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XtraSmiley:
OK, sometimes you get great deals, sometimes bad ones and other times, the deal makes you it's ---smurf--- and keeps ---smurfing--- you.

Awhile ago, I over paid for a pair of SNK LS-30 joysticks, a druin board and an Ipac.

My goal has been to put one joystick, the druin and the ipac into this:

http://www.arcadecab.com/Store/Single_Base_Details.htm

And play a little Ikari Warriors when the mood hit me right.  If all went well, then maybe add a second one for a friend (having the LS-30, I'd have to buy another druin and ipac).

Well, first the store stopped selling these right as I was about to order, then, months later when he's back I realize that the damn joystick is a metal mount only.

Even routing the damn thing to 1/5 of MDF would leave me with a very short stick.  That's OK I think, I'm still doing it.  I NEED this joystick.

I email Mike and tell him, do it man, I don't care if the joystick is short, I HAVE to have this.

Well, now it's 5 am and as I'm putting my stick back together again (after spending over an hour trying to figure out how to make the stick longer) I realize that the freakin' Druin board needs +5 of power.  Hmm I think, funny I didn't notice that before...

Guess what, the GD Ipac doesn't have a +5 volt out on it!!!!!!!  Freakin-frak.

Any idea's?  Should I buy another encoder?  Is there one out there that will allow me to get the power I need?

Damn, this is turning out to be the impossible joystick to get.  I think I may end up selling it here and calling it a loss.  Anyone have an idea to help me out?
Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: XtraSmiley on April 14, 2006, 05:47:29 am ---Even routing the damn thing to 1/5 of MDF would leave me with a very short stick.  That's OK I think, I'm still doing it.  I NEED this joystick.

--- End quote ---

Easy.... Route it into the top, not the bottom of the panel.... Fit it using countersunk screws or bolts and then cover the top with your artwork and plexiglass, which will hide it.


--- Quote from: XtraSmiley on April 14, 2006, 05:47:29 am ---Guess what, the GD Ipac doesn't have a +5 volt out on it!!!!!!!  Freakin-frak.

Any idea's?  Should I buy another encoder?  Is there one out there that will allow me to get the power I need?

--- End quote ---

Don't try to take the power from the interface.... Run a power line from the PC off one of the hard drive plugs. You can get your 5V from there. OR buy a small 5V plug in power supply from Walmart or Home Depot or most electrical suppliers and plug it into the mains, then put a socket to plug the other end into on the back of your panel box.  That's the cheapest option.

OR if you want another encoder to supply the power then KeyWiz has a 5V line for this purpose.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
XtraSmiley:

--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on April 14, 2006, 06:02:51 am ---
--- Quote from: XtraSmiley on April 14, 2006, 05:47:29 am ---Even routing the damn thing to 1/5 of MDF would leave me with a very short stick.  That's OK I think, I'm still doing it.  I NEED this joystick.

--- End quote ---

Easy.... Route it into the top, not the bottom of the panel.... Fit it using countersunk screws or bolts and then cover the top with your artwork and plexiglass, which will hide it.


--- Quote from: XtraSmiley on April 14, 2006, 05:47:29 am ---Guess what, the GD Ipac doesn't have a +5 volt out on it!!!!!!!  Freakin-frak.

Any idea's?  Should I buy another encoder?  Is there one out there that will allow me to get the power I need?

--- End quote ---

Don't try to take the power from the interface.... Run a power line from the PC off one of the hard drive plugs. You can get your 5V from there. OR buy a small 5V plug in power supply from Walmart or Home Depot or most electrical suppliers and plug it into the mains, then put a socket to plug the other end into on the back of your panel box.  That's the cheapest option.

OR if you want another encoder to supply the power then KeyWiz has a 5V line for this purpose.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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Fozzy you are the man, but I can't top mount so it's not an option, sadly.

The power is the thing that is really bugging me.  Can you link to a picture of the cheap walmart option you are talking about?  I can't do the PC power option b/c I will be using this in my living room on my big screen and the darn computer is like in the entertainment center, getting power from it is hard.

Witch Keywiz has the power out?  Does the cheap $20 one have it?  I'd like a USB encoder as well, but maybe I'm asking for to much?

Thanks.
Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: XtraSmiley on April 14, 2006, 06:15:48 am ---The power is the thing that is really bugging me.  Can you link to a picture of the cheap walmart option you are talking about?  I can't do the PC power option b/c I will be using this in my living room on my big screen and the darn computer is like in the entertainment center, getting power from it is hard.

--- End quote ---

If your PC has a spare hard drive power plug running off it's power supply then you can just plug a lead into that. Or you can put a splitter lead on one of the existing hard drive power leads.

If you want the cheap Walmart option, just go into the store and get a little universal power supply.... they're usually sold to power toys and handheld games and radios and things like that. Some of them even have a switchable output with 1.5v 3.0v 5.0v 9.0v 12.0v on a selector switch, just make sure you buy one with a 5V output.  You may even already have one around the house.


--- Quote from: XtraSmiley on April 14, 2006, 06:15:48 am ---Witch Keywiz has the power out?  Does the cheap $20 one have it?  I'd like a USB encoder as well, but maybe I'm asking for to much?
--- End quote ---

All KeyWiz interfaces have a 5V line available for powering joysticks that need it. 

KeyWiz is a PS2 interface, but you can plug one into USB by using a PS2 to USB adapter lead.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Grasshopper:
XtraSmiley, I have some good news for you. The Ipac does actually have a +5v output. But you have to take the power from one of the header pins. A diagram can be found here - http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac2.html

If you don't like soldering and haven't got a header pin connector then just hack a CD-ROM drive audio cable.

Alternatively, if you don't want to use the Ipac's +5v header pin then you could just tap into the +5v wire of the USB or ps/2 cable connecting the Ipac to the computer.
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