Posted by Todd Munro on 30, 2001 at 6:27 PM:
In Reply to: Re: ipac problems posted by XTC on 30, 2001 at 10:21 AM:
I am using AWG 18 (stranded) for the grounds, AWG 20 for the rest. I am using regular non-insulated crimp flag clips for the switches.
: : I have finally finshed my panel, and I have a big problem. I hooked up my IPAC to one joystick and a couple of buttons and had unusal results. First I will explain the setup. I have 2 IPACs hooked up via PS/2, and the switchs I connected are on the 2nd IPAC. They are wired to P1 up, down, left, right, B1, B2. They have been daisy chained and grounded to the IPAC. Now, the irregular part is the IPAC is not putting out a consistent signal. It takes atleast 2 presses of any switch for it to register, and it misses press all over the place after that. What could be causing this? Keep in mind there is nothing hooked up to the 1st IPAC (besides the output and pass-thru from the 2nd IPAC). This occurs in both DOS(MAME & prompt) and Windows(Notepad). Any advice is greatly appreciated, especially if Andy himself could answer. Thanks in advance.
: What gauge wire are you using - and what type of connection to the switches do you have?
: Also - try e-mailing Andy direct - link somewhere on the ipac home page.
: - XTC