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Unread 24-02-2002, 03:57
Lloyd Burns Lloyd Burns is offline
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Heads up to those who would construct Dongles

Innovation First told me recently that while the kill switch is going to work (pin 6 to pin 8), the outlook is not so bright for the channel selection (12 to 15) connection.

To guarantee that your dongle(s) will work with this and future years' interfaces, wire pin 12 (channel select enable - active low) to pin 8 (and pin 6 to pin 8 for a kill switch).

Pin 15 is being reserved for something else, according to Innovation First.

PS, 12 - 15 _did_ work on several of this year's OIs, but there may be more to it.