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Author Topic: question on replacing solid color buttons with RGB / mini-pac  (Read 1376 times)

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Hello all. I recently got the 2p xtension cabinet from RRM and, after having learned about an older RGB version of their controller that they used to carry, I was interested in replacing the black buttons for each player (12 total) on the controller I have. This controller comes with a minipac inside of it. The goldleaf RGB buttons have a 4 wire connector while the buttons I have are just a standard 2 pin button, so I'm trying to figure out whether the minipac will be able to accommodate all of those or if I need to buy additional hardware to make this work. I looked at the minipac wiring diagram, but I'm really green with all this and have no idea what I'm looking at.

For reference, here is the controller I have (https://recroommasters.com/product/xtension-two-player-controller-emulator-edition-plus/)
Here are the buttons I'm interested in getting (https://www.ultimarc.com/arcade/buttons/goldleaf-pushbuttons-rgb/)

Also, are there suppliers in the US that carry these?

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Re: question on replacing solid color buttons with RGB / mini-pac
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2023, 12:13:31 pm »
This controller comes with a minipac inside of it. The goldleaf RGB buttons have a 4 wire connector while the buttons I have are just a standard 2 pin button, so I'm trying to figure out whether the minipac will be able to accommodate all of those or if I need to buy additional hardware to make this work.
The 4-wire connector on the RGB Goldleaf is for the LED part of the button.  It plugs in to PacLED64 or I-PAC Ultimate I/O boards.
- Yellow wire provides the operating voltage.
- Red, green, and blue wires are the ground channels for the red, green, and blue LEDs.



The switch part of the Goldleaf RGB buttons connects via 2.8mm/0.110" Quick Disconnect tabs, same as the regular Goldleaf buttons.



The Mini-PAC handles button switch inputs and optical (spinner/trackball) inputs.  It does not have a built-in LED controller.

You can keep the Mini-PAC for the switch inputs and add a PacLED64 as an LED controller . . .
    or
. . . you can replace the Mini-PAC with an I-PAC Ultimate I/O that handles the switch inputs and has a built-in LED controller.


Scott