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Re: Beacon selector switch? How to find/make?
Any toggle switch should work, but avoid rocker or momentary switches (pretty much any one that springs back to the a position after you push it). If you are ordering from a catlog like DigiKey you need a toogle switch with a Switch Function: SPST (Single Pull Single Throw) and Switch Circuit: On-Off or Off-On. Avoid any switch with the a Switch Circuit that says "Mom" (Momentary).
You could do as Steve said and make a simple closed circuit by cutting 3 pin cable (AKA PWM cable) and soldering the black wire to the white one. Just plug this cable into digital in 7 when you want to seek beacon type 0 (longer period) and unplug it when you want to seek beacon type 1 (shorter period). I am not sure which beacon FIRST will place on which side.
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