Re: Contact closure

["Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx>]

There a re much more way of doing this..

on a old pc, using the Lpt1 port printer ready input could alos do th
trick..

thye same on the serial 1 port terminal ready pin could also be used..

I didnt put it on the first post cause you want to use your standart pc to
do the job...and most new pc dont have those port anymore..




"B?gus Excepti?n" <pat.trainor@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de groupe
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> Petem,
>
> This is fiendishly simple... Perfect!
>
> I was already doing all the rest (110vac relay and all), but shorting
> a 'Fire' button is really clever. Nobody else thought of that! :)
>
> pat
> :)
>
> On Jun 2, 4:50 pm, "Petem" <petem...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> You have a cheap and dirty way of doing this...
>>
>> if you have a simple joystick connected to your computer you could use
>> the
>> trigger button to trig a action in a software..
>>
>> cheap usb joystick are sold below 5$
>>
>> use a 110 volt relay connected in place if the 110 volt light bulb in the
>> detector system and use one of the contact of the relay (n.o.) as the
>> signal
>> to close the trigger button in the joystick i am sure you can find ready
>> made routine in .net to monitor a joystick...
>