Mouse question

Has anyone actually looked into a mouse and established the spec?
Specifically, how many slots in the wheel go by for a full screen move
of the cursor at various settings in the GUI, (round numbers)

I am trying to integrate a BowFlex with a PC via the mouse port and I
am trying to get close on how many slots I need on the disk that I put
on the main pulleys. I understand I will still need a way to stop the
pulses to get the effect of picking up the mouse and recentering (a
switch in the IR circuit) but I was just trying to get a head start on
the speed.

wrote:
Has anyone actually looked into a mouse and established the spec?
Specifically, how many slots in the wheel go by for a full screen move
of the cursor at various settings in the GUI, (round numbers)

I am trying to integrate a BowFlex with a PC via the mouse port and I
am trying to get close on how many slots I need on the disk that I put
on the main pulleys. I understand I will still need a way to stop the
pulses to get the effect of picking up the mouse and recentering (a
switch in the IR circuit) but I was just trying to get a head start on
the speed.

While I have never counted the slots, I periodically take my 6 or 8 apart
for internal cleaning and they are all different slot number wise.
Some have very few, comparatively, and some quite a lot.
I'd say anywhere from 50 to 100.
Most have single slot sensors and some have dual sensors.
Your best bet is to count yours and make the BowFlex the same.

On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 12:55:45 -0600, Paul in Houston TX
wrote:

wrote:
Has anyone actually looked into a mouse and established the spec?
Specifically, how many slots in the wheel go by for a full screen move
of the cursor at various settings in the GUI, (round numbers)

I am trying to integrate a BowFlex with a PC via the mouse port and I
am trying to get close on how many slots I need on the disk that I put
on the main pulleys. I understand I will still need a way to stop the
pulses to get the effect of picking up the mouse and recentering (a
switch in the IR circuit) but I was just trying to get a head start on
the speed.

While I have never counted the slots, I periodically take my 6 or 8 apart
for internal cleaning and they are all different slot number wise.
Some have very few, comparatively, and some quite a lot.
I'd say anywhere from 50 to 100.
Most have single slot sensors and some have dual sensors.
Your best bet is to count yours and make the BowFlex the same.

I have to believe the interrupt count is similar even though the ball
size and the shaft size varies. insert joke here ;-)

I guess I will just have to do some trial and error testing. I was
hoping there was a standard somewhere. I have had no joy searching on
it so far tho.