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Author Topic: Control Panel Side Buttons for Pinball and Wiring  (Read 1500 times)

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Control Panel Side Buttons for Pinball and Wiring
« on: February 26, 2013, 04:01:44 am »
I've seen control panels with one or two buttons on each side. From my research, these are used for pinball games mostly. Is that right?

So there's four buttons, but 5 actions: left paddle, right paddle, tilt left, tilt right, and TILT.

What would be the key codes for these 5 actions?
Can I wire these to an iPAC2? I only have 1A,1B,2A,2B still open, which can be programmed, but 5 actions.
Or do I wire them to existing keycodes/buttons used?

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Re: Control Panel Side Buttons for Pinball and Wiring
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2013, 08:31:03 am »
Pretty simple to achieve, I have wired up Left/Right Tilt and Paddle buttons on my CP.

Simply wire the buttons in to existing buttons on your IPAC2 so P1 button1 = Left Paddle, P1 Button2 = Right Paddle etc.  I then re-define the key strokes in Future Pinball.

As yet I dont have a Centre Tilt but may install a PlumbBob or another button for that.

Hope this helps.

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Re: Control Panel Side Buttons for Pinball and Wiring
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2013, 01:34:11 pm »
Pretty simple to achieve, I have wired up Left/Right Tilt and Paddle buttons on my CP.

Simply wire the buttons in to existing buttons on your IPAC2 so P1 button1 = Left Paddle, P1 Button2 = Right Paddle etc.  I then re-define the key strokes in Future Pinball.

As yet I dont have a Centre Tilt but may install a PlumbBob or another button for that.

Hope this helps.

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Re: Control Panel Side Buttons for Pinball and Wiring
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2013, 04:43:03 pm »
I've seen control panels with one or two buttons on each side. From my research, these are used for pinball games mostly. Is that right?

So there's four buttons, but 5 actions: left paddle, right paddle, tilt left, tilt right, and TILT.

What would be the key codes for these 5 actions?
Can I wire these to an iPAC2? I only have 1A,1B,2A,2B still open, which can be programmed, but 5 actions.
Or do I wire them to existing keycodes/buttons used?

Confused  :dizzy:

Read this and see how you can easily cover the pinball functions.

BTW, The terms are left/right flipper and left/right/up nudge.

Nudge moves the ball.

If you nudge too much, the game tilts -- scoring stops and play ends.

For more reading on the subject, search "flipper" and username "PL1".   ;D


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