fs expo button box with switch/encoder/button | MobiFlight | Page 1

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:17 PM

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I just got around to configuring some hardware in mobiflight this is the beginner class we did on Saturday 1st class. In mobi flight the bottom of the screen where it says what it’s doing everything is backwards
When I press the button is shows “release” and when no longer press it shows ”press” when I flip the toggle switch up it logs 2 things “release and press” and same when flipping the switch down. Also on the encoder when I turn the knob clockwise it logs as encoder 1 left 2 times per time it rotates why is everything backwards ???

round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:21 PM

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Easiest fix is to just reverse the wires on the button to arduino connection

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for the encoder you should also flip the wires, and then play with the encoder type settings in the modules dialog

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:27 PM

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They are soldered on from the class and out into this plug

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One way plug

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round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:40 PM

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Sounds like you configured them backwards in mobiflight modules dialog then? You'll have to reverse the pins in the modules dialog

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:48 PM

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I didn’t configure anything yet

round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:49 PM

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You must have otherwise there would be no log messages and no inputs detected. Look at your Mobiflight Modules dialog, post a screenshot of the configuration for one of the buttons that is acting backwards

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:50 PM

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Sebastian from mobi flight plugged it into his computer and did some things and made sure the leds worked on the buttons I haven’t done anything to this yet

round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:51 PM

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ok. So did it work at the event correctly?

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:51 PM

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We don’t know none of us looked at the log

round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:52 PM

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post a screenshot of your log window with a single button press that you say is reporting its status backwards

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:53 PM

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round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:53 PM

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(You can use WIN+SHIFT+S to take a screenshot and then paste it in discord instead of your phone, makes it easier to read)

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Yes, that's reporting backwards

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send a screenshot of the Mobiflight Modules dialog with that button selected

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:53 PM

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This is me holding the button

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:54 PM

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round gull (You can use WIN+SHIFT+S to take a screenshot and then paste it in discord inste...

This is on a laptop without discord installed

round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:54 PM

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install Discord? 🤣

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:54 PM

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round gull install Discord? 🤣

Not on this laptop 💀

round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:54 PM

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☠️

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:54 PM

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round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:55 PM

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I think your switch has the wires soldered on the wrong way around

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that's my best guess

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@halcyon atlas will have to chime in when he is awake

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:55 PM

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The encoder is the same way as well clockwise is left and vice versa

round gull Jun 28, 2023, 10:55 PM

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I'm not sure what his setup was for the event

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 10:55 PM

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Also the switches this is what it is saying when flipped up

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This is the switch went from bottom to top like turning on a light in the house

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Also with the encoder should it be logging 2 events per rotation? Like trying to move the altimeter one number up ie: from 29.92 to 29.93 it will log twice in mobiflight

round gull Jun 28, 2023, 11:00 PM

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that's just an encoder configuration problem, it's set to the wrong type of encoder in the modules dialog

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I suggest waiting for Sebastian to be awake. He set all this up for the workshop and others had success, I'm not sure what his config was

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 11:01 PM

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Is there a way to wipe the config and re download?

round gull Jun 28, 2023, 11:02 PM

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Yes, but the inverted values seem more a hardware problem

austere sundial Jun 28, 2023, 11:09 PM

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Also something I tried

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We received email with configs i uploaded it and it’s still the same I’m also leaning towards the 2 wires being flip flopped

halcyon atlas Jun 29, 2023, 12:29 AM

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@austere sundial hey my friends! great you're reaching out to us

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first: the encoder pin configuration has to be swapped - we did that in the workshop

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i think it's 28 - 30 but it should be 30 - 28 / encoder type has to be the 2nd option from the drop list

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1 pulse detent (11)

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the buttons - that's weird. they were working well the way they were soldered by me

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i don't think i made a mistake ... but are the wires connected to the outside of the pins that are three next to each other?

austere sundial Jun 29, 2023, 12:33 AM

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halcyon atlas i think it's 28 - 30 but it should be 30 - 28 / encoder type has to be the 2nd o...

Encoder fixed

halcyon atlas Jun 29, 2023, 12:33 AM

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the toggle switches are ON-ON switches

austere sundial Jun 29, 2023, 12:33 AM

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halcyon atlas Jun 29, 2023, 12:34 AM

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so you will see an OnRelease and OnPress at the same time always

halcyon atlas Jun 29, 2023, 12:34 AM

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austere sundial

wires are looking good

austere sundial Jun 29, 2023, 12:35 AM

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Hmm 🤔 red normally closed black common and on the board black on left side red on right side

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halcyon atlas Jun 29, 2023, 12:36 AM

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black is first cable - then red

austere sundial Jun 29, 2023, 12:36 AM

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Yes

halcyon atlas Jun 29, 2023, 12:37 AM

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it is looking correct and for a switch it doesn't matter

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what you can do is to sinply assign OnRelease as if it was OnPresss

austere sundial Jun 29, 2023, 12:40 AM

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Roger that I understand it now ! Thanks!!

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