Some I/o understandings...

[bcgamer]

First of all... This board looks awesome can't wait to wire it, but before I do I continue reading on here for the info I don't understand.  Please I apologize in advance as I am searching on here for the info.

1.  Running the led power.  The power adapter goes into the board, I get that...but what do I have to buy for this 2 prong thing to plug into?  I'm talking about the other end of the led power cable.

2.  The utrak.  The wiring explained on the website doesn't match what I've received.  Mine is an illuminated one.  My two harnesses that are already made up are : red/blue/purple and black/green/yellow/red.  On the website it says they go in a certain way on the I/o board that is impossible the way the 2 harnesses are done up.  Which way do they go on the board?

3.  Routing the led power.  Obviously ground makes its way across the board on all buttons back to the main ground, I get that.  Now to run the power to the led, I start at "1-3" but there are 4 pins in each row, so shouldn't the row be labelled 1-4 instead of 1-3?  I don't want to mess up when I put the 9led harnesses in those black clips so I want to make sure I do this right. The black clips hold 4 wires in each row but it's only labelled 1-3 so only use 3 wires per row? That's where I'm really confused too.

Thanks in advance for the answers.  I do dig the products but there should be a big detailed pdf on the website or paper map for your shipment of said products.  Would help a lot of us out.  The player controls are pretty easy, it's the other stuff I have no idea.

Cheers!!

[bcgamer]

K so I think I have one figured out.
That led 2 prong connector goes into the PC motherboard for power?

Forgot to mention, my led buttons are solid colours, not rgb, don't know if that makes a difference on how you put them in the board??

[ed12]

the reason for 4 pins each is
+/r/g/b
it is clearly silk screened on the side of your I/o board

ed

[bcgamer]

I can read that yes,
I'm just confused how to run it, that's all
Sorry I'm new to electronics, trying to learn as much as I can before asking.

Do you run 3 wires in the black clamp and leave the 4th empty?

[ed12]

if it is 1 led lets say
then u go from pin1=+ to 1 side of the led
and tie the other side into any of the 3 pins left over in that row
from what I see that side is basic  a light controller (must be set a able) with s/w ?
if so the it would be grouped channels 1-8 ? leds 1-3 much like that

ed

[bcgamer]

Let's see if I understand it
Since its setup for rgb, I'm daisy chaining the negatives already I think.
Then I run the positive for each led button/joystick JUST to the + on each row of 4?

Since my buttons are just single colours (red/blue) is that correct? Be patient, I'm a noob but trying to learn.  I run a company but am struggling with this lol.

[ed12]

I went to get the manual but for some reason the mother ship is not allowing d/ls
maybe randy t is fixing some thing ?
but just hang in there scott will read and step in to help

ed

[PL1]

With LEDs, the operating voltage "+" (LED positive) is shared by the red, green, and blue LEDs and the "R", "G", and "B" channels are the ground path. (LED negative)

"R", "G", and "B" control the amount of current flow (more current = brighter) through the red, green, and blue channels of the RGB LED.

By controlling how much current flows through each color channel, the Ultimate I/O controls the LED color.
 -- purple = red 255 (full on), green 0 (full off), blue 255
 -- Mid-bright white = red 128, green 128, blue 128

maybe randy t is fixing some thing ?
but just hang in there scott will read and step in to help

Why would Randy be working on Andy's Ultimarc site?   

Accidently posted before I caught the latest so here's an edit.

my buttons are just single colours (red/blue)

Single-color LEDs only require a single channel (R, G, or B) to light it.

The Ultimate I/O has no idea what color your LEDs are, only how much current flow in each channel will produce the commanded color.

If you connect a single-color blue LED to the R channel and tell the Ultimate I/O to light the button red, it will allow current to flow through the R channel and light your single-color blue LED.

To keep things simple, wire only one LED per "+RGB" set of pins:
  Red LEDs -- wire "+" to LED positive lead and "R" to LED negative
  Blue LEDs -- wire "+" to LED positive lead and "B" to LED negative


Scott

[PL1]

I start at "1-3" but there are 4 pins in each row, so shouldn't the row be labelled 1-4 instead of 1-3?

The reason for the "1-3" labelling is that "+" is the operating voltage (fixed value) and the LED controller circuitry in the Ultimate I/O controls the current flow through R + G + B pins. (variable values)

It may help to think of the pins as:
  +  1  2  3
  +  4  5  6
  +  7  8  9, etc


Scott

[ed12]

thk-u
I had randy and andy mixed up

ed