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Title: juke box wirering
Post by: prezo1 on January 16, 2010, 08:43:08 pm

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

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: Kevin Mullins on January 16, 2010, 09:28:05 pm

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.

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: abispac on January 16, 2010, 11:49:50 pm

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

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: Fordman on January 17, 2010, 09:28:41 am

Buy an Ultimarc IPac

(http://www.ppcomponents.com/personal/images/ipac.jpg)

or

Groovy Game Gear KeyWiz.

(http://retroblast.arcadecontrols.com/photos/encoders/keywiz_front.jpg)

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

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: Kevin Mullins on January 18, 2010, 01:45:07 am

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

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: prezo1 on January 19, 2010, 01:08:30 pm

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

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: Fordman on January 19, 2010, 02:56:10 pm

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:

(http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo244/mlwood2008/ipac2_top1.jpg?t=1263930377)

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 (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 (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

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: prezo1 on January 19, 2010, 04:14:57 pm

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

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: Kevin Mullins on January 19, 2010, 05:28:54 pm

Quote from: prezo1 on January 19, 2010, 04:14:57 pm

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.

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: prezo1 on January 19, 2010, 06:07:05 pm

how do we power the ipac?

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: Fordman on January 21, 2010, 04:18:56 am

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

Title: Re: juke box wirering
Post by: prezo1 on January 21, 2010, 06:17:11 am

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