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spike32:
Hi,
I've been looking this up all day, and am sure it is here somewhere, but I'm having a damned hard time finding where. So I got the GP-wiz40 max today and a spitfire qd quick-connect joystick from GGG and I cannot find out how to connect it. I placed 4 wires into the U1, D1, L1, And R1 ports, but don't know where to put the 5th wire? Also does it matter which color wire goes into which port on the encoder? I've been at this for hours and cannot get anything to read, I got the U1 to read on the computer calibration, but just once. I tried connecting two buttons to the encoder to test that as well and nothing :(
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PL1:
5th wire is ground -- probably the black wire. :dunno
If you're not sure about the order of the other wires, hook them up one at a time then press up, down, left, and then right on the joystick so you can figure out which direction is associated with that wire and connect it to the correct input.
Scott
spike32:
--- Quote from: PL1 on October 05, 2013, 12:54:14 am ---5th wire is ground -- probably the black wire. :dunno
If you're not sure about the order of the other wires, hook them up one at a time then press up, down, left, and then right on the joystick so you can figure out which direction is associated with that wire and connect it to the correct input.
Scott
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Thanks for the reply first of all. Yeah I figured the brown cable is ground since it's closest to black, when i plug the brown cable into ground, I can move it right and diagonally down-right, but not down itself or any other direction. I don't get it, the wires are all cut to the same length and I'm pushing them in tightly. And I can't get any buttons to work at all either. Is there a good guide how to wire them to the encoder? Everywhere I look, it seems they skip that step.
spike32:
Finally got the joystick mapped right. How do I connect the buttons correctly? I've looked all over and can't get any response.
tron84:
--- Quote from: spike32 on October 05, 2013, 04:05:38 pm ---Finally got the joystick mapped right. How do I connect the buttons correctly? I've looked all over and can't get any response.
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http://www.groovygamegear.com/PDF/GP40_Eco_ST.pdf
They are a common ground. Meaning the ground wire gets daisy chained together.