Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:59 pm
Your horse is doing the wiring for you?Bangbangduck wrote:Moved my horse to a new stable today so nothing has happened with the wiring of the key pad.
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Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 5:04 pm
indeed but he's been hoofing around again 
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Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:15 pm
Well, that explains why you're building this out of spare odds'n'ends.. as a friend once told me, "Poverty is owning a horse"..Bangbangduck wrote:Moved my horse to a new stable today so nothing has happened with the wiring of the key pad.
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:33 pm
When I've broken him in to the cart just watch the odds n sods I use then "scrap iron, scrap iron"
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Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:45 pm
Hi All
Please don't get excited. Nothing is happening
RL is in the way at the moment. Cleaning, a gift, full horse harness and prepping the winter field at the new stables.
I see that with the release of 1.80 the number keys have been coded as independent of the F1 - F8 keys. This is 'most bodacious'
Looking at the key matrix now it will be even easier to 'knock up' keypad groups with simple wiring. All that is required is to create a suitable key.plist to suit or use the key config within 1.80. So I will be completing this first pad, and the stick/throttle controls, then (If it all works) look to getting some cheap USB keyboards to hack in a similar fashion. USB is much more flexible, and simpler to implement, in having more than one keyboard attached to your PC.
All the best chaps
BBD
Please don't get excited. Nothing is happening
RL is in the way at the moment. Cleaning, a gift, full horse harness and prepping the winter field at the new stables.
I see that with the release of 1.80 the number keys have been coded as independent of the F1 - F8 keys. This is 'most bodacious'
Looking at the key matrix now it will be even easier to 'knock up' keypad groups with simple wiring. All that is required is to create a suitable key.plist to suit or use the key config within 1.80. So I will be completing this first pad, and the stick/throttle controls, then (If it all works) look to getting some cheap USB keyboards to hack in a similar fashion. USB is much more flexible, and simpler to implement, in having more than one keyboard attached to your PC.
All the best chaps
BBD
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:57 pm
Ok, enough lollygagging! you have had 2 week off now.. time to get back to work!!!! lol just kidding, any progress?
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:20 pm
Hi Spud
Not as yet. Just got to add the Y matrix interlink wires then attach the switch PCB to the Matrix PCB. RL is playing havoc with all the fun stuff. Not to mention I'm a digit down, it's still attached, due to my horse being a total knob when I was trying to put sun cream on his nose. Sprained the 2nd joint of my right hand 3rd finger. It bloody kills!
Ah the joys!
Not as yet. Just got to add the Y matrix interlink wires then attach the switch PCB to the Matrix PCB. RL is playing havoc with all the fun stuff. Not to mention I'm a digit down, it's still attached, due to my horse being a total knob when I was trying to put sun cream on his nose. Sprained the 2nd joint of my right hand 3rd finger. It bloody kills!
Ah the joys!
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:47 pm
see there ya go trusting something that has a mind of its own. no throttle control and the steering isnt exactly direct...
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 2:40 pm
You've met the wife?!?!?!
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Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:39 pm
Not for the first time, it occurs to me, that it's probably a very good thing that most wives would have no interest in reading this forum..
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 5:24 pm
You're lucky I'm not anyone's wife yet, thenDiziet Sma wrote:Not for the first time, it occurs to me, that it's probably a very good thing that most wives would have no interest in reading this forum..
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:38 pm
Well, I did say "most"..
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:32 pm
"Ha ! I laugh at danger and drop ice cubes down the vest of fear."Diziet Sma wrote:Not for the first time, it occurs to me, that it's probably a very good thing that most wives would have no interest in reading this forum..
BBD Sitting with laptop turned safely away from 'The Wife'
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:38 am
mines an "EX" so i dont care if she reads this... assuming she can read.... which im not so sure about.....
Re: I may be going slightly mad.......
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:26 pm
Talking of EX.. My bloody Xbox pad has just gone EX!
Havin played around with trying to install ati/amd graphic drivers on my ubuntu laptop, which buggered it up with an endless startup loop followed by my delight at successfully installing Crunchbang 64bit, which wouldn't previously for some unknown reason BUT it has, all on it's tod, installed the radeon drivers as well for an improved visual smoothness..........takes a deep breath.........so I installed the 64 bit Oolite-trunk 1.81 plugged in my pad and it didn't work!!!!!!
It is an old pad so the failure is probably normal for it's age. BUT it is fixable. Where the usb lead enters the grommet at the pad end there is a definite crease where the fault is most likely to be. So I'll be cutting and splicing it back together.
BBD
Havin played around with trying to install ati/amd graphic drivers on my ubuntu laptop, which buggered it up with an endless startup loop followed by my delight at successfully installing Crunchbang 64bit, which wouldn't previously for some unknown reason BUT it has, all on it's tod, installed the radeon drivers as well for an improved visual smoothness..........takes a deep breath.........so I installed the 64 bit Oolite-trunk 1.81 plugged in my pad and it didn't work!!!!!!
It is an old pad so the failure is probably normal for it's age. BUT it is fixable. Where the usb lead enters the grommet at the pad end there is a definite crease where the fault is most likely to be. So I'll be cutting and splicing it back together.
BBD