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Quazi

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Minipac Ground Wire Question
« on: August 15, 2004, 06:36:40 pm »
I have tried looking to find out some information on the minipac but to no avail. So I was hoping some of you might be able to help me :).

I bought a minipac, and wired it up. But I could not get any response to be sent to the PC. It detects everything just fine but no key presses are sent.

I believe my problem comes from the ground wires. I am very confused on how those are supposed to be hooked up. I daisy chained them across all of the common leads on the joysticks and buttons but I'm not sure how to "ground" it.

There is a prong that can be slipped into a connector that kind of makes the ground daisy-chain a complete circuit, but I don't know if that is the correct thing to do. There are probably 5 or so of the connectors on the ground daisy chain that are not in use. Is that possibly causing problems?

Sorry if this question has been asked somewhere and I couldn't find it. Sadly my CD that was supposed to come with the instructions/utilities for the minipac came cracked, so I can't see if there were any minipac specific instructions on that disc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re:Minipac Ground Wire Question
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2004, 07:53:53 pm »
If you have a multi-meter check the continuity of your ground wiring. On the mini-pac there should be a hook up that says GND, just connect your ground wire/s to that.
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Re:Minipac Ground Wire Question
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2004, 09:53:49 pm »
Quote from: Apollo on August 15, 2004, 07:53:53 pm
If you have a multi-meter check the continuity of your ground wiring. On the mini-pac there should be a hook up that says GND, just connect your ground wire/s to that.

Thanks for the response. I will have to try to get a multi-meter from a relative, I'm sure one of them have one.

It's strange, I don't see any where to put a ground on the minipac. Here's a pic of one, not sure if it will totally help. I'll take a few pics and post what my minipac looks like... maybe I'm just blind.

Again thanks for the help.

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Re:Minipac Ground Wire Question
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Re:Minipac Ground Wire Question
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2004, 11:38:44 pm »
Quote from: Bgnome on August 15, 2004, 10:57:20 pm
pin 2 is ground
http://www.ultimarc.com/mp_inst.html

Thanks a lot! I will try that in the coming days. Thanks so much for the quick reply. I recall seeing that diagram but couldn't find it since. Thanks a lot.
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Re:Minipac Ground Wire Question
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2004, 03:24:52 am »
Yep, it's the first wire on the harness wired to the pin next to the key.
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