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From: mrp@cre.canon.co.uk (Martin Portman)
Subject: Re: TM Sprint Pedals
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:27:09 GMT
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: %   I'm considering buying the Sprint at a local store. Does anybody use
: %   the wheel with CH Pedals? I'd like to know for sure that I can yank
: %   the Sprint pedals (which, to put it mildly, don't look very
: %   impressive) out and plug my existing CH set in. Are there any hidden
: %   surprises or custom TM stuff I should know about?

: I should work with the CH pedals.  However, if the pedals are mapped to
: the same axes as the paddles, you will lose the use of the paddles.  You
: should be able to calibrate the pedals (but do not press the paddles
: during calibration or you will more than likely lose the pedals).

i have the TM FormulaSprint, which is (i believe) the uk name for the
Sprint wheel.  some time ago i attacked it with a soldering iron to
put the pedals on separate axes (sp?).  here's some info that may help
you (i dont know anything about the CH pedals.)  in the rewiring i
lost the operation of my paddles, and now have a 3 axis system, which
is ok for gpl, but really confuses gp2.

each pot in the pedal base has 3 wires coming off it, and all 6 wires
go to the connector which is a 6 pin connector (same as a small pc
keybord one).  there's no clever wiring done in the pedal base.

on the wheel unit side of things, only 2 wires (+earth) from the 6
make it into the picture.  all the wiring up of the pots in parallel
to give single axis control is done inside the connector.

so i guess if you want to use CH pedals for separate axis things, it 
wont work straight out of the box.   for single axis control, things 
should work, if the  connector specs. are the same.

martin.
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