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peartolomy
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Real 720 controller to Optipac for MAME help.
#342389 - 07/12/15 11:26 AM


It would appear that I am one of the few freaks that must use an actual controller to play 720 in mame.

The 720 controller has two opto sensors and disks. The X axis has many holes in the disk and the Y axis has two and is used for centering. (I think)

Anyway, I have the X opto wired to the Optipac at the X1, X2 with +5 and grnd and the Y opto connected the same way at the Y1 and Y2 on the Optipac.

I have the machine config in mame set to "Real" for the controller and I have messed with the sensitivities as well.

The problem, of course, is that I get nothing when in the game or control input screens. When everything is hooked up to the Optipac, I am only getting 4.7 volts between the +5 wire and grnd. Is that okay? When checking voltage between the +5 and the X1,X2, Y1,Y2 I do get voltage drops and increases when the slots pass through the opto sensors on the pcb.

Is there a way to check the output from the Optipac to my computer? Could the Optipac be bad? Should I have jumpers of some sort in place? It is connected via USB.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am not a tech by any means and have put a great deal of time and effort into this project and am at a dead end.



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Re: Real 720 controller to Optipac for MAME help. new [Re: peartolomy]
#342406 - 07/12/15 10:36 PM


I would recommend emailing Andy at Ultimarc directly:

[email protected]



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Re: Real 720 controller to Optipac for MAME help. new [Re: grog]
#342416 - 07/13/15 02:17 AM


Will do. Thank you.



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Re: Real 720 controller to Optipac for MAME help. new [Re: peartolomy]
#342425 - 07/13/15 12:24 PM


hey if you have success getting it to work could you report back here, thanks



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Re: Real 720 controller to Optipac for MAME help. new [Re: peartolomy]
#342434 - 07/13/15 05:58 PM



> When everything is hooked up to the Optipac, I am only getting 4.7 volts
> between the +5 wire and grnd. Is that okay?

A quick bit of googling suggests this might be the cause.
The LETA chip apparently plays up if the supply voltage is below 4.8V

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=15768#Post252216


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