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How to drive start1/start2 illuminated buttons?
Arshad:
So I'm just in the research phase at this point for my first MAME cabinet. What I'd like to do is illuminate the start1/start2 buttons once credits are inserted like many games do in the arcade. I noticed that the ipac comes with an optional LED wiring harness which are triggered when capslock/numlock/scrolllock are lit. What turns those lights on? Do some games turn those lights on for start1/start2 or is that for something else altogether?
TheShanMan:
Some games do (e.g. classic Atari games), but it's a minority of games. It is up to the game driver to support it.
Havok:
I use a Pac Drive to turn on my Nova Gem CDR Buttons when the front end fires up the selected game. When I exit the game, the light turns off. This works this way for every game because I have AtomicFE issue a command to turn the lights on when running a game, and turn the lights off when exiting the game. Like TheShanMan says - only certain games illuminate the buttons after you coin up if you wire up the num/caps/scroll lights.
Arshad:
Ah ok, thanks for the info guys!
leapinlew:
how exactly would you configure it per game? Would the source code need to be modified or is it in the setup menu on some games? I'm curious because I'm considering using the Atari Cone buttons and would like to know how to have player 1, player 2 buttons blink when credits are dropped.
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