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Sunday, February 05, 2012 |
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Installing a Joystick on a control panel
If you do nothing else, install a joystick. Hopefully you can
learn from my mistakes
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Here's what they look like right out of the box. Please excuse the poor lighting.
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And here's what the back looks like. This is a microswitch model. This was the joystick
that I installed in CPv1.
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The shafts can be removed so that you can install the stick. By removing a washer
and a few screws, you can take it apart entirely.
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Cut a diamond-shaped hole, and then....
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...you can fit the faceplate on top.
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Install the shaft, connect the wires, and then you're done, right?
WRONG! This is an example of how to NOT install a joystick. Of course I had
to learn the hard way.
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A properly installed joystick has five holes--four for bolts to attach the joystick,
and one large one (1 1/8" worked for me) for the shaft to move.
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When attached properly, the floating plastic washer will cover the large hole made
for the shaft. Carriage bolts attach from the top, nuts hold it on from the bottom. Now doesn't that look more
professional? Just like 1981...
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Now there are actually three types of handles shown above, and two types
of chassises. The first few pictures show a european style joystick and
a bat style with a microswitch style chassis. In CPv2 I use a ball style
stick with a leaf switch chassis. These we all purchased from WICO.
Continue onto Anatomy
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