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slsimon:
Hello!  I am in the process of wireing up my 4 player control panel and am not sure how to wire up the 3 and 4 player joystick switches.  Player 1 and 2 was easy to wire up because up was toward the monitor which means the joystick would hit the bottom switch of the joystick and I wired as such.  Now, my player 3 and 4 is setup to where up is diagonal to the monitor.  When I press up on the joystick, there are two switches that are being touched at one time.  I have 8 way joysticks by the way.  So I am not sure if it matters what switch I need to wire up for the up switch.  Thanks for any suggestions... 
Avrus:

--- Quote from: slsimon on January 24, 2008, 08:14:50 pm ---Hello!  I am in the process of wireing up my 4 player control panel and am not sure how to wire up the 3 and 4 player joystick switches.  Player 1 and 2 was easy to wire up because up was toward the monitor which means the joystick would hit the bottom switch of the joystick and I wired as such.  Now, my player 3 and 4 is setup to where up is diagonal to the monitor.  When I press up on the joystick, there are two switches that are being touched at one time.  I have 8 way joysticks by the way.  So I am not sure if it matters what switch I need to wire up for the up switch.  Thanks for any suggestions... 

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Sounds like you're discovering why it doesn't work out well to put Player 3 and Player 4 on a diagnol.  If you're pushing the stick 'straight' towards to the monitor then it would only be hitting one switch.   Player 3 and Player 4 would be wired exactly the same as P1 and P2.

I set up my P3 and P4 to be positioned the same as P1 and P2 so as to avoid any confusion for the player.
slsimon:

--- Quote from: Avrus on January 24, 2008, 08:24:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: slsimon on January 24, 2008, 08:14:50 pm ---Hello!  I am in the process of wireing up my 4 player control panel and am not sure how to wire up the 3 and 4 player joystick switches.  Player 1 and 2 was easy to wire up because up was toward the monitor which means the joystick would hit the bottom switch of the joystick and I wired as such.  Now, my player 3 and 4 is setup to where up is diagonal to the monitor.  When I press up on the joystick, there are two switches that are being touched at one time.  I have 8 way joysticks by the way.  So I am not sure if it matters what switch I need to wire up for the up switch.  Thanks for any suggestions... 

--- End quote ---

Sounds like you're discovering why it doesn't work out well to put Player 3 and Player 4 on a diagnol.  If you're pushing the stick 'straight' towards to the monitor then it would only be hitting one switch.   Player 3 and Player 4 would be wired exactly the same as P1 and P2.

I set up my P3 and P4 to be positioned the same as P1 and P2 so as to avoid any confusion for the player.

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In my opinion, I feel that if I was standing at a diagonal, pressing up towards the monitor as to pressing up diagonal of the monitor would feel odd and possibly throw me off when playing a game.  That is why I wanted player 3 and 4 to be setup with a diagonal up position.  I suppose just rotating the joystick base would work.  Thanks for the heads up.  Thanks,
northerngames:
yeah you will have to move the joystick base and redo the mounting.
DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: slsimon on January 24, 2008, 08:30:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: Avrus on January 24, 2008, 08:24:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: slsimon on January 24, 2008, 08:14:50 pm ---Hello!  I am in the process of wireing up my 4 player control panel and am not sure how to wire up the 3 and 4 player joystick switches.  Player 1 and 2 was easy to wire up because up was toward the monitor which means the joystick would hit the bottom switch of the joystick and I wired as such.  Now, my player 3 and 4 is setup to where up is diagonal to the monitor.  When I press up on the joystick, there are two switches that are being touched at one time.  I have 8 way joysticks by the way.  So I am not sure if it matters what switch I need to wire up for the up switch.  Thanks for any suggestions... 

--- End quote ---

Sounds like you're discovering why it doesn't work out well to put Player 3 and Player 4 on a diagnol.  If you're pushing the stick 'straight' towards to the monitor then it would only be hitting one switch.   Player 3 and Player 4 would be wired exactly the same as P1 and P2.

I set up my P3 and P4 to be positioned the same as P1 and P2 so as to avoid any confusion for the player.

--- End quote ---

In my opinion, I feel that if I was standing at a diagonal, pressing up towards the monitor as to pressing up diagonal of the monitor would feel odd and possibly throw me off when playing a game. 

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You don't have to stand at a diagonal.   ;)
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