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4 Player Control Panel Wireing Question
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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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You don't have to stand at a diagonal. ;)