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Zebidee:
You can wire 2+ buttons to the same IPAC input, no problems

Using the IPAC software programming utility, you can also program 2+ inputs to the same keyboard code.

Shookie:

--- Quote from: Zebidee on October 06, 2022, 07:30:27 pm ---You can wire 2+ buttons to the same IPAC input, no problems

Using the IPAC software programming utility, you can also program 2+ inputs to the same keyboard code.

--- End quote ---

Perfect, thank you!

Shookie:
Pretty much done with all of the button/joystick wiring. Set the CP on the base and am happy with it! Pictures below....

Next steps are getting the power switch installed, USB hub installed, finish wiring, etc. I am probably going to poly the base as well to provide some protection against the paint getting chipped. Will probably add some graphics to the base at some point as well.

Shookie:
Bought my PC today as well.... my wife gets points through her job that allows you to order merchandise, travel, etc. So, we are kind of getting it for free. This allowed me to upgrade and get a PC that will run pretty much anything I throw at it. It has a Ryzen 5 5600G processor and Radeon RX 6600 graphics card so that should handle just about anything. I had to convince my wife a bit on why that much computer is needed, but was able to pull it off ;D

Here's a link to the exact machine
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-5600g-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-6600-500gb-ssd-black/6489032.p?skuId=6489032

Shookie:
Took care of all the final cuts in the cabinet.... decided to put a fan on each side to exhaust warm air out of the base. On the sides, they will be covered up by the CP and less visible so I decided on that location. The fans are 90mm size and I am using a couple old phone charger bricks I had to run them. Both run at 12 volts. I can also wire up to the transformer I installed if I want. I drilled a couple 4 inch holes in the base to allow air into the base.

I mounted the transformer up in the top section of the base. It's got 5V and 12V outputs on it with a pot to adjust the voltage. I dialed it in at 5V exactly before hooking everything up. I plan on checking it out once all the lights are on to see if there's much of a drop. One of the fans is to the left of the transformer. I figure there should be some air flow there to help remove heat.

Since I am using 2 IPAC Ultimates, there's a different setup to ID the 2nd IPAC as #2. There's separate firmware to update the 2nd IPAC. There's a video online of how to do this so I followed it and it worked just fine. When I plugged in my laptop and ran the WinIPAC software, the right half (P2 and P4) lit up. Was pretty cool to see.

I hooked up to both IPAC's and got all the lights on. It just cycled through some different colors and kept doing it. Probably old news to a lot of you, but this is my first build and it was refreshing to see! Every light worked too... no wiring issues that I had to chase down and that was a relief! I downloaded a keyboard test program and verified all the buttons and joysticks so all good on that front as well.

I have some reading/learning on what to map each of them to.... watching various videos and the directions and buttons are mapped to different letters/characters. Like I said, I haven't read up on it but I assume this has to do with what frontend there is? The corresponding letter/character has to be right for the software to understand the inputs I guess....???

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