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Peja:
Hey there everyone.  I have a random question regarding my setup. 

When I start up the computer whether it is a restart or a fresh start, as soon as my computer gets to the desktop I hear the windows "ding".  What this means is my "keyboard" is being pressed.  When I navigate my mouse to the start button, within the search bar (windows 7) I see characters filling up the search box.  It isn't always the same characters but they will look like jk,l9 jk,l9 jk,l9 ....etc etc.  So I can hit any of the buttons on the control panel, (I usually mash down the 1 players 6 buttons) and it stops.

So it seems like the ipac is sticking somehow and thinks buttons are being pushed when they aren't. 

I am using an ipac4, ultimarc gold leaf buttons, windows 7 64bit, 2 u360(usb) and 2 joysticks that I can't remember the name of from my Soul Calibur 2 arcade conversion. 

My ipac, joysticks, and trackball, are all connected using a 4 to 1 usb hub if that matters. 


Thanks for any help you can give me on this.  I want to finally get this setup properly so I can launch directly into Hyperspin.  Unfortunately, I can't because of the dinging right away. 

Peja
konp:
Check your button wiring. My guess is you've got some buttons you wired as NC instead of NO. On a standard microswitch you need to use the "bottom" terminal (when the panel is oriented correctly - the one furthest away from the button, basically) and the center terminal.
Peja:
Reading up on it before I posted this, I thought the same thing briefly but then I remembered my buttons are gold leaf buttons from ultimarc that only have 2 terminals on them.  So that rules that out unfortunately, unless I am doing something wrong with those buttons.

Thanks for the response.

Peja
PL1:

--- Quote from: Peja on August 05, 2013, 04:42:00 pm ---So I can hit any of the buttons on the control panel, (I usually mash down the 1 players 6 buttons) and it stops.

--- End quote ---

--- Quote from: konp on August 05, 2013, 06:32:45 pm ---Check your button wiring. My guess is you've got some buttons you wired as NC instead of NO. On a standard microswitch you need to use the "bottom" terminal (when the panel is oriented correctly - the one furthest away from the button, basically) and the center terminal.

--- End quote ---
Even if he had wired a regular 3-tab microswitch wrong, it wouldn't stop when he hits a button.

Does the IPac do the same thing when:

1. Plugged directly into a USB port on the motherboard? or

2. Plugged into a laptop/other computer?


Scott
Peja:

--- Quote from: PL1 on August 05, 2013, 06:46:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: Peja on August 05, 2013, 04:42:00 pm ---So I can hit any of the buttons on the control panel, (I usually mash down the 1 players 6 buttons) and it stops.

--- End quote ---

--- Quote from: konp on August 05, 2013, 06:32:45 pm ---Check your button wiring. My guess is you've got some buttons you wired as NC instead of NO. On a standard microswitch you need to use the "bottom" terminal (when the panel is oriented correctly - the one furthest away from the button, basically) and the center terminal.

--- End quote ---
Even if he had wired a regular 3-tab microswitch wrong, it wouldn't stop when he hits a button.

Does the IPac do the same thing when:

1. Plugged directly into a USB port on the motherboard? or

2. Plugged into a laptop/other computer?


Scott

--- End quote ---


Those are great questions and I will test it out as soon as I get home.  If not, I have extra long usb extenders that it looks like I will be using.

Thanks PL1.
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