Multiple buttons on single I-PAC input?

[Jungle]

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but can I use multiple buttons on a single I-PAC input?  What I would like to do is to add a 4-way and 2 buttons that duplicate the player 1 controls.  So, by pressing either Button 1 by the 4-way or Button 1 by the 8-way, it would trigger Player 1 Button 1.  

Does this work, or do I need discrete inputs for each and then just assign both inputs to the same keystroke?  If I can't double up on inputs I guess I'll have to get an MK40, since I'll have more than the 28 inputs that the I-PAC allows.

Thanks for the help.

[Mike]

yea you can do it.