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| chrisindfw:
It works pretty good right now but its not customizable. Its all hard coded.. I will see what I can do and get some pics. --- Quote from: Aceldamor on April 23, 2004, 01:23:39 pm --- --- Quote from: chrisindfw on April 23, 2004, 01:18:56 pm ---If you see that guy, tell him I did not get any documentation with my screen I got from him. Other than that. Great! --- End quote --- Chris...I can forward you the e-mail I got with instructions, pinouts and links for c+ code..You'll have to wait until I get home though... BTW....cool to hear something on the prospect of another means to use theese LCD screens, Marlaxle's App is great, but since he isn't going to update, another "hand in the pot" is pretty cool! You'll have to post some screenies of the app/lcd in action when you get it working --- End quote --- |
| Aceldamor:
--- Quote from: chrisindfw on April 23, 2004, 01:27:47 pm ---It works pretty good right now but its not customizable. Its all hard coded.. I will see what I can do and get some pics. --- End quote --- Cool....IM me your e-mail addy if it isn't in your profile and i'll send you the instructions. --- Quote --- I'll take a couple --- End quote --- I'll talk to him this weekend and have him whip up 2 of them..IM me your info so I know where to have them shipped. |
| chrisindfw:
Well, I got my LCD Panel from E-Bay. It works great. I was wondering about the power supply as I am first building a stand alone control panel before I do my cabinet and didnt want to run an extra wire from the pc to the box. Behold the power of the IPAC! I took two of the pins from the LED connectors on the IPAC and used the +5 and GND from that to power the LCD panel! IT CAME TO LIFE! MUHAHAHAHAHA! (evil laugh) I wrote a quick program to create lcd files based on the controls.dat file. It worked great. I sent the file to the LCD and BAM! It appeared! Now the task of mounting it on my panel. I am debating the option of cutting a rectangle in my plexi for it or to just put the plexi over it. I have to try both. Now the next part is to make a front end that will display the list of games that are not in the controls.dat file, allow you to play the game, then create the lcd file based on the button labels you choose. That is dependent on how much work I have to do for my actual job! hehe I want to thank everyone for putting up with my stupid questions. I will post pics shortly. |
| Aceldamor:
Are you going to put out your little app that spits out those files? |
| chrisindfw:
Yes. I wish I could get mame to run in a smaller window that way you can run the game, get the inputs and create a new lcd file all at once. I am still learning the powers of mame and the misc utilities. --- Quote from: Aceldamor on April 26, 2004, 11:20:44 am ---Are you going to put out your little app that spits out those files? --- End quote --- |
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