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Is it possible to get an input in Mame to trigger an ouput in LED-Wiz?

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1UP:
Thanks, I will check out LED Blinky and Mame Hooker.  I could probably do the button light thing mechanically...but to tell the truth that is not really what I am after.  While I would still like to have the coin slots blink in Pac-Man or get the skill level buttons to flash in Space Ace and such, the end goal is really to use this to send inputs to my Happ solenoid controller board.

The board itself is made to fire the solenoids whenever the trigger is pulled, but since I eventually plan to hack Dave Widel's DMAME williams driver to control the solenoids for T2, I need to make them software controllable.  Since the board is set up to hook directly in line with any unknown generic machine's Start, Coin, and Trigger inputs as a retrofit, I'm pretty sure it's already properly isolating the solenoid electronics from the switch inputs.  So my only worry is how to get those inputs out of Mame on demand...

arzoo:

--- Quote from: 1UP on February 26, 2010, 01:45:32 pm ---Thanks, I will check out LED Blinky and Mame Hooker.  I could probably do the button light thing mechanically...but to tell the truth that is not really what I am after.  While I would still like to have the coin slots blink in Pac-Man or get the skill level buttons to flash in Space Ace and such, the end goal is really to use this to send inputs to my Happ solenoid controller board.

The board itself is made to fire the solenoids whenever the trigger is pulled, but since I eventually plan to hack Dave Widel's DMAME williams driver to control the solenoids for T2, I need to make them software controllable.  Since the board is set up to hook directly in line with any unknown generic machine's Start, Coin, and Trigger inputs as a retrofit, I'm pretty sure it's already properly isolating the solenoid electronics from the switch inputs.  So my only worry is how to get those inputs out of Mame on demand...

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I think you'll need to use Mame Hooker and some other custom software to communicate with the Happ controller board. LEDBlinky is only good for lighting LEDs  ;)

1UP:

--- Quote from: arzoo on February 26, 2010, 04:40:58 pm ---I think you'll need to use Mame Hooker and some other custom software to communicate with the Happ controller board. LEDBlinky is only good for lighting LEDs  ;)

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Hmm...wouldn't you be able to put a transistor in place of the LED to act as a switch?  I'd heard that the LEDwiz can handle outputs other than LEDs.  All I really need is a closed circuit that acts like a button press.

1UP:
So very close!  After a few emails with Randy I've got the LED-Wiz triggering the solenoid board via LEDBlinky!  Rapid fire recoil baby!  :applaud:  I feel the final breakthrough (or break down?) will happen tomorrow, when I have a chance to mess around with Mame Hooker, hopefully getting some outputs from T2.  Now I need sleep...my brain is too tired and the MH docs make my brain hurt.

shilmover:

--- Quote from: 1UP on March 07, 2010, 07:37:55 am ---So very close!  After a few emails with Randy I've got the LED-Wiz triggering the solenoid board via LEDBlinky!  Rapid fire recoil baby!  :applaud:  I feel the final breakthrough (or break down?) will happen tomorrow, when I have a chance to mess around with Mame Hooker, hopefully getting some outputs from T2.  Now I need sleep...my brain is too tired and the MH docs make my brain hurt.

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How did you get this going?

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