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Author Topic: Upgrading current single LED buttons to RGB and control  (Read 1808 times)

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Upgrading current single LED buttons to RGB and control
« on: May 28, 2026, 05:45:43 pm »
I have a standard 2 player controller setup with 6 buttons per player, plus start/select and 4 admin buttons, all are static lit by the encoder board when the PC is on.

I only really care about controlling the 8 buttons per player and just leaving the admin buttons static so a Pac64 LED should be all I need from a LED control standpoint and then I’m planning to use LEDBlinky with the latest CoinOps ARISE build. This should work with that right? I’m currently using a single 2P encoder board from Amazon but my concern is the potential for the ports to change between the input board and LED control board. In which case maybe the iPac Ultimate would ensure that isn’t an issue. Is there a different option for a controller I can use? My buttons currently have labels for A,B,C etc so which RGB buttons would allow me to retain use of those?

Really just looking for the most economical way to accomplish this. Thanks!

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Re: Upgrading current single LED buttons to RGB and control
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2026, 04:01:28 pm »
I have a 2 player cab like yours. It's been a while but I used a LedWiz controller with LedBlinky and had no problems. I also use static single lights not RGB. I'm guessing a PacLed will be fine as well. Ultimarc probably has some documentation on their website about this.