juke box wirering

[prezo1]

hi all.have an old fruit machine which i have turned into a touch screen  jukebox.what i want to know is how can i wire the buttons on the fruit machine to controle the volume,if it is possible.
i have managed to wire one of the buttons as a power switch to turn the computer on and off.

thanks for any help

[Kevin Mullins]

You'll need a keyboard encoder of some sort and then depending on what jukebox software you are running you will need to assign button/keys to those functions.

[abispac]

i use a cheap snes controller with the parallel port hack for that, then use xppader and everything works like a charm...

[Fordman]

Buy an Ultimarc IPac



or

Groovy Game Gear KeyWiz.



They both would be great for what you need and if you wanted to add buttons for something extra later, its right there with a neat and easy setup!

Fordman

[Kevin Mullins]

I use a KeyWiz ECO in my juke...... plenty of button options for a juke.

[prezo1]

if i get one of these,can someone explain how to wire it up to the keyboard  as shown on the picture.

the on off switch is already wired up to the motherboard.

thanks

prezo

[Fordman]

Use one of the two mentioned keyboard encoders above. Run wire from the buttons to the encoders. Plug the encoder into a PC PS2/USB port. On the bottom of the buttons, you should have a switch similar to these in the diagram below:



You can daisy chain the ground wires to each other and connect each button wire to one of the terminals.

Depending on what encoder you use,

You then need Ultimarc's WinIpac to program the encoder:

http://www.ultimarc.com/download.html

or Groovy Game Gears KeyWiz program:

http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=303

Program the encoders to your desired keyboard settings and you should only have to program just one time.

Fordman

[prezo1]

thanks for the diagram.the switches on the fruity are like the ones shown.on the diagram of the switch, it shows not to ues the top terminal.what will that one be for.is it possible to connect a bulb so the res switches can light up.

thanks again

[Kevin Mullins]

on the diagram of the switch, it shows not to ues the top terminal.what will that one be for.

That contact would be NC, which would keep the switch always ON.

[prezo1]

how do we power the ipac?

[Fordman]

the Ipac is powered through either the usb or ps2 cable. It is low current like a keyboard and only needs 3 volts (correct me if I'm wrong here) for power. Some of the wires in the usb/ps2 cable are for power and others are for the actual keystrokes.

Fordman

[prezo1]

thanks for all your help.if i get stuck i know a good family i can come back to.