Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Iceman81 on February 26, 2017, 10:52:53 am
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hello, i am looking to do a vertical cab, and i wanted to use the "midway" style metal control panel that is converted for multicade. Basically has 1 controller, 3 buttons, 2 1/4" trackball and 2 player buttons.
My question is, should i put the 5 pushbuttons with an ipac usb board, or connect the 3 push buttons to the usb trackball interface, with the 2 player buttons by themselves on the ipac?
I have never used the I-PAC board btw, my main cabinet uses a "xin mo" board and doesn't have a place for a trackball(which im using usb).
If i use the ipac, do i need a usb/ps2 trackball, or just the regular one and connect everything to the ipac?
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The buttons and joystick will need a keyboard encoder, which is your iPac. For the trackball, depending on what type you get, more than likely you will need an optical encoder. I believe some brands of trackball have direct usb support. I imagine your trackball has those pushbutton connectors for things like mouse buttons.
I'm fairly new myself so if I stated anything wrong, please correct me.
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I would definitely hook up 2 trackball buttons so you have proper mouse support outside of mame.
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yeah that makes sense. I have 3 buttons setup up on my main cab trackball and that works good in a pinch, but i also have a small wireless keyboard/mouse combo that i use as well.
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You can wire a standard arcade trackball to an Ipac 2, so you do not need an optical encoder. I also would not bother wiring mouse buttons. Just throw a mouse in the cabinet if you need to do admin stuff.