Nomad and Encoder Wheels

This year I purchased the ETC Nomad dongle (Eos Family) and have been developing a rig that has been working decently. I connected a keyboard and mouse to my laptop, along with a monitor. I also recently added a joystick that I found freeware to use to control the pointer (works great for the "trackball" function for movers).

My question is this: I want encoder wheels. I at least want one thing that will function similar to an encoder wheel. Has anyone discovered a way to use the scroll wheel on the mouse with the software to emulate an encoder wheel? In the meantime, I am saving up for the Nomad face plate, but if I can find a way to emulate an encoder wheel, I would only splurge for an X-Keys unit.

Space Mouse. $100 or so.

https://github.com/ElectronicTheatreControlsLabs/OSCSpaceMouse

Perhaps this could be assigned to the encoder functions? http://xkeys.com/xkeys/xk12JSH.php It would also give you some keys for encoder groups & whatnot.

Griffen Powermate(s)?

It's totally possible to get a powermate or a scroll wheel working with nomad: you'd just need a little software in between to get them talking. Alternately, if you want a more full-featured solution, it wouldn't be too hard to build a custom box with four encoders and an LCD screen to mimic an eos family faceplate.

As long as you can convert it to OSC you can make any device (I've used Wiimotes!) work.