Education on Wico 360 Joysticks, please

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I picked up the pair of wico 360 joysticks from Nixs.

Can someone explain exactly how they work or what they are compatible with.

I have tried powering them with a switching PS and a USB cable's 5 v's.
Using a Jamma harness plugged into a Ultimarc J-pac controller.

Each time I power up the joysticks they seem to behave differently with some opto's working, but never all the same at once. one time i had up, down,right working on both at the same time but left didn't work. switched the wires and it followed the connector on the joysticks.

To simplify the t-shooting i went into the WinIPac programming tool where you can see onscreen what switches are being actuated, which told me each time i powered them up i got different ones working or not working.

Are these joysticks bad, or is there something I don't understand.
Possible incompatibility with a J-pac.

tried searching google and klov but didn't find exactly what i needed to know.
these joysticks have the circular plastic base at the bottom, not square like some pictures show online.
 
took one apart to see if it was dusty on the opticals.

problem is one stick the left doesn't work, all 3 other directions do.
on the other stick the down and left doesn't work.

I've measured resistance on jamma wiring just to be sure, and switched wires around. the problem follows the circuit board for sticks.

is it hard to repair these things with new optical parts? i presume the circuit boards have problems.....
 
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