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Problems with Williams 49-ways, not working in all directions.
quarterback:
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--- Quote from: quarterback on October 07, 2005, 01:42:56 pm ---I know there's a way to hook these up directly (using analog mame and whatnot) without the encoder. And I've got a multimeter here. How can I 'test' the x axis d pin but remove the GPWiz49 from the equation?
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You could either connect all 8 pins to keywiz/ipac etc, or through 8 leds (with the right resistors), and look at whats going on. I'd go with the leds, personally, but I already have them.
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Yeah, no LEDs here. I was hoping for a "look for continuity between the ground and the XD when joystick is pushed" or "look for 5v between something and something else" or something along those lines.
Since each of the sensors is a NC 'switch', I know I get continuity when they're all centered and I can test each sensor to see if it 'opens' when I push the joystick. I'm just not sure what the XD and XY should be 'reading' when I go one direction or the other.
Is there just a way for me to test to see if the "direction pin" is activating or not?
Thanks man
qb
fl0yd:
At one point I was trying to identify other possible wiring scenarios to make it possible to have the stick mounted with the PCB in other directions.
quarterback:
--- Quote from: fl0yd on October 07, 2005, 02:12:10 pm ---At one point I was trying to identify other possible wiring scenarios to make it possible to have the stick mounted with the PCB in other directions. I never found a working wiring out of the possible permutations, but I did see similar results to what you are reporting.
I know you've mentioned that your wiring is correct, but this is identical to some of the wiring possibilities that I tried.
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Thanks floyd. I'm going to pull a different harness and start from scratch, just to eliminate that possibility. The thing that befuddles me (in multiple ways) is that niether joy works, but with slightly different problems..... curious.
I'll start over and try again. But dude, I just wanna play Sinistar!!!!! :)
quarterback:
Rewired, new harness, I went back to the GGG directions and started over but the results are exactly the same. Here are some pics in case somebody sees something that I'm doing totally wrong here. Human Error is always a possibility here
RandyT:
QB, you should drop me an email. There's a possibility that one of the inputs got toasted during the wiring process (please tell me you aren't wiring it with the power on.)
You should be able to test the GP-Wiz49 by grounding combinations of inputs to simulate the joystick behavior. But I'll have to go through them with you (after I educate myself with your situation).
On the other hand, I have a 49-way here that I was careless with and it does exactly what you have been describing. I'm guessing a dead opto-sensor on mine. Hopefully you don't have that problem.
Let me know,
RandyT
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I just noticed that both of your sticks are Williams types. If you hook both of them up EXACTLY the same way and get different results, this is pointing pretty hard in the direction of bad components on both of the sticks.