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Grounding - Okay to 'Split' From Ipac and Computer Power Source?
RoninEditor:
--- Quote from: CrazyKongFan on May 12, 2008, 05:39:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: TheShanMan on May 12, 2008, 04:25:06 pm ---There is nothing wrong with your ground chain branching off like a "Y", assuming the mechanical connection is solid.
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yeah, they just all have to be on the same electrical path...you could run a separate wire from the ground on the ipac to each switch, and it would work, but it would be awful crowded on that ipac ground terminal ;)
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That actually reminds me... it's a bit off-topic, but could I combine my coin slot mircoswitch wire and my 'free play' button into one terminal? My goal would be that they both trigger the same outcome - a credit. I figure it would be seemless for Ipac, not knowing where it's coming from but to give a credit regardless. I just didn't know if that would confuse it though.
GAJoe:
--- Quote from: RoninEditor on May 12, 2008, 07:08:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: CrazyKongFan on May 12, 2008, 05:39:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: TheShanMan on May 12, 2008, 04:25:06 pm ---There is nothing wrong with your ground chain branching off like a "Y", assuming the mechanical connection is solid.
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yeah, they just all have to be on the same electrical path...you could run a separate wire from the ground on the ipac to each switch, and it would work, but it would be awful crowded on that ipac ground terminal ;)
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That actually reminds me... it's a bit off-topic, but could I combine my coin slot mircoswitch wire and my 'free play' button into one terminal? My goal would be that they both trigger the same outcome - a credit. I figure it would be seemless for Ipac, not knowing where it's coming from but to give a credit regardless. I just didn't know if that would confuse it though.
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That should be no problem. You can attach multiple microswitches to one I-PAC terminal. This is how you can make ambidextrous controls with a right and left side button wired to the same terminal.
TheShanMan:
Definitely. All you're doing is wiring them in parallel. I have 2 pause buttons and that is how they are wired. All the button does is short circuit the input to ground, and there's no reason you can't have more than 1 path that accomplishes that!
RoninEditor:
--- Quote from: TheShanMan on May 12, 2008, 07:25:45 pm ---Definitely. All you're doing is wiring them in parallel. I have 2 pause buttons and that is how they are wired. All the button does is short circuit the input to ground, and there's no reason you can't have more than 1 path that accomplishes that!
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Awesome!
I'm about 90% done now, well, when I make sure the wiring works ;)
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