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RandyT:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on February 28, 2005, 06:55:03 pm ---RandyT,

Does the interface have to be programmed at every startup/hotswap, or does it retain the last value during power-off?

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It defaults to Raw49 mode on power loss. 


And just so this isn't a one line post, to answer another question that was asked earlier, 49-way sticks will be available shortly at the GGG store along with all of the other goodies.

RandyT

Kremmit:
SirP- you wanted to get the mode selection without 8 buttons on the panel.  I figure it can be done with fewer, here's how:

Randy says the mode button is a standalone, with no other function, so that's one right there.  Of course, since it's not used during play, it could be a non-arcade button, so you could mount a really small button anywhere to do this job, even conceal it inside the coin door or whatever.  (As far as that goes, you could conceal all 8, but let's assume you don't want to do that.)  That leaves 7, one for each of the modes. 

When pushed, the mode select button essentially shifts button inputs 1-7 from their standard function to "Mode Select".  If you've got coin1, coin2, start1 and start2 on your machine, there's 4 already  Got 4players, then you're covered right there.  If not, that still only leaves 3 "fire" buttons to go on the panel.  If you've got admin buttons, mouse buttons, etc.- you can use those.

Even if your other buttons are wired to another encoder (Ipac, Keywiz) that has their coin, start, and player buttons wired there can use this trick too, they just have to do some more wiring.  Double wire your buttons to both encoders, but wire a toggle switch in the circuits so they're only live to one encoder at a time.  Wire the toggle to a relay off of your mode-select button and you're good to go.  Hmm, there ought to be a way to skip the relay- maybe a DPDT in the mode select button?  3P3T?
sWampy:

--- Quote from: RandyT on February 28, 2005, 07:21:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: sWampy on February 28, 2005, 05:53:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: sWampy on February 28, 2005, 03:53:07 pm ---Well no Duh, Randy said they played as close to real as you could get.   I was pretty much asking him if he thought his new solution was as good as or better than something like a t-stick plus, or a happs superjoystick for 4 way games.

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Well I guess the no response means the t-stick plus will be much better than this and a happs 49 way for the majority of games.

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Believe it or not, I don't own a T-stick plus.  So any answer I might give would be pure speculation.

But it shouldn't be hard to guess what will be permanently installed on *my* control panel.

RandyT



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Well I guess I should have asked if you thought the 49 way/controller was a better solution than the 4/8 way joysticks that you sell.  2 of them will cost me $80 or so, a controller and one 49 way will cost me about the same, so I'm not sure which way to go.     

Only other worry I have is my mini-pac.  I guess, I'd have to use the 49 way controller for most inputs and just use mini-pac for coins  and player 1/2, since buttons 1-8 are used to set the mode, or I would have to add a bunch of extra buttons.
1UP:
Where have I been the past few days!
NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on February 28, 2005, 07:33:38 pm ---SirP- you wanted to get the mode selection without 8 buttons on the panel.  I figure it can be done with fewer, here's how:
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My thought was to use an 8-position rotary switch, and a DPST momentary to trigger everything.
That is assuming that you don't have to depress and hold the mode button prior to selecting the mode.

The DPST would ground BOTH the mode switch and the rotary simultaneously, but cut off ground to both when released, so that the rotary wouldn't send any data to the encoder when the programming button was not depressed.
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