Fruity Nut Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 So just finished wiring up my 8 button test controls using a shoebox! with an Ipac and pac drive. Ipac was pretty simple to setup but can I setup the pac drive from just within mfme or do I need Led blinky? also for the few layouts that use a different button say for exchange; "x" instead of "e" for instance, should I edit the layout to match my Ipac key of "e"? Hope that makes sense. I will add some pics soon. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MPU_FIVE Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 The lighting of the LEDs is done in MFME itself... I did a tutorial here.... ---> I Hope this helps matey... All the best, Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPU_FIVE Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 (edited) I just copied and pasted this reply i wrote to raj a while back from his keyboard controller thread. --> I think i made the 2nd part of the turorial a bit confusing so instead of using the components list to re-define a button on a fruit machine layout, it's easier and quicker (when in edit mode - DESIGN > EDIT) to just right click whichever button you want to change and select properties to get into the buttons settings. However the components list does come in handy in situations where a layout designer used a classic layout and did'nt delete the button configurations from the classic which would conflict with the configurations of the DX layout... for instance i might use button C on a layout (my green square button) for a green feature pot but C may of been used as collect on a classic so if pressed to collect the feature pot it may collect the cash meter instead so i would use the components list to find all buttons from the classic and delete all shortcuts associated with those buttons from the classic layout the DX was built on top of. Hope you get your buttons set up sucessfully without and hassle and wish you many happy hours of fruit machining! All the best, Gary. Also, to answer the 2nd bit of your question, yes, if a layout had "X" for the keypress for the exchange key, you can indeed change it to "E" which your keyboard controller as set to for your exchange button. Edited February 16 by MPU_FIVE Add answer to part 2 of his question. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted February 16 Author Report Share Posted February 16 Wonderful help as always. Thanks matey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted February 16 Author Report Share Posted February 16 (edited) 1 hour ago, MPU_FIVE said: I just copied and pasted this reply i wrote to raj a while back from his keyboard controller thread. --> I think i made the 2nd part of the turorial a bit confusing so instead of using the components list to re-define a button on a fruit machine layout, it's easier and quicker (when in edit mode - DESIGN > EDIT) to just right click whichever button you want to change and select properties to get into the buttons settings. However the components list does come in handy in situations where a layout designer used a classic layout and did'nt delete the button configurations from the classic which would conflict with the configurations of the DX layout... for instance i might use button C on a layout (my green square button) for a green feature pot but C may of been used as collect on a classic so if pressed to collect the feature pot it may collect the cash meter instead so i would use the components list to find all buttons from the classic and delete all shortcuts associated with those buttons from the classic layout the DX was built on top of. Hope you get your buttons set up sucessfully without and hassle and wish you many happy hours of fruit machining! All the best, Gary. Also, to answer the 2nd bit of your question, yes, if a layout had "X" for the keypress for the exchange key, you can indeed change it to "E" which your keyboard controller as set to for your exchange button. Hi Gary so just done the first bit of your lovely guide to assign the buttons within mfme but when I click test lamps none of them light up. Will the test only work when I assign each layout as I was hoping that most layouts would work without editing them? Do I need to load the "Fruit Keyboard. pac" on every layout? Sorry to be a pain Edited February 16 by Fruity Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPU_FIVE Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 I think the reason they aren't lighting in that instance is because there is no lamp number associated to any key...if a layout was loaded and config had been pressed then lamp numbers associated to your buttons would come up in that list and then those buttons would light... yes every layout when you first edit it to your keys needs you to load your .pac file but when you done and saved the layout as asked to by the emulator (due to layout being changed by you) then next time you load that layout, all your buttons should light up as it that layout will remember your .pac file associated to it. load in a game and follow my guide and hopefully you'll have light!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPU_FIVE Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 lamp numbers would come up in the list under the value 1 and value 2 column (some JPMs have 2 lamps to a button such as hold/hi , hold/lo, so you may have a number under value 1 AND value 2) , but usually it's just a lamp number in the value 1 column. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted February 16 Author Report Share Posted February 16 You sir Gary are a genius !!! All sorted now thanks to your excellent guide. I did not click "Config" It's a shame you have to load the .pac file for every layout. That's where I went wrong. No worries. It's all good fun. Just need to get 5v led bulbs now as the original 12v ones are very dim as to be expected. Arcade world are out of a lot of stock at the moment. Thanks yet again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 Bulbs are on eBay if anyone else needs some 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotsmagic Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 (edited) 12 hours ago, Fruity Nut said: You sir Gary are a genius !!! All sorted now thanks to your excellent guide. I did not click "Config" It's a shame you have to load the .pac file for every layout. That's where I went wrong. No worries. It's all good fun. Just need to get 5v led bulbs now as the original 12v ones are very dim as to be expected. Arcade world are out of a lot of stock at the moment. Thanks yet again Could be worse, until reading this thread I didn't realise there was a template option so I've been manually typing in the PACdrive info while sat at the cabinet for every individual layout! The 5V ones are not massively bright but I find them bright enough. The other option would be driving the 12V bulbs from say a computer power supply but I haven't tried that yet myself and it would mean a bit of rewiring I believe. Edited February 17 by slotsmagic 1 Currently owned digitals : T7 Encore, T7 Original, Astra iPub and Storm Street Casino. MFME cabinets : Genesis cab DIY by No1Stoney, Interplay conversion and Vegas Strip conversion (both are works in progress!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, slotsmagic said: Could be worse, until reading this thread I didn't realise there was a template option so I've been manually typing in the PACdrive info while sat at the cabinet for every individual layout! The 5V ones are not massively bright but I find them bright enough. The other option would be driving the 12V bulbs from say a computer power supply but I haven't tried that yet myself and it would mean a bit of rewiring I believe. Yeah i'll give them a go as easier but I may go down the 12v route if need be but still change to leds so not to fade the buttons or inlays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPU_FIVE Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 7 hours ago, slotsmagic said: Could be worse, until reading this thread I didn't realise there was a template option so I've been manually typing in the PACdrive info while sat at the cabinet for every individual layout! Oh, crumbs.... bugger that! Glad you have found there's a better way now.... It was good ole @Amusementsthat showed me how to get the buttons lit up in my MFME Keyboard build thread, so big Kudo's to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 On 17/02/2024 at 18:13, MPU_FIVE said: Oh, crumbs.... bugger that! Glad you have found there's a better way now.... It was good ole @Amusementsthat showed me how to get the buttons lit up in my MFME Keyboard build thread, so big Kudo's to him! So Gary. Not a biggie but just wondering... How would I go about seperating "cancel" and "collect" for machines that normally have a shared button? Half of the games have the 2 separate buttons anyway but for the ones that have the shared single button but I have the 2 separate buttons on my cab. It would be nice to just have the cancel flashing if I say, want to cancel nudges or holds and the collect if there's money in the bank. Do you think that's possible? Hope this makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPU_FIVE Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 If the original machine had both cancel and collect on the same button then i'd just leave it as that.... neither function will clash as the machine was designed for both functions to work from the 1 button... if you did give the functionality of that 1 button to 2 of your buttons then both would be lit while the button on the layout on the screen would just have it's 1 button lit, which would look silly.... you can do it if you want to, but i myself would'nt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted February 20 Author Report Share Posted February 20 21 hours ago, MPU_FIVE said: If the original machine had both cancel and collect on the same button then i'd just leave it as that.... neither function will clash as the machine was designed for both functions to work from the 1 button... if you did give the functionality of that 1 button to 2 of your buttons then both would be lit while the button on the layout on the screen would just have it's 1 button lit, which would look silly.... you can do it if you want to, but i myself would'nt. yeah I didn't want both lit at same time unless I had money to collect and to cancel something if you get the jist. No worries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted February 20 Author Report Share Posted February 20 getting there now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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