thanks

Hello Goblin, so i understand what you are talking about i have the outer pins of encoders connected to diodes going to the BC. And the center pin going to BR. The red wire of my pic are wired to D3,D2 which are buttons rows. And the blue wires are wired to BC with diodes after the encoder out pins on the pcb. I did change the button row assignment from B3,B2 to D3,D2 Trouble shooting to see if i got the same result from other pins. So i get great results with 3 encoders on 1 BR to 6 BC. As soon as I add one more BR for additional 3 encoders for 2 BR 6 BC none of it works. Maybe check out the schematic i m referencing pins off of. I placed the 2 i am using on one pic to show the pins.Red wires attached to pins in red box and blue wires attached to pins in blue box. Thanks for the attention to detail.

@ Mega_Mozg. OK i'll try that Thanks! @ Goblin so the first pic of PCB I marked wrong I wasn't paying attention once i got it delivered and started wiring up I realized my mistake. So i guess technically its wired good for button matrix. So that is the reason on the middle pic i created the home made pcb to combine all the wiring to the BC in one connection to Promicro board.

Interesting! I didn't think about shiftregister with encoders. I still have some cd4021 left over from my throttle project. I like the idea of shift registers. So would you wire the encoder like a regular button to the SR? Ground to center pin and the 2 outer pins to the SR that would give 8 buttons with 4 encoders. One PCB with 4 encoders and a SR on it would be a smaller pcb board and you can daisy chain like your pcbs!

hello again got question about how many encoders can you use? I can get 3 encoders for 6 buttons to work flawless. As soon as add 3 more encoders nothing works. All i did was add the extra BR and added the extra buttons. Mimic what i did with the first 3 encoders. When i take away the extra button row the 3 encoders starts working. Here's the setup. When i move the BR wire to different BR assignments and it work by it self. But can't add a second. The board i made thru Fritzing seems sound i can apply the BR to either side of the board the top 3 or the bottom 3 and it works in VKB Button tester just not all 6 at same time.Heres the board i have made.Previous post. Here is the BC hand made pcb i made to tie the BC together for the other 3 encoders. I have been tweaking the current board to get rid of the second hand made pcb. And extra pins to add more boards to the connection going to the promicro. For adding to the encoder Matrix. I am thinking that i have to much cabling from the 6 encoders to the Promicro for it to run on the first board. Not enough juice to get back to the Promicro. Thanks!

Ok time to share! Got my parts from Shapeways.The white inserts are perfect size the whole that goes on the alps switch was small enough that i could hollow it out alittle bit so it would fit snug on the switch.I would make the insert round on the switch side so it has room to slide down the switch shaft past the small cutout for stability. The Castle hat fits snug over the white insert. For me no screw needed for the insert. Maybe i might add drop of glue to the white insert on the switch side if it starts to get loose. It still is small enough to remove the switch through the plate i made to hold the switch it self.. Thanks Debolestis.

Success! ok thanks for pointing out the pairs went over my head i saw on your list button 25 and 26 not 25 and 31. I tried it in VKB button tester working as it should and in game working good just got to mess with the timer now. Appreciate the help!

@Sokol1 Thanks for the link curious i have 2 version of mmjoy, 2015118 and found this one dont remember where-->20160818 currently i have rebooted the promicro to this later one. Is this the same version just newer as the link that you provided?The version on Rghost is 20160812 I am having trouble getting past browser blocking me from R ghost. I think i got the beta version here. https://sites.google.com/site/mmjoyproject/fajly-dla-skacivania Thanks! AH! i am starting to understand. Thank you Goblin. So i have been messing around with how yours is set up. This makes sense at first when i put 6 buttons in the first row.This is how i have it set up now! I have dropped down to one encoder. I have the problem that it activates both buttons spinning in one direction. It did this on previous version of mmjoy. On VHF am radio panel if i bind button 1 to increase freq by 10 and button 2 decrease freq 10 once i spin the encoder the encoder stay activated till spinning the other direction. Also in MMJoy it alternates between buttons still. Maybe i have the wrong encoder? Thanks!

Hello Sokol1 thanks for the help, sorry i was incomplete in the last post. It is a encoder with center push and 30 detents this here http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-X-Rotary-Encoder-w-Momentary-ON-Switch-30-Detents-/131285778793?hash=item1e913e0169:g:dw0AAOxygPtStlyP I have the encoder wired as pic above from githhub. This is currently how i have the encoder programmed in mmjoy.Which might be my problem. I have tried multiple settings but i get the same results. So i have populated the boxes for 6 encoders as of right now i have one solder on there cause i was trouble shooting a second board. As soon as i up load my settings instantly one button is on. Which would be button 2 and button 4. When i spin the shaft of encoder clockwise button 2 goes out and button 4 lights up.When i spin counter clockwise same thing the 2 buttons alternate back and forth. I was under the impression the encoder is normally off and when you twist the shaft you get a brief connection to initiate the button press. The setup i was hoping for is you spin the encoder shaft one direction is button 2 and the other direction is another button 4. But the encoder alternates the buttons in both directions. When i go into DCS my 6 encoder is populated in the controller panel i can assign button 4 which is clockwise spin of encoder. I assign it to change radio VHF am freq its idle till i spin the shaft then it moves the number up but does stop cause it appeares the button press is always one as pic at the top. Hence the "on off on off" statement, but i need "off on off on". Appreciate the help hope i made sense cause i am still alittle confused my self. But it works but is backwards

Is there a specific rotary encoder to use with MMjoy? I have bought a few on ebay and when i wire them up one button is constant on and when i spin the knob either direction they alternate between the 2 buttons on,off,on,off.So iam thinking i have encoders that our normally on. Or is it possible i have configured mmjoy wrong? So currently i have mount 6 encoders to a board i have made in Fritzing and upload to OshPark.. Please disreguard the BC and BR marks at the right side of the board I marked them wrong But i pretty sure its wired correctly. Heres a JPG just to give idea on how its built. Then how would I program mmjoy is there a eample i can use. Thanks!