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Need help with Druin 5V
Veinman:
I finally got it working! :D
Part of the problem was that the CD-Rom cable was providing a crappy connection. We fashioned our own single pin connectors using some connectors purchased at Radio Shack. Here is the connection in use:
I also gave up on the ground pin on the IPAC and just used the other ground screw terminal. In addition, I had to connect the rotary harness metal side up, even though Druin's docs say to have it down. Oh well, it's working now, and all I have to do is tailor the sensitivity for each game. By default, in Ikari Warriors, the diagonals were getting skipped.
Thanks for the help from everyone, especially Druin. :)
Druin:
Good that it finally works - I was running out of ideas and I was sure the rotary board worked when I shipped it...
So you used the +5 Ipac terminal, and then a ground screw terminal to get the ground for the rotary board, as opposed to using a ground pin on the ipac header where the 5v is taken? Just trying to get ideas for any future issues.
I don't know why the 13pin has to be upside down - normally with the original LS30's cable, which I have 3 from old joysticks, it has to have the metal facing down...but as long as it works somehow or other...
markrvp:
Druin:
Just so you know, I had a similar issue pulling power from an Ultimarc Minipac for my P360 joysticks. I connected to the 5v on the header and also ground from the same header. It didn't work. When I connected to the ground on the main IDE header, it worked.
I wonder what the issue with the IPAC ground on the 10 pin header is? It should work, as that is where you hook-up either an LED harness (Ipac2 & 4) or the trackball and spinners (Minipac).
Druin:
I looked at the header on my ipac 4 and the ground pin is routed to the same ground plane as the screw terminals, must be a phenomenon. I'll suggest it in the future when people have problems getting started out.
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