Thanks beboxer...its been awhile since my "basic electrical" class in college....the only thing I took outta that class were some vague references to OHM's law and "if you ever feel like doing anything electrical in your own home, don't, you'll probably kill yourself the minute you turn on the switch".
My little $5.00 voltmeter is set to read continuity.....for example, red lead on NC and black lead on ground and boom, the numbers take off (then start to drop as the batteries try to push as much as they can).
Then, touching NO....no flow. Until I press the button, circuit is closed, and I get readings. "Good Switch" I say.
But on the IPAC, right now with it connected, I can touch ANY LEADS AT ALL and I get current flowing.
Obviously I'm not testing grounds here since those ARE all daisy-chained together I always get flow from one ground to another.
But.....if I put one lead on, say, Player 1 joystick LEFT on the IPAC (On the screw that holds down the wire), and another lead on...say......oh....Player 3 button 1, I read a current flowing.
Shouldn't I NEVER see any current flow between any two switches that are normally Open?

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Thats where I think something is amok, unless I've forgotton my basic electrical principles (Which I may have!).
Seems to be I should never be able to see any current (I'm using the term generically) flowing between any 2 buttons on the ipaq, as I thought each individual button was its own unique circuit...?
Anyhoooo, I'm off to check out the test program on andy's site.