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Title: button wiring
Post by: cyberduck16 on October 20, 2010, 04:10:57 pm

hi
i have a cocktail table which i am in the process of turning to Mame. i have got to wiring the joy stick and buttons.
i rushed in to it and what i have done is instead of wiring the negatives in to each microswitch i have taken them individually from each switch in to a brass block with screw terminals on it. my question is will this still work? provided i wire one negative from the block to the usb board. i have ordered an ipac ve for this project and really hoping i dont have to rewire the buttons.

thanks in advance

Title: Re: button wiring
Post by: severdhed on October 20, 2010, 04:15:02 pm

should work fine.

Title: Re: button wiring
Post by: cyberduck16 on October 20, 2010, 04:16:39 pm

thanks for the quick reply
just what i wanted to hear :)

thanks again

Title: Re: button wiring
Post by: BobA on October 20, 2010, 05:04:01 pm

That is if the negatives you are referring to are the common Ground.  It is all good if so wired.

Title: Re: button wiring
Post by: cyberduck16 on October 20, 2010, 05:34:28 pm

Ok how would I be able to tell?

Title: Re: button wiring
Post by: BobA on October 20, 2010, 07:50:12 pm

If it is common in the switch wiring it is always the ground.

Title: Re: button wiring
Post by: Garza on October 21, 2010, 01:33:59 pm

Yes it will work, you just did it the hard way instead of daisy chain. No worries.