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Rando's UAII cab progress - Playable!
Rando:
Thanks Cot,
- Joystick issue - Simple Windows fix, not a problem
- Trackball issue - Simple MAME fix, not a problem
- Coin buttons - Not sure how I would connect the Red to the floppy connector, will pulling the wire out of the floppy plug and twisting them together with a wire connector work like I would in a regular outlet work?
Also not sure how I would connect the black to the ground daisy chain I have, chain might not reach, and the wire wouldn't fit the same as a it does on my leafs. Also, would this negate the normal ground connection I would do to a microswitch button, or do I need to ground this button twice, one for the black wire and a second for the button? Ground wires in some of the lights in my house go to a ground screw in the electrical box, could I do something like this?
Sorry for the basic questions, I fiddle at night and then try to figure things out at work! :)
newmanfamilyvlogs:
DO NOT GROUND THE LEDS TO THE DAISY CHAIN.
The black lines on the floppy connector are grounds. If you look at the underside of the connector you'll see where the metal pins have small raised 'barbs' that prevent them from sliding out backwards. A small flat head screwdriver or a boxcutter can be used to gently depress those barbs and slide the red and black wires out of the molex. Then you'll just twist and secure the matching colored wires from the LEDs.
On my machine I wired up several USB Header connectors to the +5V from the floppy connector and placed them on the bottom most expansion slot of the case, then cut the ends off some USB cables and wired those into the LEDs so I have an easy disconnect (my CP slides out like a drawer and occasionally needs to be removed for tinkering).
Rando:
--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on June 14, 2011, 11:46:50 am ---DO NOT GROUND THE LEDS TO THE DAISY CHAIN.
--- End quote ---
Now THAT's the kind of feedback I'm looking for! :) Clear, concise, I can follow those instructions.
So tonight I will remove the black/red wires from my floppy plug, tie them to the black/red wires from the two coin buttons, and they should light up. I will then wire the multiswitch portion of the buttons as normal, which I haven't done yet as I've only wired the leaf buttons and need to figure out how to do the others as both my coin buttons and Player 1/2 buttons are non-leafs.
And yes I will disconnect the power to the PC before removing wires!! :dizzy:
Awesome! :)
TopJimmyCooks:
On the u360's, remember the chassis orientation doesn't matter, just the PCB. you can unscrew the board and just rotate that if you want to keep your joystick body oriented a certain way. IIRC the PCB has a "top" designation indicating the top of the cp.
newmanfamilyvlogs:
--- Quote from: Rando on June 14, 2011, 12:06:27 pm ---And yes I will disconnect the power to the PC before removing wires!! :dizzy:
--- End quote ---
One time I unplugged a floppy drive without turning off the computer first. It let out all of the magic smoke in the wires... into my hand.
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