Button Plate mod for SRT Gearbox V10

The “button plate” mod allows you to surround the gear lever with 1 to 6 buttons. Many functions can be assigned to each button (simple button, keyboard key, rotary encoder).

I strongly advise you to install this mod once the gearbox is fully functional.

Summary

Shopping list

Place the buttons on the plate

Decorate the plate

The wiring

The functions

Settings

The calibration function

1) Shopping list

The button plate mod is compatible with the following buttons (the first two models were originally part of the main list).

12m button (Aliexpress)

12mm Low profile button (Aliexpress)

Switch (Aliexpress)

You will then need wires, and dupont connectors, they are already present in the main shopping list.

2) Place the buttons on the plate

All the 3D files are available in this folder.

So you can choose exactly which buttons and their layouts. If you want to skip this step, use directly the “simple button mod plate”.

To customize the layout of the buttons, load the “custom button plate” and place the button beds in the square slots :

Open Cura, load the plate, center it (coordinates 0, 0, 0).

Then load as many elements as you want (you can load the same file as many times as you want), then place them by using the coordinates system where you want them to be. Here are the coordinates that you are most likely to use:

3) Decorate the plate

Once the buttons are placed, you can load Une fois vos boutons placés, you can add the decoration elements present in the “Decoration folder”. Then load as many items as you want (you can reload the same files several times), and using the coordinate system, place them as you wish. For example, you can place a hoop with coordinates (30;-10) :

You can place as many objects as you want, Cura will take care of merging them. For detailed objects (text, arch…) I advise you to print with the minimum resolution.

4) Wiring

The wiring is already indicated on the main schematic (indicated by an asterisk). Feel free to wire as you go along, as it is not easy to determine which button each wire comes from. Also respect the color coding: if you have a problem, the color coding allows you to easily check on the pictures if it comes from the wiring.

Try as much as possible to group cable pairs on double dupont connectors, this improves reliability.

5) The functions

EDIT: The list of functions may vary slightly depending on the code version. The list below is valid for versions up to RC6. From RC7, check the Config…