
I've had my cab working for 3 or 4 months now and (naturally) haven't stopped working on it yet. Recently I've been having some trouble with my CP. First it was just a 4 Player CP. Then I added a Trackball and a Spinner. The I got 2 Mounting Plates and restrictor plates from oscar.
Here is what I'm seeing happen, but have no idea WHY it's happening:
sometimes, if I push UP on my joystick (player 1) about 3/4 of the way up it will stop, then start again. Maybe a better way to explain this issue is to say....In Windows if I start on the desktop on the top left icon, and hit down 7 times, the arrow will move down 7 icons. then if I hit it back up on the way up it hits the up arrow 2 times, and one more time on it's way back to the center position....almost like there are 2 up buttons when I push up.
Tonight I noticed (mostly on player 2) that sometimes in Donkey Kong I'll be running left or right and when I hit the jump button, Mario just jumps straight up. That makes the game pretty unplayable.
I unwisly used CAT 5 solid wire to wire all the buttons. I don't know if there's a lose connection and I should rewire everything, or if this is a sign of a bad optipac, or if my microswitches are bad?
I can't think of how to troubleshoot this. I've also messed around with the MAME/ALT jumper on my IPAC 4. is there a difference between using it PS2 or USB?
I'm frustrated, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Matt