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| Nightfalls:
Some time ago I made a question about using an ipac and a dreamcast pad hack all together in the same control panel (for 1 player only). I've read now that you can have problems of voltage if you connect both devices at the same time. Other people say it simply wont work. But, my panel will be a desktop panel and I will never have to connect it to the dreamcast and the pc at the same time. My idea is to have two wires connected together to the same pin of the microwitch, one going to the corresponding function of the ipac and the other going to the corresponding function of the dreamcast pad. For the ground I'd have to daisy chain for the dreamcast pad. I don't know if this is also necessary for the ipac (I guess it is). Now, will this work? Thank you. |
| crashdmj:
I want to know the answer to this to. I was thinking of hacking 4 pads (for 4 players) and doing the same with wiring the 4 hacked pads to the microswitches and having the Ipac also take the 4 players like a normal arcade cab? |
| radiator:
i've just been trying this...and it doesn't work...even with the DC pad not connected to the DC the DC controls work fine, but when you start using the PC, a single button press registers as every button (ie, when you press button 1, the PC/IPAC think you've pressed every button at the same time) i think the answer is diodes - you'd need a diode on every wire that goes to your DC pad, so then the current will only flow one-way... i'm gonna try it in a few days, i'll let you know how i get on :P |
| crashdmj:
Yeah let us know please. Derek |
| Nightfalls:
:( Then I think I will abandon the idea and use the method I've already tried and work fine: a psx pad hack. I have adaptors for dreamcast and pc and they all work perfect (I haven't noticed any delay nor key blocking). Since my panel is for one player, I think it's the best solution. |
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