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| stalemate:
Ah, so I can just get one for the right amperage and it won't matter that the voltage says the wrong thing then? I was actually kind of confused at why the voltage was listed but I thought it was important. |
| BobA:
Try to get 12 v for you 5 v and you should be ok. |
| evh347:
Guys, I just dropped a ton of questions on Randy and I figured maybe as a community you might be able to help me better understand this process of wiring up the LED WIZ better. I've wired Super Bright LED's directly to my PC via PCI ports in the past with 4-pin Molar cables (coin door, credit buttons, and backlit speakers). I've read over this thread, but I'm still a little confused as to what I'm in for. My intent is to light up 32 buttons on my old Slik Stik CO2 control panel. Eventually, I want to hook up my trackball to the same system. I ordered 32 electric ice 2 buttons, one 32-port LED WIZ controller, and ordered RGB boards/lights for all the buttons from GGG. I will order the 3" trackball RGB upgrade when they get them in stock (hopefully later this week). I will be using the LED Blinky software to activate them all using the Hyperspin FE. After reading over this thread and looking over the LED WIZ install PDF (http://groovygamegear.com/PDF/LEDWIZv2_INSTALL.pdf), I'm now a little concerned that I didn't order enough stuff to complete my job. You'll excuse me, but without actually yet having the stuff in my hands, it's a little difficult to get my head wrapped around this techno stuff... (1) Each RGB will occupy 3 ports (e.g. 1, 2, 3) and then a 4th is connected to the +5v Anode terminal, correct? (2) Each LED WIZ board supports up to how many RGB's? 32? (3) I can't hook up all 32 buttons to one LED WIZ? In other words, no two RGB's share the same numbered port except for the "common +5v Anode terminal? (4) If I have 32 buttons and (eventually) adding a trackball, and all of these are operated by RGB LED's...that's 3 ports per RGB...each LED WIZ has 32 ports...do I need four LED WIZ controllers to complete this job? (5) If I need an LED WIZ for each player, which LED WIZ do I wire the universal buttons (one's that are used by all players) to? (6) I want to keep my Player-1 and Player-2 buttons (I know I ordered 32 buttons, but hey), I can light them up like the other buttons, but I have to drill a hole in them, correct? How big of a hole? Or can I order GGG's push button inserts and apply them to the Electric Ice 2 Pushbuttons? (7) Is there any specific order of buttons that I have to wire to certain ports on the LED WIZ? Thanks! Sorry for the EDITS...I keep coming up with more questions the more I think about this! <---NOVICE ;) |
| Nephasth:
1) Correct. 2) If you want each RGB individually controlled, 10. If not, then it depends on how my you want to be shared controlled. 3) You can hook up all 32 RGBs to one LED Wiz, but you will lose the capability to individually control each LED. 4) Again, depends on how you control your LEDs. If all you want to do with your LED controller is to individually control your LEDs, I would recommend getting 2 PACLED64s, as they are cheaper per output. If you want to do other things above and beyond lighting LEDs (or want to light multiple LEDs from each port), then the LED Wiz would be the one to pick. 5)You don't need an LED controller for each player, you can assign any LED to any MAME input with LEDBlinky. 6)You can drill a hole in the base of the button. Size depends on what LED you use. 7) See #5. |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: evh347 on March 27, 2012, 02:51:09 pm ---I will order the 3" trackball RGB upgrade when they get them in stock. --- End quote --- This will require the capabilities of an LED-Wiz. Each color is the equivalent of 5 superbright LED's on a single port. |
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