MR Vader Conversion with NB4--No lights, boot up sound repeats...HELP!

[Witchking]

Hello, Everyone. My name is Lynn and this is my first post, although I've been a member here for a while. I have been trying to build a custom MR Vader saber that worked but had no battery insert, so I figured I would convert it using a NB4 sound card and a tri-cree DR/DR/White FOC. I have wired and installed the electronics using the Plecter Labs manual as well as the Custom Saber Shops YouTube videos. I 3d printed a custom chassis, just finished wiring the board, and pulled the killkey. This is where my issue starts. When the key is pulled, I get the standard boot up tiger growl, and then a high 2-tone beep, followed by a lower 1-tone beep, then a star trek door opening (what it sounds like to me), then the 2 tone beep, 1 tone beep, again followed by the tiger growl, etc. All of this repeats, and I have no light activation. I do have a momentary switch wired, but it seems to do nothing. I've inspected my soldering joints to make sure that I haven't bridged any connections, and everything seems to be independently on it's respective pad on the board and the tri-cree. I've looked through every trouble-shooting page I can find to see if this means somethings faulty, or maybe the battery is low (it is charging now), etc., but I can't find anything close to what I'm experiencing, although I am still combing through the threads here.

FYI, I did wire my tri cree exactly like the video on Youtube, although I did use 2 independent resistors ( 1.2ohm 3w resistor) on each of the DR positives, and I used 1 .47ohm .5w resistor for the FOC. My battery is the Panasonic 3.7V 10A rechargeable battery connected to a 2.1mm Switchcraft recharge port.

Before I tear this down and start over, I'd like to see if anyone here has any suggestions of things I could look at that could possibly be a simple fix. I'm just at a loss right now.

Thank you in advance for any advice.

Lynn

[SA22C]

It sounds like the button is bridged, making the NBv4 cycle through the fonts over and over again.

If you could take some pics, it would be helpful.

[Witchking]

Would that stop the saber from lighting up?

[Witchking]

Freakin A, bud. That was it. I tried a different switch and it works perfectly. This is my first saber, so I didn't realize those sounds were the different fonts. Thanks for the information and the help.

[SA22C]

Glad I could help.