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42 minutes ago, Wayneo said:
I don't know the part # for that actuators, but they're easy to take apart and clean. Metal housing, then rubber nipple, then like a washer, leaving only the soldered part. You might want to open a help desk ticket for the part #.
The 250 gives you 2A charging (color and non color).
Thanks! I will open a ticket about the microswitch, but I'll try cracking open the switch and cleaning as well. The 2A charging feature seems pretty useful, but in my case I'm using the board with 2x 21700 cylindrical cells, so I just swap them out to charge anyway; most likely that upgrade would be wasted on me. I sincerely appreciate the feedback!
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8 hours ago, Wayneo said:
Oh nice! I didn't realize the DNA boards came down in price since I bought my old DNA200.
At this point I could probably spring a few more dollars for the DNA250C. Though I'd have to redesign my mod again. Or I guess I could just pick up a new screen for $10 and solder on a new microswitch in lieu of replacing the board too. But that color screen sure is nice.
Not sure which would be better in the end. Thanks a lot for the reply!
As an aside, is there any technical documentation for the microswitch footprints used on the boards? Getting ahold of a BOM or at least a part number for the switch would be nice.
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Is there any documentation official or otherwise regarding keybindings for the Escribe software? I'm aware of a few since I'm already using device monitor to control my DNA200. Since both the display and the fire button are no longer working I'm enabling the fire, up, and down buttons in the monitoring window and using that to control the mod. But being able to trigger the fire button in the device monitor with a keyboard key would be amazing if there's any way to do it.
Escribe Suite Hotkeys or Keybindings
in EScribe, Software and Firmware
Posted · Edited by Animate0878
Added AHK script
Oh I didn't realize that. Luckily I haven't had any mishaps yet, but having a failsafe with the newer models is definitely a must-have feature.
I have noticed that hotkey before when I first started relying on Device Monitor to fire my mod. I was really hoping there was one for "instantaneous fire"? I guess. I may try to set up something with autohotkey in the mean time before I settle on replacing or repairing my board. Thanks for the heads-up!
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In the unlikely even someone else is in the same position as I am currently, hopefully the following will help.
I've created an autohotkey script to solve the "Fire" button issue. It's very hacky, but it does the job.
Caveats:
eScribe must be installed and Device Monitor needs to show up in the Start Menu under "Escribe"
The board must be connected to the computer BEFORE you run the autohotkey script; so it shows up within the "Connect" dialogue.
The "minimal window" (example attached to the post) can't be too small or the "Fire" button won't be pressed properly.
What the script does:
The first part of the script just makes sure the Device Monitor is open and sets some options.
1. Opens the Device Monitor application
2. Presses enter on the "Connect" dialogue ( Presses OK )
3. Maximizes the Device Monitor window
4. Clicks the "Buttons" button on the lower right
5. Returns the window to the previous size "minimal window"
6. Minimizes the window to the taskbar
The second part does a few things when you press and hold the "F12" key
1. Saves the currently active window and mouse position
2. Opens the "minimal window" for Device Monitor
3. Moves the mouse to the "Fire" button, then clicks and holds the left mouse button until you release F12
4. Returns back to the window you had focused before pressing F12, and at the same cursor position
5. Minimizes the Device Monitor window again
The autohotkey script is below: ( Change <username> to your windows user )
The attached photo of the "minimal window" is just to demonstrate how small you can make the window and still be able to activate the "Fire" button.