Wiring up control panel

[mameiac]

Getting down to the nitty gritty now. I can't seem to access Ultimarcs forum to find out about wiring the CP. Just wondering if there is a preferred gauge of wire to use. (I got 20 gauge). I am guessing the length would depend on how far I mount it. Which brings up the next question, how do you mount it to the wood cabinet so it is not sitting right on the wood?

Also the push buttons I got from happ have three (3) male connections on the bottom of them. Aren't there only two (2) that get wired into the IPAC? Where does the third one go? Thanks.

[markrvp]

Typically 18-22 guage wire is fine.  18 is a little cumbersome.  If you have 20 guage wire then you're golden.  Stranded wire is usually easier to work with than solid wire.

PCB standoffs are what you use to mount the Ipac to the wood so that it is not right on the wood.  You can also use pieces of a McDonald's straw or nylon spacers (from your hardware store).

When wiring your button microswitches, the ground wire is connected to (and daisychained to each subsequent microswitch) the COM metal tab.  The positive wire is connected to the NO metal tab (for normally open).  When the switch is pressed it "closes" the circuit.  You will not use the NC tab for wiring your CP buttons.

This picture is from Ultimarc's website.  I hope it helps:

[MaximRecoil]

20 gauge is fine. The 3 male tabs on the microswitches are "normally open", "normally closed" and "common ground". Normally only "normally open" and "common ground" are used; at least that is the way it is in my arcade machine. Common ground is the one on top, and normally open and normally closed are the two in front.

Which brings up the next question, how do you mount it to the wood cabinet so it is not sitting right on the wood?

How do you mount what? If you are talking about a PCB, like an Ultimarc encoder, get some PCB feet, available most anywhere, including from Ultimarc I believe.