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Title: Player 1 and Player 2 both buttons coming up 2 when pressed?
Post by: R0CK632 on December 07, 2015, 04:53:54 pm: Just set up my first control panel and wired everything and when i goto setup emulators both player 1 and player 2 are both coming up and set to the 2 key. Im using the xarcade encoder. Each button has a different color wire going to the encoder so its not hooked up to the same button. Any thoughts or is this how it works?
Title: Re: Player 1 and Player 2 both buttons coming up 2 when pressed?
Post by: Yenome on December 07, 2015, 05:21:51 pm: i would say check to make sure you dont have one of the buttons connected to the (NO) on the microswitch or never opened which means it never stops sending a signal unless it is pressed and held down. also pics of the wiring at the buttons and the encoder may help a lil too.
Title: Re: Player 1 and Player 2 both buttons coming up 2 when pressed?
Post by: PL1 on December 07, 2015, 05:43:17 pm: Quote from: R0CK632 on December 07, 2015, 04:53:54 pm
Just set up my first control panel and wired everything and when i goto setup emulators both player 1 and player 2 are both coming up and set to the 2 key. Im using the xarcade encoder. Each button has a different color wire going to the encoder so its not hooked up to the same button. Any thoughts or is this how it works?
I'm assuming that you have already tried using the P1/P2 Start buttons to "type" in Notepad and both are sending "2" instead of sending "1" and "2" -- if not, please check that before doing aything else.

Next check that the wires are on the NO and COM tabs, but not the NC tab.

(http://www.xgaming.com/service/ServiceFiles/microswitch%20terminals.jpg)

My first thought was that the X-arcade encoder uses isolated grounds (one per connector), but the P1 Start button (J2 purple wire) and the P2 Start button (J2 green wire) both use the same ground (J2 grey wire) per the diagram here (http://www.xgaming.com/support/questions/54/Advanced+BYO+Kit+installation+diagram+with+wiring+schematic.).

With power removed, use your multimeter to check for a short between the J2 purple wire and J2 green wire.

Scott
Title: Re: Player 1 and Player 2 both buttons coming up 2 when pressed?
Post by: vwalbridge on December 07, 2015, 05:46:11 pm: Quote from: Yenome on December 07, 2015, 05:21:51 pm
(NO) on the microswitch or never opened

It actually stands for "Normally Open"

NO = Normally Open
NC = Normally Closed

(http://arcadecontrols.com/images/microswitch_closeup_labelled2.JPG)
Title: Re: Player 1 and Player 2 both buttons coming up 2 when pressed?
Post by: R0CK632 on December 07, 2015, 07:34:33 pm: Figured it out, it was the mode switch it comes with.. it needed to be in mode 1. Thanks for the help
Title: Re: Player 1 and Player 2 both buttons coming up 2 when pressed?
Post by: Yenome on December 08, 2015, 10:59:15 pm: Quote from: vwalbridge on December 07, 2015, 05:46:11 pm
Quote from: Yenome on December 07, 2015, 05:21:51 pm
(NO) on the microswitch or never opened

It actually stands for "Normally Open"

NO = Normally Open
NC = Normally Closed

(http://arcadecontrols.com/images/microswitch_closeup_labelled2.JPG)

I knew i was gonna get it wrong lol.