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Veinman:
Well I rigged up a CD-ROM audio cable to the ground pin and the 5v pin (the two pins in the top row, the ground pin is above the spot with no pin, the 5v pin is to the right of that.

When testing in notepad, my stick would register a single click, and no more. Does anyone have an idea of what is wrong? Druin? :'(
Druin:
What happens if you disconnect the rotate terminals from the ipac inputs and then take  a wire connected to ground and touch that to the ipac input, does it let you register a key every time? 
Druin:
Also verify the joystick harness isn't backwards.  If it is, Ground on the harness will be in a different place than expected and it may only line up properly when the joystick is in a certain position, which may be what you're seeing.
When you only get one rotation is it ANY rotation or just that it only seems to register once or twice in a full revolution - possibly in the same spot each time?
Veinman:
I only get one character, one time, and it doesn't seem to matter which way I have the 13-pin harness.

Am I correct that I should only be using 1 of the 5v pins from the IPAC? I was wondering if it was only getting enough power for a single keystroke, but that really doesn't make much sense. On the other hand, I pretty much know nothing about wiring. :P

edit- I don't really follow you when you say "take  a wire connected to ground and touch that to the ipac input".
Druin:
You only need one 5v wire between ipac and interface board.
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