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jasonbar:
Bravo! I love it. Are all controllers always plugged in? I think I see some hubs. How many USB devices do you have going at once there?

What do you do about cord length & retracting/managing the cables after play?

Thanks,
-Jason
JustAskJack:

--- Quote from: jasonbar on April 20, 2014, 02:33:59 pm ---Bravo! I love it. Are all controllers always plugged in? I think I see some hubs. How many USB devices do you have going at once there?

What do you do about cord length & retracting/managing the cables after play?

Thanks,
-Jason

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Yes, all controllers will always be plugged in. I have USB devices going in a few different places. All the console controllers you see in the storage are plugged into a powered USB hub. The IR bar and aimtraks are plugged into a seperate PCI USB controller. Mouse/keyboard plugged into front USB controller. Trackball/spinner/ipac plugged into main/rear MB USB controllers.

The cord length/retracting issue will be the next problem I'll probably have to tackle. It hasn't been too big of an issue yet, but I do see it becoming tedious to have to keep tucking the cords back up. I was looking in some past threads for the solutions people have been using but haven't decided which way to go yet.
jasonbar:
Nice! I did some cord retraction research when I was setting up my guns. I ended up using "telephone" style coiled USB extension cords, but here's some info to chew on if you want to do some slick retraction scheme:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,132047.msg1384130.html#msg1384130

-Jason
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