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kingchimp:
I stand (sort of) corrected.  ;D

Also, if you're using a microswitch with three terminals (NC as well as NO), it starts to matter more.  Fortunately those leaf switches are keeping life (relatively) simple for you.

Rando:
Alrighty,
Although nothing is actually WIRED, I made a bunch of progress today/tonight: Built CP box, mapped out buttons/sticks, made some holes, and got everything into place.  Didn't use any sort of CP mapping, schematics, blueprints, etc.  Just did some measurements, drew some lines, circles, saw how it felt, and went for it.

This is intended to be my test CP, for me to trying out a configuation, figure things out, etc, but so far, Rando pleased.

Only problem is that my Trackball is sagging, but I'll post that to a different thread to try to attract a solution.

Question I have, is I repeatedly see the joystick dustcover debate.  Right not mine are on top obviously, but the dustcover moves when you move the joystick, so how could you have it under something anyway?  Wouldn't the exposed hole be real big? Confused.

But progress pics below:

BobA:
Nice progress.  Glad to see you finally were able to square away your mess due to the flooding. 

Thanks are due as I noticed your sump pump problem in this thread and checked mine.  The breaker was tripped and there was water only a couple of inches from the top.  My basement is not finished but it would have made a mess.  Pump was seized so had to do an emergency run to Home Depot for a new one and had do a wet replacement.

The sump now is hooked up to a level alarm and a power fail alarm via my central alarm panel.   For $50 I could not chance having it go again. Talking to the alarm guy gave me an insight into the problem.  2 or 3 homes on our block have had the same alarm installed but only AFTER they have had a flood.  I have seen the restoration trucks indicating a flood several times lately and it looks like the pumps in these 5+ year old houses are only lasting about 6 years.  Used to be a pump would last 10 to 15 years or longer.  :angry:





Thanks again Rando  :applaud: :applaud:
 

Rando:
Contining to progress,
Got Player 1 controls and joystick working, as well as ESC key.  Some questions I have so far:

The 360 joysticks I have don't connect to the Mini-Pac, they connect to the PC via USB cables.  Problem is when I connect the second Joystick, it reads it as Player 1 and I lose the initial Player 1.

The trackball works, in windows, but doesn't respond when I start up games that would normally use a trackball, like Missile Command or Centipede.  Mind you, I'm using the MAMEUI32 interface, and am pretty much doing things via trial and error.

I have the pushbuttons from GroovyGear to do the coin 1 and 2 inputs, but those buttons are different from my leaf buttons, there are extra wires, and not really sure what the heck I'm supposed to do to hook these up.

Also mounted my joysticks wrong initially.  What I assumed was UP was actually left, so I had to rotate those which left my Player 2 stick a little tight.  WHY isn't the stick labeled showing which way is up, or am I completely cluless.

But fired up and played a few games successfully, very excited!! :)

newmanfamilyvlogs:

--- Quote from: Rando on June 14, 2011, 12:24:44 am ---Contining to progress,
Got Player 1 controls and joystick working, as well as ESC key.  Some questions I have so far:

The 360 joysticks I have don't connect to the Mini-Pac, they connect to the PC via USB cables.  Problem is when I connect the second Joystick, it reads it as Player 1 and I lose the initial Player 1.

The trackball works, in windows, but doesn't respond when I start up games that would normally use a trackball, like Missile Command or Centipede.  Mind you, I'm using the MAMEUI32 interface, and am pretty much doing things via trial and error.

I have the pushbuttons from GroovyGear to do the coin 1 and 2 inputs, but those buttons are different from my leaf buttons, there are extra wires, and not really sure what the heck I'm supposed to do to hook these up.

Also mounted my joysticks wrong initially.  What I assumed was UP was actually left, so I had to rotate those which left my Player 2 stick a little tight.  WHY isn't the stick labeled showing which way is up, or am I completely cluless.

But fired up and played a few games successfully, very excited!! :)


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http://www.ultimarc.com/ultrastik_inst.html

--- Quote ---Assigning an ID:
When the joysticks are supplied, all are set to an ID of ONE. You must change as required so IDs in use are unique. This is how to do it:
Plug ONE UltraStik 360 into the PC via USB.
Start the UltraMap software.
Click on "Assign ID" Select the required ID, 2, 3 or 4.
Unplug and reconnect the USB cable.
Repeat with each joystick as required.
After each one has been assigned with a unique ID, all can be connected to USB.
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http://mamedev.org/devwiki/index.php/FAQ:Controls#Why_doesn.27t_my_mouse_or_trackball_work.3F

--- Quote ---The most common solution is, in mame.ini, replace "mouse 0"with mouse 1.
For the mouse to work in mame, it has to work in windows. So if it doesn't work in windows (ie doesn't more the mouse pointer), fix this first as this isn't a mame problem. However, some virtual mice that work in windows won't work in mame; mame is currently using RawInput for mouse and keyboard inputs in Windows XP & Vista, and if the virtual mouse driver isn't RawInput compatable, it won't work in mame.
In MAME, try pressing "Tab" and choose "Input: This Game" and make sure that the game's inputs are mapped with the appropriate mouse inputs. If not, see How do I configure the keys? for remapping the buttons, and How can I change what axes the mouse and joystick control? for mapping the mouse axes to analog game axes.
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Be sure mouse inputs are enabled in the config.


http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=295

--- Quote ---Power Requirements: 100ma @ 5v DC Per button.

Connection:

The buttons have 2 wires attached to them. One is RED and the other is BLACK. The BLACK lead goes to the LED-Wiz™. The RED wire goes to +5v.
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black can also go to ground if you don't have an LED-Wiz.

http://pinouts.ru/Power/SmallPower_pinout.shtml
the floppy disk power connector is an easy 5v source.

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