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brewerdude:
The trackball and spinner arrived today.  I was extremely impressed.  I ordered two days ago, and they made it from England that fast!

Unfortunately, they sent the wrong color.  I ordered pearl blue.  :(  Hope the RMA process with Ultimarc is smooth.

brewerdude:
And here's what the control panel will look like.



I did this in Visio and created a stencil for the Ultimarc U-trak.

PL1:
I assume that is a spinner directly above the trackball.

I notice that you have 7 admin buttons -- a cluster of 5 in the center and 1 lonely button (P1/P2 start?) in each corner.

What admin buttons do you plan on using?


Scott

brewerdude:

--- Quote from: PL1 on September 28, 2012, 10:36:18 pm ---I assume that is a spinner directly above the trackball.
--- End quote ---
Yes


The buttons in the corners will be P1/P2 start

The 5 admin buttons will be (in no particular order)
Exit/Quit
Menu
Coin in
Setup (F2)
Pause

PL1:

--- Quote from: brewerdude on September 28, 2012, 10:52:48 pm ---The buttons in the corners will be P1/P2 start

The 5 admin buttons will be (in no particular order)
Exit/Quit
Menu
Coin in
Setup (F2)
Pause

--- End quote ---

P1 Start/P2 Start (1/2)  Sobbing gently and banished to their corners all by themselves.   :'(   :cry:     >:D
Exit/Quit  (Esc)
Menu (Tab)
Pause (P)

Standard stuff.  Looks good so far. . .

Only 1 coin button (5) means only credits for player 1.  Will player 2 have to use tokens to load credits?

Setup (F2) - I can't figure out why this one is on the control panel.   :dunno
Seems like a small Bluetooth keyboard stuffed inside the coin door opening would cover this on the rare occasions it is needed.

What FE and/or emulators besides MAME are you planning on running?
-- The answer to this question may change what admin buttons you want/need.

Also, since you placed an order with Andy, I'm guessing you are using either an I-Pac or a Mini-Pac. (Keyboard-type encoder instead of a gamepad-type encoder.)
-- Some emulators like Visual Pinball prefer keystrokes instead of gamepad button pushes, requiring you to use joy2key or xpadder software.


Scott

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