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old joystick to new joystick wiring
xfaderx:
Hi all, new to the forum and brand new to arcade modding.
I have a custom built cabinet with a pandora box DX installed. Lately the joysticks have been sticking making gaming hard/not fun.
I purchased a new SANWA joystick but noticed when I opened up the cabinet that the old ones are connected by connections all around the joystick, whereas the new one has a 5-pin connector.
Can I disconnect the old one, and plug those cables straight into the sides or I do I need to cut the old wires, and connect them directly to the 5-pin connector cable that came with the new joystick ?
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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xfaderx:
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PL1:
--- Quote from: xfaderx on August 30, 2024, 07:27:49 pm ---I purchased a new SANWA joystick but noticed when I opened up the cabinet that the old ones are connected by connections all around the joystick, whereas the new one has a 5-pin connector.
Can I disconnect the old one, and plug those cables straight into the sides or I do I need to cut the old wires, and connect them directly to the 5-pin connector cable that came with the new joystick ?
--- End quote ---
Your new joystick probably came with a 5-wire harness like this one.
Crimp a male Quick Disconnect (QD) on each of the 5 wires.
- Use a red (for 22-18 gauge wire) male QD the same width as the female QDs on the original harness -- either 0.187" or 0.250".
- You only need to connect one of the daisy-chain ground connections from the old stick (black wire) to the ground on the new stick. (the pcb on the new stick provides the daisy-chain ground for the four switches)
Related threads showing Sanwa and Seimitsu pinouts:
https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=146140.0
https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=153381.0
- Check the pinouts. Remember that they are the view from the bottom/under the panel.
- Don't assume the wire colors will match.
- Remember that when you move the lever one way, it hits the switch on the opposite side.
Scott
xfaderx:
Thank you very much for your reply. What I did was disconnect all the spade connections and connect them up to the 5 pin harness that came with the new joystick.
All appeared to be perfect except left is right and right is left now... Any ideas which 2 colour wires I need to swap over to fix this?
xfaderx:
All good. A bit of trial and error, just had to swap the yellow and green wires around. Stick working perfectly now ! 😁