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BritInVA's Project Arcade II attempt :)
dawolv:
--- Quote from: britinva on February 19, 2011, 05:56:24 pm ---Didn't get as much done today as I would have liked - ended up spending 5hrs in ER because my daughter was dehydrated from a stomach bug.
Got one coat of primer done a drilled button holes in control panel.
Got a question on the UltraStik 360's..... can't find install info on their website. What diameter hole for the stick? And if mounting from under whow much should it be recessed?
Hopefully more progress tomorrow.
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Awww the poor girl :-[
How is she doing now?
I top mounted mine since the whole joystick can be repaired from the bottom, so that left me with more 'stick' on the top. I used some 10-24x1 machine screws with the small heads so from the top I recessed just above an 1/8th.
I used a 1 1/8 hole like I did with my buttons and I am using restrictors.
Which really helps the throw.
Dont know if that helps at all ...
britinva:
She is still a bit fragile hopefully as day goes on she will get better..... thanks for asking
For now I'm going with undermount as material was 3/4" so can't use perspex with 3/4" T-moulding so cp will just be painted. May change that later if can locate some 5/8" material.
Looks like mounting kit needs 1/2" of material and going to need to leave at least 1/8" of material so think this is plan
britinva:
Made quite a bit of progress
- got main cabinet painted
- installed T-molding
- got all controls wired
- installed PC (temp) in cabinet and was able to run a few games
A few issues thou
1) The joy stick mountings raised/pimpled the upper surface. Not a big deal as was thinking this was MK I to decide if the control layout worked.
2) Installed the UltraStiks wrong way - didn't see markings for front and murphys law prevailed - but easily corrected.
3) A few control buttons not working - could not find out what key to map the IPAC to for the 'Reset' function and my 'PC Power' button not working. I mapped the IPAC to the Power fucntion but does nothing :)
4) I'm using GameEX as frontend need to research more on simplifying to start so only get choice of say 20-30 games to make it easier for kids to operate (add more as they catch on).
5) The Waffle speaker grills arrived and don't like them so need to look for alteratives.
jikkjack:
Mark - I pulled the power and reset case jumpers off the mobo and used that for the power and reset buttons. Those don't go through my Ipac. Hope that helps and keeps you from doing this :banghead:
britinva:
--- Quote from: jikkjack on February 23, 2011, 09:08:34 am ---Mark - I pulled the power and reset case jumpers off the mobo and used that for the power and reset buttons. Those don't go through my Ipac. Hope that helps and keeps you from doing this :banghead:
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Well turns out my IPAC needed a firmware update and can now map power or sleep but all it does is shuts it down or puts to sleep..... won't power up or wake. I guess because its USB based where my keyboard is PS/2.
So looks like wiring to to mobo is going to be best option.
No build updates - but have been getting my GameEx FE customised. Hope to get more of the build done over weekend but got some other chores too.