Question about GGG button and iPac

[BrianP]

After about 2 years, I have finally gotten back to working on my cabinet.  I had previously wired the control board using buttons from Groovy Game Gear and an Ultimarc I-Pac2.  Anyway, I installed the Ultmarc WinIPAC Interactive Panel Designer to test the wiring on all the buttons (it had been a while).  Everything looked good except one button.

The player 1 start is activating on a button release, not a button press.  The player 2 start is working fine.  Totally puzzled on this.  Did I wire something wrong?  Or do I have a bad switch?

The switch itself says (best I can tell, white on white is hard to read)
E-Switch LS
15A 125/250 AC

Thanks in advance!

[yotsuya]

No, it's fine. That button also serves as a shift button when you hold it down, so it's waiting to see what you do with it before it registers the button push. No stress.

[BrianP]

Hmmmm, I tried a game in MameUI and it didn't register, I guess I will have to look at my mame settings.  Thanks.

[molton]

Use the winIpac application to disable the shift function if you never use it and it will act normally if you want

[Smack]

Are you wired on the wrong terminals on the switch so it is actually closed all the time and you're breaking the connection when you press the button? Just a thought...

Smack

[PL1]

Hmmmm, I tried a game in MameUI and it didn't register, I guess I will have to look at my mame settings.  Thanks.

Some games like TMNT used one of the player buttons to start instead of having a separate start button.  Check the "Input (this Game)" menu to verify on your game or just open a notepad window and see if it 'types' a "1" when you hit P1 Start.


Scott

[ramos8414]

Use the winIpac application to disable the shift function if you never use it and it will act normally if you want

Where is the option to disable or change the shift key?

[PL1]

Just clear the shifted function slots or program each of them the same as the unshifted function.


Scott