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toxicwes:

Recently finished!  has 2 rebuilt LS-30 joysticks, a bunch of happ buttons, I-Pac, and Ultimarc rotary joystick interface.  I did the artwork myself, using elements from the CP and side art of an Ikari Warriors cabinet.

mytymaus007:

Nice art work! Is the LS-30 joysticks connected to the Ultimarc rotary interface with the stock harness or did you rebuild the harness from scratch if so any close up pics. Also i never used the LS-30 joysticks how easy do they turn compared to the HAPP rotary stick. I used the Happs once before and was dissapointed they were so hard to turn and the grip just didnt make sense.

emphatic:

Nice work! :cheers:

Are the top plugs missing from your sticks? If so, the plungers of regular HAPP style buttons fit with a slight modification.





http://www.emphatic.se/?p=991

toxicwes:


--- Quote from: mytymaus007 on September 20, 2012, 08:51:27 pm ---Nice art work! Is the LS-30 joysticks connected to the Ultimarc rotary interface with the stock harness or did you rebuild the harness from scratch if so any close up pics. Also i never used the LS-30 joysticks how easy do they turn compared to the HAPP rotary stick. I used the Happs once before and was dissapointed they were so hard to turn and the grip just didnt make sense.

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I had 1 stock harness and I had to make one.  JC Arcade over at the KLOV forums provided me with instructions.  you need two 13 pin molex connectors and wire them up like so:

Color refers to wire color
Brown 1 13
Red 2 12
Orange 3 11
Yellow 4 10
Green 5 9
Blue 6 8
Purple (Ground) 7 1
Gray 8 7
White 9 6
Black 10 5
White/Brown 11 4
White/Red 12 3
White/Orange 13 2

The wire color isn't so important.  what you need to know is the 1st wire goes from slot 1 on the molex connected to the joystick to slot 13 on the molex connected to the rotary interface. 2nd wire is slot 2 and slot 12, etc.

I've never used a happ rotary so I can't compare.  I knew I wanted the octagonal, bright yellow LS-30s.  I also would have gone for the round heavy barrel style joysticks, but I got the LS-30s without much trouble.

toxicwes:


--- Quote from: emphatic on September 21, 2012, 08:23:47 am ---Nice work! :cheers:

Are the top plugs missing from your sticks? If so, the plungers of regular HAPP style buttons fit with a slight modification.





http://www.emphatic.se/?p=991

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I was lucky enough to get some actual caps, so this won't be necessary.  It's a great idea though.  Happ actually makes some buttons with convex tops (competition style?) that might look a little better on top of the joystick.  food for thought. ;)

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