Posted by c0nsumer on 13, 2000 at 2:48 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Connecting a Happ Trackball AND Spinner to the same KE72-T... posted by Chris on 13, 2000 at 2:08 PM:
: You can not have 2 devices sending data on the same channel at the same time...meaning you couldn't use a trackball and spinner at the same time.
: Data sent from these devices is in binary format and expected in a specific pattern. If you had 2 'active' devices on the same channel you would get some weird results.
: You could wire them all on the same harness, but you should have a switch to turn each device off seperately. Put the switch inline with the +5 wire.
That doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. I'll just switch it... Maybe if I'm feeling adventerous enough I'll try switching with a relay controlled off the serial port or somthing...
-Steve