Daisychain them - see inside for SIMPLE solution

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Posted by ChrisW on 3, 2001 at 9:45 PM:

In Reply to: A neophyte wanting to double check his setup with the pros. . . posted by Rehpotsirhc on 2, 2001 at 5:36 PM:

Don't bother with a second I-PAC, you only need one. It is a reasonably simple matter of purchasing a joystick extension cable so you can daisychain the 2 boxes together. These cables contain 15 wires, which should be more than enough inputs.

Install the encoder in your main unit. Cut the joystick cable in half and hook up the half with the male plug to the I-PAC. Then wire up the female end to the joystick and buttons in your second box, which should be a piece of cake as you simply need to follow the correct coloured wire back to the I-PAC to work out which ones go where.

You then have an easy method for connecting up your second box for 2 player games.

Feel free to drop me a line if you have any Qs on the above, but this really is a very simple solution (if I thought of it, then it MUST be simple!).

ChrisW

: You guys will never know how happy I am that I found this site. Now that I've read as much as I can I wanted to check with you guys to make sure I'm not missing anything. My goal is to have 2 joysticks with 2 separate boxes housing each. I'm going to install a Happ's Super 4-way/8-way, 4 Ultimate pushbuttons (the inward curved ones), and 1 momentary button in each case. I am not too confident about wiring things myself so I've decided to get an IPAC interface and install both joysticks into my USB port. I have a few questions that I'm sure many of you have already answered but I couldn't find definitive answers to them here so I figure I'll ask.

: 1. With two separate boxes for each joystick I'll probably have to put an IPAC in each box, does anyone foresee any problems with plugging 2 IPACS into 1 USB port? I don't really want to daisy chain them but I don't have much choice do I? I believe there is also a cable length maximum to contend with as well, correct?

: 2. I am hoping that these joysticks will be used for many of today's games and not just MAME and such, is that possible with the right drivers?

: I realize that these questions are too general (and probably dumb and repetitive) but I'm just afraid that this is going to be over my head.

: thanks in advance

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: Don't bother with a second I-PAC, you only need one. It is a reasonably simple matter of purchasing a joystick extension cable so you can daisychain the 2 boxes together. These cables contain 15 wires, which should be more than enough inputs. : Install the encoder in your main unit. Cut the joystick cable in half and hook up the half with the male plug to the I-PAC. Then wire up the female end to the joystick and buttons in your second box, which should be a piece of cake as you simply need to follow the correct coloured wire back to the I-PAC to work out which ones go where. : You then have an easy method for connecting up your second box for 2 player games. : Feel free to drop me a line if you have any Qs on the above, but this really is a very simple solution (if I thought of it, then it MUST be simple!). : ChrisW : : : You guys will never know how happy I am that I found this site. Now that I've read as much as I can I wanted to check with you guys to make sure I'm not missing anything. My goal is to have 2 joysticks with 2 separate boxes housing each. I'm going to install a Happ's Super 4-way/8-way, 4 Ultimate pushbuttons (the inward curved ones), and 1 momentary button in each case. I am not too confident about wiring things myself so I've decided to get an IPAC interface and install both joysticks into my USB port. I have a few questions that I'm sure many of you have already answered but I couldn't find definitive answers to them here so I figure I'll ask. : : 1. With two separate boxes for each joystick I'll probably have to put an IPAC in each box, does anyone foresee any problems with plugging 2 IPACS into 1 USB port? I don't really want to daisy chain them but I don't have much choice do I? I believe there is also a cable length maximum to contend with as well, correct? : : 2. I am hoping that these joysticks will be used for many of today's games and not just MAME and such, is that possible with the right drivers? : : I realize that these questions are too general (and probably dumb and repetitive) but I'm just afraid that this is going to be over my head. : : thanks in advance

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