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Title: 3Tronics Keyboard Encoder? Help Needed
Post by: taberman on November 04, 2009, 03:36:52 pm

Hey guys,

   I'm really new to the whole mame scene, but I've encountered a serious problem now that I'm towards the end of my build.  I decided that instead of doing the keyboard hack I would order a keyboard encoder(Ipac like).  I decided on the 3tronics 24-input keyboard encoder.  Now i started by daisy chaining all the grounds, and I used a continuity tester to check to make sure all the grounds were wired.  Then i wired up player 1's side of the control panel and decided to test it before i went any further.  Much to my dismay now the buttons are unresponsive and the keyboard connected to the pass through is not working.  I tested before to make sure it worked by hooking the encoder up to the ps2 keyboard port taking a wire to pin 26(ground) and the 5 key on the encoder and pressed them together and it put a 5 on the computer so it was working.  Is there any reason why this is happening, or any thing i can do about it.  I can make a video or link to the products ebay page if needed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: 3Tronics Keyboard Encoder? Help Needed
Post by: BobA on November 04, 2009, 03:51:46 pm

Make sure you are using the correct connector for the computer and the correct one for the keyboard.

Title: Re: 3Tronics Keyboard Encoder? Help Needed
Post by: taberman on November 04, 2009, 04:01:17 pm

I found the problem...
The when i hook the arcade controller up to the computer without a keyboard in the pass through it works like a charm.
But as soon as a put something in there it locks up and even after i take it out the thing still won't work.

Anyway to fix this?

Title: Re: 3Tronics Keyboard Encoder? Help Needed
Post by: taberman on November 04, 2009, 07:01:38 pm

well it's definitely not from the passthrough...
It's working really on and off.  Mostly off.
Is there some kind of bios setting or driver i need for this to work properly.
Whenever i push buttons all i hear is the sound you hear in xp when your typing on in a window
 :badmood:

Title: Re: 3Tronics Keyboard Encoder? Help Needed
Post by: bkenobi on November 05, 2009, 12:16:20 am

Have you tried contacting 3tronics about this?  I see that they show the BYOAC logo on some of their diagrams, so I assume they must be a member here.  Perhaps they would have an idea of what's going on.

Title: Re: 3Tronics Keyboard Encoder? Help Needed
Post by: taberman on November 05, 2009, 10:31:20 pm

They have good customer support.  He's letting me return it but he doesn't know why it's doing what it's doing.

Anyways I'm gonna get a keywiz with the refund.  Thanks for the help guys.