I initially had a problem when wiring my pedal. The NCH instructions called for wiring the "Play" function to pin 1 of the "D" connector, but it did not work for me. I discovered a "work-around". With Express Scribe Foot Pedal Control Setup Wizard running, I played around with a short jumper wire and shorted pin 4 with each of the other pins (on the back of the computer) until Express Scribe would play. I then wired into that pin.
I've tried all pins but the only ones that will learn are 1, 6,8 and 9. 6 is Rewind and the others just fast forward. The only work around I can find is to slow the fast forward function down to 100% with no acceleration.
Am I missing something obvious here, we have two normally open switches with pin 4 as common and then pin 6 goes to the Rewind and pin 1 goes to the Play/FF switch. Pin 4 is not "ground" but DTR which is obviously set by the program, 1 and 6 are inputs. See http://www.aggsoft.com/rs232-pinout-cable/...-and-signal.htm for more info.
I just recently converted an existing Sanyo Foot Control (model FS-54), which is a 3-button pedal (REW, PLAY, FF). I programmed the pedal in Express Scribe (ES), during which time, ES confirmed I was pressing the REW, FF and PLAY buttons. I clicked OK to save my settings for COM1. Then I proceeded to test the pedal. Well, the good news is that REW and FF work perfectly!
However, PLAY does not work. In fact the only way I can get the software to play is to press both REW and FF together at the same time. I guess the good thing about it is that I don't have to hold both pedals down to continue playing. It works like a toggle switch - press both, plays; press both again, stops. But why is it that when I press PLAY it does not play? Obviously, something is almost right.
Just to let you know how I did the wiring:
Inside the pedal, underneath each button, there is a switch with two wires. These wires all connected to a small circuit board. This means, there was a total of 6 wires coming from the 3 switches to the circuit board. Then 2 additional wires from this board protruded out of the pedal through a long cord that was ultimately plugged into the Sanyo unit. I got rid of everything in the pedal except for the 3 switches and the 2 wires per switch. Then I took 1 wire from each switch and soldered that to pin 4 (GND). I soldered the remaining wire from the REW switch to pin 6; PLAY to pin 1; FF to pin 9. The pin assignment is per the Pedal Wiring Instructions.
|----------GND (PIN 4)
|REW
|----------PIN 6
|----------GND (PIN 4)
|PLAY
|----------PIN 1
|----------GND (PIN 4)
|FF
|----------PIN 9
(please excuse the poor quality of my ASCII art)
From the two quotes above, it seems as if both had difficulty with Pin 1 for PLAY.
@Alex850 - I realize it's been over a year since you've posted this; however, do you remember what pin you ended up using for PLAY?
@sparkys - Have you resolved your issue?
@everyone else - So does anyone have any idea why I'm experiencing what I am (REW, FF works; PLAY does not work; but when both REW & FF are pressed at same time, it plays)? Did I wire this correctly?
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I just recently converted an existing Sanyo Foot Control (model FS-54), which is a 3-button pedal (REW, PLAY, FF). I programmed the pedal in Express Scribe (ES), during which time, ES confirmed I was pressing the REW, FF and PLAY buttons. I clicked OK to save my settings for COM1. Then I proceeded to test the pedal. Well, the good news is that REW and FF work perfectly!
However, PLAY does not work. In fact the only way I can get the software to play is to press both REW and FF together at the same time. I guess the good thing about it is that I don't have to hold both pedals down to continue playing. It works like a toggle switch - press both, plays; press both again, stops. But why is it that when I press PLAY it does not play? Obviously, something is almost right.
Just to let you know how I did the wiring:
Inside the pedal, underneath each button, there is a switch with two wires. These wires all connected to a small circuit board. This means, there was a total of 6 wires coming from the 3 switches to the circuit board. Then 2 additional wires from this board protruded out of the pedal through a long cord that was ultimately plugged into the Sanyo unit. I got rid of everything in the pedal except for the 3 switches and the 2 wires per switch. Then I took 1 wire from each switch and soldered that to pin 4 (GND). I soldered the remaining wire from the REW switch to pin 6; PLAY to pin 1; FF to pin 9. The pin assignment is per the Pedal Wiring Instructions.
|----------GND (PIN 4)
|REW
|----------PIN 6
|----------GND (PIN 4)
|PLAY
|----------PIN 1
|----------GND (PIN 4)
|FF
|----------PIN 9
(please excuse the poor quality of my ASCII art)
From the two quotes above, it seems as if both had difficulty with Pin 1 for PLAY.
@Alex850 - I realize it's been over a year since you've posted this; however, do you remember what pin you ended up using for PLAY?
@sparkys - Have you resolved your issue?
@everyone else - So does anyone have any idea why I'm experiencing what I am (REW, FF works; PLAY does not work; but when both REW & FF are pressed at same time, it plays)? Did I wire this correctly?