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My first conversion and real build
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Does anyone know if the Act Labs PC Monitor Lightguns will work with a D9200 monitor?
TeamTEOR:
Hey gang, the summer heat has cooled down, my cab had all summer long to let the primer vent its gas. I am getting back to work on it again!
A few days ago I stopped into my local Betson office and picked up a brand new Kortek 27" Multiscan monitor.
As of right now, I am touching up some spots on the cabinet, and applying a little more black paint to it. Pictures should follow in a few days.
Sorry I have not been around much, it was a tough warm season for me to be in the garage. Also I picked up this awesome scooter, and I have been having a BLAST riding around town. In the past 5 months or so I racked up about 1000 miles on it. In case any one is interested it is a Kymco Xciting 500.
Tom
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This morning I did the last touches on the repair of the rear of the cab. I also painted a new back door for it as well. The original one was not in good shape, and was not worth all of the bondo & work to fix it. Tomorrow I'll cut a hole out of so that I insert a cooling fan, but I need to test it to make sure it is not going to harm my monitor due to a magnetic field. I will for sure install a fan at the base of the cabinet.
So I started the afternoon (after a parts run) by installing a metal outlet box, along with an outlet, and a 9 foot heavy duty appliance power cable (so now I have electricity inside the cabinet for the first time since it came home). Next to the installed outlet I mounted a nice power strip. Once that was done I mounted up the subwoofer and speakers in the cabinet. It is a very simple Durabrand 2.1 speaker set, however it sounds pretty good. The subwoofer speaker was hidden, however the two satalites are small 4ohm 10 watt speakers (the speakers that came with the cabinet are 8ohm 10 watts) I didn't want to mess up the system so I used the stock speaked the subwoofer came with. I was also lucky enough to have on hand some speaker fabric, so you do not see the speakers behind the grill. Since the grill was installed I tested out the fitment of the marquee lexan. I needed to sand it slightly to fit it in, but it is all good now. I'll venture out to the garage in a few to put the light in place for the marquee and power it on. Once the fan is situation is figured out I will start to install the sideart and the marquee followed by the monitor.
I am still a bit at war about what front end to use on the setup. I really wanted something cool and graphical like the Ultracade interface. I wonder if anything new has been made that would work. There are also the new technologies coming up that makes programing more of a drag and drop thing, maybe I can do something with that too.
I am all ears if anyone has any suggestions.
Tom
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Seems the Kortek 27 inch was to big. I tried to shoe horn it in there, but the side art is already on the cab, so I was not daring to try to open up the mounting area.
I called Betson, they have a 24.8 inch TRISYNC Flat screen CRT (BL25C90T) (44-4024-00) on hold for me to pick up on Monday, and while I am there I will pick up a bezel for that monitor as well. That trip is setup for my early morning run, so by the afternoon I'll have it installed.
I will post some pictures on Monday after the monitor & glass are installed.
Mean time, if the wife does not kick me out of the house this afternoon to run around I will start on the control panel.
Tom
TeamTEOR:
Wow, was I worried about the forum there for a couple of days. I am glad it is all back and working.
Well, here is what I have so far... Some more diamond plate is on order to accent the areas cut short of the side art. I was an error on my part I guess, next time I order side art I'll really order it over sized. A word here about Scott Prior & MameMarquees.com, the man really does great work, and I am very happy with the way my side art came out. He is really there for anyone who needs his help & advice, THANKS SCOTT!
I am not sure if Betson is going to open tomorrow, however I will call, if not Tuesday morning I'll head over for the monitor exchange.
So what do you all think so far?
It looks like I am going to build three control panels to start.
One is going to be a fighter panel, a pair of 8 way joysticks, and 7 buttons each, plus the normal, player & coin buttons, plus admin buttons.
The second I want to set up with a pair of 4 way joystick, I am not to sure how many buttons yet buttons for each joystick but I am thinking 4, along with spinner.
The third panel would have a maybe a flight style grip joystick, on left side, the admin buttons, and a 2.25 inch trackball (or maybe a 3 inch if I can set aside the cash to buy one).
So my task & shopping list is as follows:
two Keywiz controllers
two more sets of player 1 & 2 buttons
maybe a 3 inch trackball
and a couple more buttons
I am rather unsure about typical spacing for this size panel, I am guessing that the controls are all centered between the top and bottom of the usable area. Another thing I am in need of is a set of templates for the spinner, and the trackballs. Routing out the top does not seem like a hard thing to plan out, I do not want to route out too much on the bottom part for it. I am almost contemplating ordering a CNC cut panel for the panel with the panel with the trackball. I hope someone has some templates to share and any advice. This thread has been quiet lately with anyone else chiming in.
Tom