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AlanS17:
So you would have seperate controls on the CP for each game system?
I've wired up JAMMA boards in parallel before like that but never consoles. Don't know what would happen. I guess it would be safe as long as the other systems are already off. Of course, I don't want to give someone else that advice and then find out later I was wrong.
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on June 16, 2005, 09:22:05 am ---So you would have seperate controls on the CP for each game system?
I've wired up JAMMA boards in parallel before like that but never consoles. Don't know what would happen. I guess it would be safe as long as the other systems are already off. Of course, I don't want to give someone else that advice and then find out later I was wrong.
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No, say you wire a DC pad and an XBox pad to your CP- together without a swirch switch. Playing with your CP has the effect of controlling both the DC and the XBox controller at the same time; it's unlikely that this would hurt (you could accidentally delete a save-game or something on the console that's not switched to the monitor though, but there's a slim chance of that). Keeping the consol you're not playing on turned off would ensure nothing bad happens.
Edited for a typo pointed out by the smart-arse below.
AlanS17:
--- Quote from: JoyMonkey on June 16, 2005, 09:31:45 am ---No, say you wire a DC pad and an XBox pad to your CP- together without a swirch.
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A swirch! Of course! Why didn't I think of that? j/k j/k j/k
Minwah:
I always thought you should not wire controllers up at the same time....in fact I'm sure this has been discussed to death although I can't find any threads with the search function :( Perhaps I am wrong but I recall discussions of diodes etc. and other methods to try to prevent problems...maybe I'm mistaken and this only applies if more than 1 system is on ???
Can anyone please confirm?
Edit: I found a thread here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,11847.0.html - which answers my question really.
pcolson: The switchbox I linked to says it has all 50 way switched, so in theory I just need to check link cables I use, or make my own up.
Paul Olson:
--- Quote ---pcolson: The switchbox I linked to says it has all 50 way switched, so in theory I just need to check link cables I use, or make my own up.
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I just wanted to make sure you didn't waste money trying to use SCSI cables like I did. ;D
Paul
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