I know you have those…I need to create a auto script to be notified when the words beta and last chance pop up together 
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But also blacklisting “enertion”
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Nah. The drama is a good reason to take out the popcorn machine 
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Absolutely, yes it can. You can use an ATtiny2313 microcontroller to read the PWM (“PPM”) signal and control it however you wish. I have some C99 code that can help you if you want to try it.
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I know this doesnt help @Flasher atm but the 2nd channel of the mini remote can definitely be used to control the TTL system 
I don’t know for certain about the picoswitch but the product page here makes it sound like a modded mini remote would work.
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I’m dumb at all programming sans basic code logic writing but am down to try for science. Would be beneficial for gt2b users as well for an extra input. Thank you both.
I wonder how a wheel channel would make a switch react. The pico is basically turned on until you click again to turn it off. A wheel in my understanding would act like a “on until you let go”
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Yes, you would set it up in a way such that “roll forward thrice to toggle lights on/off” for example.
You could additionally add a “roll backward to sound horn” if you wanted to.
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In this manner, you mean you could set front roll to act as an on/off switch and have back roll be momentarily on? That would be interesting. But the wheel part still bugs me as it doesn’t fit very well. Feels like it shouldn’t be there for an esk8
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I’d actually prefer that it was a thumbwheel and a trigger. A thumbwheel like a Boosted remote for example, on top instead of on the side with a trigger underneath just like the Mini Remote. And maybe even a third channel switch on the side (on/off rocker switch). But until something like that exists – that supports multiple receivers – and is cheap – and works really well – then the Mini Remote is king in my opinion.
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Ya the picoswitch is activated depending on the pulse width of the reciever’s PWM signal. It will be on when the pulse width is >Xms and off when the pulse width is <Xms.
The mini remote’s wheel channel outputs a PWM signal based on the position of the wheel. So when used with the picoswitch, the switch would most likely be normally open or closed, then when the wheel is turned enough in the right direction the switch would change states. But when you let go of the wheel and it returns to the center position, the switch would go back to it’s default state.
With a lighting controller that reads the PWM signal’s pulse width like the TTL system or an arduino based controller, it’s really up to you how the lights are controlled. You could definitely implement a control scheme like @b264 described.
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Could the wheel pot be exchanged with a clicker? Or this is something the remote would no longer understand and be able to register?
Ya you could mod the remote by ryeplacing the pot with buttons connected to different resistors. That way you could add two buttons and when neither of them is pressed, the remote would think the wheel is in the center potion. When either of the buttons is pressed, the remote would then think the wheel is either turned forward or backward.
To get it working with the picoswitch, you would want to use just one button. When it isnt pressed the wheel position would appear to be turned left, and when it is pressed the wheel position would appear to be turned right. The issue with this though, is that the switch would be momentay (on only when the button is pressed)
So then I would simply have to find a very small latching switch?
Ya that would work with the single button mod
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anyone know what tool is used to adjust throttle trim on APS remote. Will a poorly adjusted trim make the remote behave like the signal is dropping?
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