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On 7/30/2017 at 3:02 PM, Wstlndwarrior said:

Correct guys. I was curious to know if anybody had an authentic box they use for the game, or if that's even possible? Awesome pics btw!

It wouldnt be impossible, but one would need to create something from scratch to hook up a control box to a computer, then create drivers for the peripheral to work with Windows, From there it might be as simple as assigning functions to each switch, Would possibly be easier using the kind I have as apposed to the SmartSiren posted above mine as there is less electronics to be dealt with in making each button function. But the bottom line is you need to know how to connect and solder wires and program stuff, but the process might not be cheap.

 

It might be possible to buy a current generation federal signal box and an interface adapter/card(I think its similar to an RJ45 cable) for computer that can be used to program the box, but there is still the matter of programming it to work in game.

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18 hours ago, Straypuft said:

It wouldnt be impossible, but one would need to create something from scratch to hook up a control box to a computer, then create drivers for the peripheral to work with Windows, From there it might be as simple as assigning functions to each switch, Would possibly be easier using the kind I have as apposed to the SmartSiren posted above mine as there is less electronics to be dealt with in making each button function. But the bottom line is you need to know how to connect and solder wires and program stuff, but the process might not be cheap.

 

It might be possible to buy a current generation federal signal box and an interface adapter/card(I think its similar to an RJ45 cable) for computer that can be used to program the box, but there is still the matter of programming it to work in game.

SOMEBODY needs to start a business doing that said service. I'm pretty sure there is a market for it ;)

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You know I actually was just thinking about something like this. They way I would go about it is just to pretty much gut the insides of the siren controllers and replace it with individual switches for everything. Those switches would just simply be mapped to certain keys for the PC. For example flipping the switch for the lights would simulate pressing the "J" key and for turning off the lights the computer would register it as an "ALT+J". I hope to do it as a winter project as I know of a good engineer that knows all about the wiring and computers.

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