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Question about a joystick sending more than one signal when pressed

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bkenobi:
This could be as simple as needing to replace a switch for that joystick.  Switches are cheap and easy to replace (if they aren't soldered), so hopefully it won't be too hard to correct...

wongojack:
Great Pic - thanks for the responses!

I'll pull off the panel this weekend if not before.  Till then, Green Elf will have to sit on the sidelines or be stuck at the top of the screen.

If its something other than just being wired wrong, there are some control buttons on this thing that have been installed but not wired.  I may pull the switch from one of those if such a thing is possible.

bkenobi:
Many joysticks use the same switches as common buttons (Cherry is one common variant).  As long as the one from the button fits in the joystick, you should be good to go.  If you care about the feel, you might want to replace all of the joystick switches with the same type as there may be some actuation force differences.  That's not necessary to get things up and running though.

JODY:
Check to see if the panel is causing the joystick to jam against the cabinet under the control panel.  I bought a Stargate cabinet that had been converted to a Multi-Williams.  The right joystick was causing button presses in the center position.  Found that the cabinet originally had one joystick on the left.  The cabinet had a notch in the wood behind the control panel to allow the left joystick to move freely.  The joystick on the right was added later.  Without the notch, the shaft under the control panel was wedged down causing the "up" position to register.  It worked fine when the control panel was not latched down.  Once latched, there was not enough room under the panel for the stick to move freely.  Using the stick would always cause "UP" to register as soon as the stick went back to the center position thus the symptoms was two positions registering.  To fix, I added a notch behind the right joystick using a wood chisel and hammer.

Another thing to check for is a wire making contact somewhere besides where it should.  This could be wires at the joystick, the encoder, etc.

8lords:

--- Quote from: Hoopz on January 18, 2011, 12:19:55 pm ---Check to see if the ground is attached properly and that the wire going to the I-Pac is correct also.  The picture that I linked to shows which ones you use.  Where it says "NO" means normally open and is the wire that connects to the I-Pac.  



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This was my thought as well

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