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| Kook:
In addition to a USB connector, there is a 10-pin I/O port on the Ultrastik 360 joystick. For those of you that own U360s, I was just wondering how you use the IO port. Input Mode, Output Mode with USB, or Output Mode without USB. Or do you just ignore the I/O port? Did you run into any "gotchas"? For those who are unfamiliar with this, in input mode, you connect your cabinet buttons to the joystick's IO port and they are recognized by your PC as standard joystick buttons (just like any other USB joystick). In output mode, you can connect wires from the joystick's IO port to a keyboard interface such as a JPAC; in this mode, the Ultrastik emulates traditional up, down, left, right microswitches, which are converted to keystrokes by the JPAC. |
| destructor:
I use it for buttons only. Stick is programmed by UltraMap. |
| fatfingers:
I ignore the IO port. |
| ids:
old thread, sorry to dig it up, but looking for similar info. Just got some U360's, playing with output mode and getting nowhere fast. My meter shows all (but ground) pins at +5v, relative to the ground pin. The "auto switch" works how? I tried pulling out the usb connector, applied +5v and ground according to spec, the little green LED came on, but still no response on the Up/Down/Left/Right pins. Anyone have any more info? |
| Kook:
It's been a while. Mine is wired in Output mode. I have a USB cable connected. IO wires go to my JPac. Works fine. I never looked at the IO pin voltage levels with a multimeter. Just curious, are you using an IPAC or JPAC? |
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