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clickhea:

Id appreciate it if any of you more experienced builders could look over my parts and see if anything iam ordering is incorrect or will not work with each other for whatever reason before i go and waste all my $ :)

My control panel will be a 2 person control panel using:

2 ultra 360's (with hard springs, circle restrictor plate)
http://www.ultimarc.com/ultrastik_info.html

7 buttons per player in the neo geo layout:
iam not sure if i want to go with the clear buttons(leds) or the solid ones i'll have to make that choice later i guess. Also i think iam going to upgrade to the micro leafs.

admin buttons:
iam going to throw a few on, nothing crazy, the keyboard encoder iam choosing has a shift key, which i'll make use of.  most of my admin buttons will either be on an admin panel above the control panel, or on the side of my control panel (another factor i havnt decided fully on yet)

Trackball
I think i like this led trackball from ggg the only issue i see is its 109 bucks
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=270
i also do not understand what the option on the site means where it says
USB DEVICE NUMBER: use if first or only if this exact controller.

i also just noticed its sold out. so i may have to go with the 3" golden tee ball from happ

Spinner:
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=268
same thing with the USB DEVICE NUMBER

also not sure if i need master or slave, i'll have to do more searching on the boards after i post this unless someone is willing to shed some light.

keyboard encoder,
after much research i think i want to go with the mini-pac
it has all the keyboard functions i want like the shift feature, and it also has inputs for trackball and the spinner, which i like.

would this encoder be fine to light all my LED buttons if i choose to go LED?

Also iam aware that my 7 player buttons can connect to the u360, i wanted the keyboard encoder for any other buttons i wish to add, and the fact it has the trackball,spinner functions added to it is a plus.


hopefully i diddnt forget anything.. iam trying to do this off the top of my head, i want to leave a few days for replies before i order.. iam figuring i'll order sunday night (today is friday)


usb:

iam pretty sure everything iam going to get is going to be usb related, because iam not sure the computer iam purchasing for this product will have the ps2 ports.  if anyone suggests agaisnt this, please let me know asap.

i was reading that the usb has problems with more than 6 inputs at once, but the project arcade book is saying ipac took care of this problem.


thanks for your time in advance





pmc:

Most of this stuff is newer than when I built my panel so I can't comment directly on the parts. But I would make the suggestion that you count all your inputs and make sure that you have enough points on the mini-pac. Don't forget to include credit/coin door inputs, admin buttons (quit, pause, etc.) and multiple inputs for each joystick.

-pmc

divemaster127:

I stock a lot of these items in my buy/sell thread I have both happ & ultimarc, the happ 3" usb trans. trackball is $84.99 if you need a quote send me a pm
dm

clickhea:

yeah i understand, from what i been reading the u360's can hold up to 8 buttons each

so the mini pac would be more than enough for what i need(i think)

if anyone else could veryfiy everything else and maybe answer my trackball/spinner question id appreciate it

divemaster127:

the mini pac will be plenty, I use the spintrack for a spinner I do not know anything about the GGG, the happ trackball you just plug it into the usb & thats it


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