Can an LED-wiz+GP (16in/16out) be used w/o LED?

[brownicus15]

I'm working on a cabinet which I intend to eventually wire up LED's to, so I purchased the above KeyWiz. When I plugged and wired in just a normal button, it didn't work. No key press was registered. Does this only work for the input function if LED's are wired up? That doesn't make sense to me, but maybe that's just how it is

[PL1]

Were you looking for a keyboard keystroke?

The "GP" in "LED-Wiz+GP" stands for gamepad.

Does the device show up in "Devices and Printers"?


Scott

[brownicus15]

Were you looking for a keyboard keystroke?

The "GP" in "LED-Wiz+GP" stands for gamepad.

Does the device show up in "Devices and Printers"?


Scott

Hi scott,

Yes, I was wiring it up to the "button 1" input just to try and get a keystroke. it was recognized by my computer. I've done this before with my other KeyWiz, just never an LEDWIZ.

[IAmDotorg]

Hi scott,

Yes, I was wiring it up to the "button 1" input just to try and get a keystroke. it was recognized by my computer. I've done this before with my other KeyWiz, just never an LEDWIZ.

Did you read his reply? You won't get a keystroke. Run joy.cpl, open the controller in there.

[brownicus15]

I did read it, but clearly my level of noob is blatantly obvious! This is starting to make a significant amount of sense. So as for in MAME, I simply have to make the controller a controller, rather than a keyboard? I need certain things explained like I'm stupid. Because I'm stupid.

[IAmDotorg]

I did read it, but clearly my level of noob is blatantly obvious! This is starting to make a significant amount of sense. So as for in MAME, I simply have to make the controller a controller, rather than a keyboard? I need certain things explained like I'm stupid. Because I'm stupid.

In MAME, you should be able to highlight the control you want to change, hit enter, and then hit the button. MAME will pick up the next event (controller button, keystroke, etc) that gets hit. That board simulates a controller, not a keyboard, so you can't open Notepad or something and hit a key and see anything happen. You need to use something that shows controller buttons (joy.cpl does that).

It should just work, but if its not, use joy.cpl not MAME to see what is happening. It'll show you if a button is being registered or not.

One thing to be aware of, though -- Windows doesn't keep controller IDs stable, so if you plug/unplug any other controllers you'll likely wipe out the MAME settings and have to redo them. There's utilities that can help with it, but IMO controller interfaces are a giant pain in the ass.

[brownicus15]

Thank you so much! No other controllers will be plugged in once it's set, so hopefully it will keep the settings. thank you!

[IAmDotorg]

Thank you so much! No other controllers will be plugged in once it's set, so hopefully it will keep the settings. thank you!

One thing I just remembered -- MAME may not have joysticks enabled by default. Double check mame.ini and make sure theres a "joystick 1" line in there. "joystick 0" turns off joystick support. (And controllers/joysticks are the same thing)