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How to wire up a Slik Stik Classic Control Panel?
eclypse:
I need to understand how they wire up 3 controllers and all 32 buttons into a Ipac-2 interface. The i-pac 2 only has connections for 2 joysticks +8 buttons each.. 28 inputs total.
Is the extra joystick (4 way) daisy chained onto the player 1 joystick?
How about the buttons? Would it be better to order a Ipac-4 for the 3 joysticks and 32 buttons? errr make that 29 buttons as 3 are connected to the trackball..
I need to know so i can order up the parts to complete the blank classic slik stik i have sittin here.
Justin Z:
I just took a SlikStik CO2 apart so I can probably be of some assistance.
They do daisy chain the 4-way and the player 1 8-way together.
Many buttons are duplicated. For example, their "Asteroids" buttons that normally surround the 4-way are also daisy chained onto five of player 1's buttons. It's unlikely you'd use both sets at the same time so it makes sense.
Now the CO2 uses an IPAC-4, so there are a lot more inputs. I hope I have been of some help, but it still sounds like I haven't fully reduced the number of inputs you need. Hopefully someone else can provide some insight.
~Justin
eclypse:
Thanks man.. That basicly explains it. So the 2 player setup uses 8 for the joysticks and 14 total for the buttons. So were at 22 inputs. The 4-way and the 3 button asteriod layout is daisychained.. Now if the buttons around the spinner are also daisychained into the player 1 buttons then that would equal 28 inputs total.. but theres also 2 side pinball buttons on each side.. If there also daisychained into the player 1 buttons then i'm off to order an i-pac 2.
hehe is it ok to daisychain 5 different buttons together??
Heres a pic of the controller.. Note that mine also has the 4 side pinball buttons.
Justin Z:
--- Quote from: eclypse on May 29, 2007, 11:12:52 am ---Thanks man.. That basicly explains it. So the 2 player setup uses 8 for the joysticks and 14 total for the buttons. So were at 22 inputs. The 4-way and the 3 button asteriod layout is daisychained.. Now if the buttons around the spinner are also daisychained into the player 1 buttons then that would equal 28 inputs total.. but theres also 2 side pinball buttons on each side.. If there also daisychained into the player 1 buttons then i'm off to order an i-pac 2.
hehe is it ok to daisychain 5 different buttons together??
--- End quote ---
If my recall is correct, the pinball buttons and the two buttons to the left of the 4-way were indeed daisy-chained into player 1 -- again, unlikely to both be used simultaneously. So yeah, you should be all set to go if you do that then.
Buttons and joysticks are passive so it's not going to hurt anything even if you daisy chain 100 together, as long as you make sure there's no loose wiring.
Good luck, and let us know how it goes.
eclypse:
Alright then.. sweet! heh.
Thanks man.. I'll be sure to take some pics of the cab and post them up when she's runing!
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