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| RandyT:
Yes, 1 interface is normally required per stick, but switching may be possible. The interfaces report as Joy1 X/Y, Joy2 X/Y, and so on. I haven't tied this yet, but a simple DPDT toggle switch should be able to be used to selectively enable joysticks connected to the same interface by directing +5 and Ground to the stick you want to be active. RandyT |
| dema:
--- Quote from: RandyT on April 20, 2005, 09:58:55 am ---Yes, 1 interface is normally required per stick, but switching may be possible. The interfaces report as Joy1 X/Y, --- End quote --- |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: RandyT on April 20, 2005, 09:58:55 am ---Yes, 1 interface is normally required per stick, but switching may be possible. The interfaces report as Joy1 X/Y, Joy2 X/Y, and so on. I haven't tied this yet, but a simple DPDT toggle switch should be able to be used to selectively enable joysticks connected to the same interface by directing +5 and Ground to the stick you want to be active. RandyT --- End quote --- Just some clarification - I think the Joycode_1_Up command I posted earlier is correct then for config files. (This will probably appear as Joy1 Y+ in MAMETM's TAB menu, or you could just use the sticks and the TAB menu to configure MAMETM. I believe the method I recommended will work well, but requires you to buy a third GP-Wiz49. It also might not work with Emu's other than MAME, so you would have to pick stick 1 or Stick 3 as primary, and set up your other Emu's accordingly. Randy thinks that a DPDT switch could work to select the active joystick. This would require mounting the switch where it was accessible regardless of what panel you are using and remembering to activate it when you change panels. Alternately, you maybe could hide the switch and use some weird combination of contacts and relays to activate it as the appropriate panel was selected, but that will probably be more expensive than the 3rd GP-Wiz49. |
| dema:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on April 20, 2005, 10:17:49 am --- --- Quote from: RandyT on April 20, 2005, 09:58:55 am ---Yes, 1 interface is normally required per stick, but switching may be possible. The interfaces report as Joy1 X/Y, --- End quote --- --- End quote --- |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: dema on April 20, 2005, 10:11:57 am ---Is there a way to make joystick 1 and 3 redundant by going with 3 encoders? Would Tiger Heli's idea of remapping the MAME so that they read as the same joystick work? --- End quote --- Okay, this is somewhat trivial, but I want you to understand what is going on. You are not remapping MAME so they read as the same joystick, you are remapping MAME so they control the same action, player 1 movement. Let me give you a different example - Say you wanted Fire buttons on either side of your joystick for either-handed players in shooters, and you are using a KeyWiz. Three ways to do it: Method 1 - Wire both buttons to Terminal 1, which sends L Ctrl and MAME sees as Button 1. Easiest solution, but won't work for 49-way joysticks. Method 2 - Wire one buttton to Terminal 1, and one button to Terminal 2. Reprogram the KeyWiz so that both Terminals send L Ctrl. (Bad idea in practice b/c you are in effect wasting one input, but it would work). This is not possible in the 49-way case, b/c you can't change what the GP-Wiz49 sends to the computer. Method 3 - Wire one Button to Terminal 1, which sends L Ctrl, and one Button to Terminal 2, which sends L Alt. Re-configure MAME so P1B1 is "L Ctrl OR L Alt". This is the equivalent of what I was suggesting. Did Randy say why he didn't think it would work? |
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