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Multimeter to test my bad IPAC? -problem found
Quarters:
Don't forget to check for led error codes. as on the bottom of this page:
http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac2.html
Timoe:
Turns out it was a bad IPAC.
I swapped it with another i had and hooked it up and everything worked perfect. The bad Ipac was purchased just about a month ago. I bought 2, one went into another control panel and it works fine. I felt bad being one of those noobies that asks "whats wrong with my IPAC" but I was so frustrated.
I had traded some dreamcast games for a few buttons and a broken IPAC 2 months ago. The broken IPAC just needed to have the main chip re-seated as one of the pins got bent under during assembly.
I know nothing of chips and their handling but like a dumassk I though I'd fiddle with the thing while walking from my garage to my living room and ....POP that little chip came right off and bent a few more pins in the process. So I bent all the pins back in place (while walking up stairs) and they felt like they might snap off now at any second. I squished the chip back onto the IPAC PCB, I plugged it in and everything worked PERFECT. I did not treat this thing delicately and it worked like a champ.
Meanwhile my new IPAC is broken and funky and I have no idea why. I will try and email Ultimarc and see if I can mail it back or something. Anyway thank you to everyone for your help and now I have a multimeter!
Here's the CP that this IPAC went into, a modded Pelican Stick