my apologies im posting this from an iPod touch so its not easy to properly structure these posts.
here is more information on the encoders im using they are 6 pin 32 detent binary state and im using them with pin 1 as gnd and pins 2-6 as the pull down pins for the input of the mega2560 i have the following states chosen for the project
going counterclockwise from detent 32 i am using the following process
on the circuit the following conditions are true encoder pin 1 tied to gnd
digital ins 1,2,3,4,5 of the mega2560 are tied to +5v through a 4.7K sip resistor network
encoder pins 2,3,4,5,6 are tied to the following
digital pin 1 encoder pin 2
digital pin 2 encoder pin 3
digital pin 3 encoder pin 4
digital pin 4 encoder pin 5
digital pin 5 encoder pin 6
32-1 detent ccw = pin 1 tied to pins 3,5,6
32-2 detent ccw = pin 1 tied to pins 3,4,5,6
32-3 detent ccw = pin 1 tied to pins 2,3,4,5,6
32-4 detent ccw = pin 1 tied to pins 2,3,5,6
i need to be able to make a sketch that reads the states of digital pins 1-5 and using a set of defined truth tables for the states of those pins compared to the state of the encoders position preforms the actions i posted above in my initial post