Clip to stop Bank Up/Down & Mode buttons?

[yellowfin]

Is there a physical clip that can be put on the Bank Up/Down Buttons and the Mode buttons to hold them in place? 

The way the helix buttons are designed, It seems like a plastic clip could be placed on the button to effectively "Stop" the button from engaging from accidental presses.

Has anyone ever heard of a "button stopper clip" like this for sale?  If so, could you please provide a link? 


 

[yellowfin]

I'm currently stopping the Bank Up/Down and Mode buttons with medium size Paper Clips from staples.  It works for now.  I've attach some photos in this post.

I found that they sell Button Covers on Amazon that I might pickup like this.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BM4YS2Q3/?coliid=I2CKQTKGS2Z1NI&colid=1SQ5AMPH7VN1G&ref_=list_c_wl_gv_ov_lig_pi_dp&th=1

I'm going to see if they have any clip style pieces in hardware/electronics stores.  I swear I've opened packing of tools that had special clips that slide in and stop buttons from being pushed in the packaging.

 

[theElevators]

I use 2 Grolsch beer bottle washers on up/down buttons and mode button to make it harder to press.  And I also place a single washer on the Tap/Tuner button for symmetry.  Since you have button toppers already, it would be pretty difficult to accidentally change your preset.  On my Pod Go I have toppers and washers, and don't have any issues...

 

 

But I have a better hack IMO:

 

Watch my video how to disable up/down buttons.  Command Center accomplishes that.  The key is to enable 10-button stomp mode, then go into Command Center, and assign what each button does--in your case which snapshots it corresponds to.  Command Center allows you to create a custom layout in the "stomp" mode.  It can be snapshots, stomps, "next preset", etc. 

 

In this example, you recreate the snapshot view and place all your snapshots in the familiar place in the stomp view, using the Command Center. 

You may need to re-save the assignments for each of the buttons after clicking individual buttons--this is a new "Stacked" snapshot feature that was introduced a few versions back.  It depends on your "Snapshot Reselect" global settings/General value.  Basically you can customize your layout, so that if you press one button, the other buttons can change what they do based on that. 

 

End-result: you have an identical layout to your snapshot view in the stomp mode, minus the up/down buttons which don't do anything.  The only thing is that on the Helix LT you cannot enable 10-button stomp mode, but you can simply restore Global Settings from a backup that was created for the Helix Floor.  See link in the pinned comment in the video below to get the Global Settings, and watch the whole thing in action.  With this hack combined with Grolsch washers, you are guaranteed to never accidentally change your presets live. 

 

 

 

[codamedia]

On 12/21/2024 at 9:11 AM, theElevators said:

The key is to enable 10-button stomp mode, then go into Command Center, and assign what each button does--in your case which snapshots it corresponds to. 

 

Just pointing out that the OP has an LT so there is no 10-button stomp mode... 

 

[theElevators]

On 12/22/2024 at 7:23 AM, codamedia said:

 

Just pointing out that the OP has an LT so there is no 10-button stomp mode... 

 

 

I cover that exact problem in my post.  
 

Restore global settings from Helix Floor backup. That’s the hack. 
 

I even link global settings in the YouTube video for people to use, as mentioned in the post.  I also demo how it works on helix Lt!

[codamedia]

On 12/22/2024 at 10:15 AM, theElevators said:

I cover that exact problem in my post.  
 

Restore global settings from Helix Floor backup. That’s the hack. 

 

Yes you did... sorry about that!