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CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Xam on June 03, 2006, 10:35:50 am ---If you really think it is the switches, try using a multimeter with a continuity test setting.

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Yep.

Cheers.

Ice Cream Jonsey:
Mike, I am having the EXACT same problem. It is driving me crazy. A game like Pengo, where you have to change directions quickly, is impossible to play.

Here's my setup:

IPAC-4 / Happ Super Joystick (the one with the microswitches) / USB Mode (no keyboard passthrough) 7 buttons and 4 microswitches on the Joystick.

I am wondering if the way I connect the wires to the buttons is the problem. I am basically poking the wire through the hole on the connector and then revolving the wire around the rest of the connector. I am daisychaining all the ground.

The wire I am using is from the Real Bob Roberts. "Bag of 20GA 10' x 10 colors (100' total)".

Any advice would be greatly appreciated (this is my first control panel).

hypernova:
If you want, check out my thread here.  I was having the same problem as well.  If you don't want to, long story short:  The wiring was bad somewhere.  I think it was the grounding.  Possibly something to do with my particular setup.  You'll need to look at my site for furthur explanation on how it was previously configured.

Are you having problems with all your buttons?  So exactly how do you guys have your grounding set up?

Ice Cream Jonsey:

--- Quote ---Are you having problems with all your buttons?  So exactly how do you guys have your grounding set up?
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Yeah, all the buttons and all the microswitches on the joystick, too. If I go too quickly it really only registered maybe 3 out of 5 times. If I press a button slowly and deliberately, with a second's wait before I press another button it usually works pretty well.

I have the grounding setup by daisy chaining. I am going from one button to the next and then hopping over to the joystick. I put the first ground wire (the one that ends up in the IPAC) through the hole on the bottom of the first microswitch. I loop it around. To go to the next button, I take a length of wire and 1) wrap it around the contact as well 2) I then feed the other end of that wire into the bottom contact's hole.

I am using a KVM switch on my system, so the keyboard (an IBM Model M) goes into that, and then the KVM cable goes into my PC. I am going to try putting the KVM keyboard cable into the IPAC's passthru spot just to see if it has any effect.



DreamArcades:
If it turns out your switches are bad we will replace them free of charge.
Just let us know,
Mike

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