Dual Pushbutton - Fit two buttons in one hole.

[tyleryoungblood]

I swear I saw a pushbutton that would work great for volume control. It looked like a regular round pushbutton, but the button itself was actually 2 buttons in one (two half-moon shaped pushbuttons). I know Happ has some square buttons that do this, but I want to stay with round buttons if possible.

If I remember correctly this "dual pushbutton" would fit in your typical 1 1/8" mounting hole.

Anyone else ever seen this? I can't seem to find it now that I'm upgrading to MAME .110 and can map Vol+ and Vol- to individual pushbuttons.

If anyone has a clue what I'm talking about please post a link for purchasing such a button. Thanks!

[rockin_rick]

I know I've seen another site that sells these, too.  I remember seeing a pic of it.  But here is a site that sells what I think what you are looking for.

http://www.videoconnect.com/pages/button.php

Rick

[rockin_rick]

Here's what I was thinking of....

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=DBLBUTTON

Rick

[shardian]

I know I've seen another site that sells these, too.  I remember seeing a pic of it.  But here is a site that sells what I think what you are looking for.

http://www.videoconnect.com/pages/button.php

Rick

Finally! A source for triple buttons. I've never been able to find a source for those anywhere. Hopefully this company is still open.

[Dervacumen]

I know I've seen another site that sells these, too.  I remember seeing a pic of it.  But here is a site that sells what I think what you are looking for.

http://www.videoconnect.com/pages/button.php

Rick

Finally! A source for triple buttons. I've never been able to find a source for those anywhere. Hopefully this company is still open.

Holy crap!  That background about burned my eyes out.

What would one do with a triple button?

[Organic Jerk]

That is freakin awesome...  You're telling me I can get twice the hidden function button power with equal the real estate?

Sign me up!

[Fozzy The Bear]

What would one do with a triple button?

They're used on some fruit machine gamblers....

That is freakin awesome...  You're telling me I can get twice the hidden function button power with equal the real estate?

Nope!! Sorry.... they do fit into a 1-1/8" hole but the top section is much larger, so it will take up control panel space.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[shardian]

I have a relief pitcher cabinet. The game is designed to work with theses buttons. The on screen instructions even show the triple button.

[thennomeking]

These are simply cool, thanks for the information.

[shardian]

I know I've seen another site that sells these, too.  I remember seeing a pic of it.  But here is a site that sells what I think what you are looking for.

http://www.videoconnect.com/pages/button.php

Rick

FYI, the people who run that site never got back to me, so I'd say they are long gone.

[horseboy]

I know I've seen another site that sells these, too.  I remember seeing a pic of it.  But here is a site that sells what I think what you are looking for.

http://www.videoconnect.com/pages/button.php

Rick

FYI, the people who run that site never got back to me, so I'd say they are long gone.

Ya, I tried to get ahold of them about 6 months ago. No dice. 

[Kevin Mullins]

[urlhttp://www.coinopexpress.com/products/parts/push_button/Triple_Position_Push_Button_with_Microswitch_5275.html[/url]

http://www.arcadiabay.de/source/item.aspx?LID=0&id=2465

[tyleryoungblood]

Thanks for all the replies. I checked out MikesArcade and indeed that was the button I had seen months ago. Here is the link again:

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=DBLBUTTON

In a fit of excitement I ordered the pushbutton for my volume control (I'm going to map the double pushbutton to control windows volume using a free program called volume tray). Unfortunately I didn't notice that the top of the button is HUGE! Yes it fits a 1 1/8 hole, but it looks stupidly large next to regular happ buttons.

The good news is Volume Tray works great with mame. Check out the link below if your looking for a volume control solution w/o using a pot. You can map any 2 pushbuttons for vol+ and vol- on you mame!

http://glorysoft.omsk.ru/volumetray.html

[vrf]

Hmmm.... does that Volume Tray app work using shifted inputs?

I'd like to set up something like this:
joytick up + button1 = volume up
joytick down + button1 = volume down

[headkaze]

Hmmm.... does that Volume Tray app work using shifted inputs?

I'd like to set up something like this:
joytick up + button1 = volume up
joytick down + button1 = volume down

It should do, all it does is use hotkeys you can assign, so it should work okay with the shift function of IPAC.

[edge]

Thanks for all the replies. I checked out MikesArcade and indeed that was the button I had seen months ago. Here is the link again:

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=DBLBUTTON

In a fit of excitement I ordered the pushbutton for my volume control (I'm going to map the double pushbutton to control windows volume using a free program called volume tray). Unfortunately I didn't notice that the top of the button is HUGE! Yes it fits a 1 1/8 hole, but it looks stupidly large next to regular happ buttons.

Tyler,
Pics please.

[tyleryoungblood]

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Tyler,
Pics please.
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LOL, I would post pics, but I never mounted the dual pushbutton because it looked so silly next to the normal buttons. I  think it would work great if you could hide the button somewhere out of site, but then it's not all that useful. Oh well.

[shorthair]

You could've put it somewhere on the cab or through the bezel, perhaps.