CP Wiring question

[DemonBrew]

My first cab - just about to set up the CP. I have 2 joysticks, 6 buttons each, player 1, player 2, blah blah.

Anyway, I'm looking over Spystyle's tutorial and I notice this little gem:

It is important to note that the joystick's switches are opposite, when you push up on a joystick the shaft below pushes downward, when you push left on the joystick the shaft below pushes to the right, and so on. Give it a try and you'll see, then wire the switches accordingly.

I completely understand the physical mechanics. But, if I'm using an I-PAC2, so I wire up the "bottom" switch on the joystick to the 1UP screw on the I-PAC? Does it really matter since it looks like I can reprogram it via software as opposed to yanking the wire back out?

[starnix17]

If you don't feel like re-wiring then you can use the program that comes on the I-PAC CD to reprogram it, very easy to do. If you didn't wire it yet, then just push the joystick in the direction your working on and see what switch it hits.

[DemonBrew]

I understand that part - push the joystick up and the "down / bottom" switch is activated.

My question is - does the down/bottom switch get wired to the 1UP jack or the 1DOWN jack? Is the I-PAC labeled for the movement of the character in the game (up=up) or is it labeled to the microswitch position (up=down)?

I have not wired anything yet. Just doing some research. I just wanted to do it right the first time. Thanks!

[tristan]

It is labelled as it works. So up would be attached to the switch that is activated when you press up on the joystick.

[pmc]

Yeah man. You are over-thinking it. You want an "up" key pressed when the joystick is pushed up. So wire the appropriate microswitch to "up". It's incidental that the "up" switch may not appear to be oriented on the top when you look at it from the bottom.

If you use quick disconnects, you can instantly move "up" to the correct switch if you make an initial mistake. I wouldn't recommend wiring the panel strangely and then compensating with software. It'll just confuse you later.

-pmc

[DemonBrew]

Yeah man. You are over-thinking it.

It wouldn't be the first time. Thanks everyone!