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Rando's UAII cab progress - Playable!
Rando:
Now that everything has arrived, it is quite clear that I have NO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING!!!
Buttons look like buttons, trackball looks like trackball, mini-pac looks like... well, a really tiny computer board much smaller than I pictured. And lots and lots of wires. What connects to what? How does this all work? I have no idea. I had kinda hoped for instructions like, I don't know, some idiot guide saying plug THIS wire into THIS thingee... or something like that.
I got the harness (x2?) connected to the mini-pac, it only connected one way, score! And I assume the other ends connect to buttons, but there are lots of connectors, and each button has 2 prongs... do two wires go to each button? Just 1? I don't know. And what is this collection of prongs that are connected to each other in a long daisy chain? Do I need this with the harness? I don't know.
What I DO know is that tomorrow I buy wood, and build a shoddy box, and put lots of holes into it... and then cross my fingers.
Honestly, no clue. Any help/guidance appreciated!!! ??? ??? ???
newmanfamilyvlogs:
There is a wiring guide on ultimarc.com
http://www.ultimarc.com/mp_inst.html
Rando:
--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on June 09, 2011, 11:07:07 pm ---There is a wiring guide on ultimarc.com
http://www.ultimarc.com/mp_inst.html
--- End quote ---
Thanks Cot,
That one is a little clearer than the one that came with the box. I also found some wiring videos here that helped alleviate some stress. Got a little overwhelmed with everything spread out like that.
That daisy chain collection of wires appears to be for grounding, not sure which prong on the leafs is the ground though. So I connect one end of the chain to the mini-pac, the rest to the buttons once I figure out which prong... do I have to do anything with the other end of the chain? Connect to something or leave hanging?
kingchimp:
With switches on buttons it doesn't matter which prong you use for ground.
You are correct in thinking one end of the chain goes to the mini-pac, and the other end can be left hanging (or cut off, whatever you do just make sure it doesn't end up accidentally making contact with anything in there. You don't want spooky phantom button presses because your ground wire is swinging around inside your cp).
BobA:
It does not matter what goes where if you use COM and NO but the convention is Ground wire (daisy chain) to COM and the wire to the interface to NO.
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