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PL1:
With the power off, check the resistance from the screw on top of the IPac to the NC (normally closed) terminal on the microswitch.

If that is good, (<2 ohms) press the button while checking from the screw on top of the IPac input to the NO (normally open) terminal on the microswitch.

Also check from the COM (common) tab of the switch to the com tab of another switch that works properly.

This will help you to mostly (99%) rule out the wires and microswitch as sources of trouble.

The KADE Loader program also has a great keyboard test utility.


Scott
gamer83:
Hmmm...this is very odd.so p1 sw8 and the A B  ipac slots wont work? It could be possible ipac is defective.have you tried the sw8 and A B  ports on p2 side to see if they work?my best advice would be to get some kind of warranty from the company if the ipac really is the problem.regardless you should give them a call,a product you purchased from them thats supposed to be ready to go,well isnt.
gb_phil:
Scott,

Thanks for the help! I don't have a voltmeter (or whatever is needed to test this) currently. I'll see if anyone I know has one so I can run that test.

gamer83, It's P1 SW8 and P1 1B that aren't working.

P1 1A and P2 2A both work.

P2 SW8 is working.

P2 2B has nothing plugged into it so I've yet to test that.

For now I just have those two pinball buttons mapped to P1 SW6 and P1 SW7. Earlier I had them in P1 Start and P1 Coin but it looks like that will conflict with stuff and make the pinball buttons useless. I haven't test out the pinball emulator yet to make sure things work right as I'm still trying to set up other stuff like LEDBlinky but I assume it'll work.

Oh, I should note, the company was willing to try and fix the buttons. It was me who told them to send it. I was tired of waiting as this machine was supposed to be here over a month ago but things kept going wrong to prevent it from going out. I told them to send the machine and I'd finish figuring out the pinball buttons or just go without pinball. So it's all on me. But I'm a hands on kind of guy so I'm happy to dive in and learn about how all this stuff works.

PL1:
What??!!?? No multi-meter?

50 lashes with a wet noodle and one demerit for coming to class unprepared.   :lol


--- Quote from: gb_phil on September 03, 2014, 07:33:40 pm ---For now I just have those two pinball buttons mapped to P1 SW6 and P1 SW7. Earlier I had them in P1 Start and P1 Coin but it looks like that will conflict with stuff and make the pinball buttons useless. I haven't test out the pinball emulator yet to make sure things work right as I'm still trying to set up other stuff like LEDBlinky but I assume it'll work.

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You definitely don't want a pinball flipper on P1 Start, since that is the "shifted function" button for the IPac.

It won't send a keystroke until it is released or a button with a shifted function is pressed.

You can piggyback flippers on certain player buttons.

The pinball emulators are not as easily-configurable as MAME, so I suggest wiring the pinball controls according to this chart.




Scott
DeLuSioNal29:
If memory serves me correctly, by DEFAULT, only buttons 1 -6 are pre-programmed on an i-Pac.  SW7 and SW8 need to be added in the WiniPac utility.  (not sure on this, as it's been a while!)  I recall having to add the extra buttons on my iPac4.  (This may have changed though).

If you look closely at the defaults on this image, only 1-6 are listed.  You need to add 1SW7, 1SW8, 2SW7 and 2SW8 by adding them to the layout.



DeLuSioNaL29
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