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OWKaaay, very nice find, that datasheet. Things are getting a little clearer in my head, but just a little afraid. So, do I understand this right : - there is no feedback from this motor. - The calibration routine sets the fader to zero, or to a known point. - And from then on, the amount of pulses sent (for recall) or received (moving the fader) determines the position ? sorry newbie alert, what's a DIN ? edit: I think I found my answer http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=encoders Din is a digital input pin, right? I need to see this as a motorised rotary encoder ? that will be very quickly beyond my abilities, I understand a little in analogue audio electronics, digital signals and programming is new to me. So, I'm afraid this is not a suitable beginner project, :-(

thanks for the replys ! I'll try to give better information. The desk is a stagetec cantus, this desk came out in 1994. I suppose the faders are custom, I opened one up... There is no resistive element inside. So I doubt it's useful for the NG project. I took some DC measurements : 1-2 = 2,5R 3-4 = 1K2 5-6 = 800k 3-5 , 3-6 , 4-5 , 4-6 when I touch my dmm it starts from +-420k and goes slowly down when I leave my probes on the contacts.

Thanks Ilmenator, please have a look and tell me what you think.

Hello, I received some fader modules from a scrapped digital mixing desk and I was wondering if it could be made into something useful, like a daw-remote. That's how I ended up here and started reading some threads. But the faders that I see being used are different I think to what I have ..? They're Penny and Giles PGF3200/-/M/-/AX with a motor Faulhaber 2224U006SR The only contacts are coming out of the motor, six wires, five black and one red. I don't see how the desk gets any feedback from where the faders are? Are these any use for an midibox NG ? Thanks