Wiring a U360 with wiring harness to buttons

[robertsig]

So I'm building my very first cabinet and I think I need a little help with wiring 101.  I started off with just a UltraStik 360 instead of an I-PAC and I'm using the Ultimarc wiring harness to directly wire the buttons.  I know this should be (is) the simplest thing in the world, but I want to make sure I do it right.

Can anyone point me to a n00b picturesque web site showing how to do it?  What else do I need in addition to the harness to crimp on, or finish the ends?

Thanks.

[wweumina]

Depends if u are soldering or using quick disconnects. Either way, you'll probably need some extra wire for the grounds. Solder you need a wire stripper, soldering iron and solder. Disconnects u need a wire stripper, crimper and disconnects.

U just need to connect a different coloured wire from the harness to the NO tab on each of the buttons and the black wire to the tab labelled Common or Ground on each button (wire to one button and then from that button to the next etc).

[robertsig]

Is there a particular place where people buy disconnects and crimper suitable for the job?

[BobA]

Ultimarc has them already made up.

UltraStik Button / Encoder Harness    Optional Wiring Harness for connecting keyboard encoder (output mode) or 8 buttons (input mode)       Price: $8.00    

[robertsig]

Yep, I got the wiring harness.  Nothing more than 8 wires coming out of a jack which goes into the U360.  The rest of the stuff I'd like to get in the USA if possible though.

[BobA]

SirPeale sells the disconnects in his new storefront Disconnects

Crimper can be bought at any Home Depot or Lowes in the electrical department. They also sell disconnects at a much higher price.

[Cougar888]

Hi guys,

Can I jump in and say I am also in the process of sourcing components for my first bartop cab build and I'm loving the easy wiring and setup of the ultrastik 360's. one question though, are 8 buttons enough per joystick? I ask this becuase I was wondering how you can have 6 fighting buttons, player 1 & 2 start, coin, pinball flippers. How would you go about adding these etc buttons?

Thanks

[Nephasth]

Well 6 fighting buttons and a start button for each joystick makes 7. The coin button isn't necessary (due to the shift function) unless you really want one, which would make 8. If it were me, I would wire the pinball flipper buttons to the same inputs as say P1 buttons 1 & 2 (maybe put them on a switched ground to prevent P2 from messing with P1 during fighting games).

[Cougar888]

So you mean add 2 more buttons and wire them to the existing buttons so they do the same action and be (live) all the time just not pressed other than for pinball?

[Nephasth]

Pretty much. They wouldn't be live all the time if you switched their grounds (they would only be live if. The switch was on).

[Cougar888]

Ah right, I'm no electronics wiz so didn't understand the ground thing    I suppose it wouldn't matter anyway if they were live as they would be out of the way of the other buttons.

That's sorted me out then because i thought i would have to buy a minipac for the extra buttons which seemed overkill for 2 buttons and added extra cost.

I may add a trackball at a later date and would then need one i guess. Also could a light gun be added onto the minipac?