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| superbigjay:
This part is to explain how I added the PC power switch on the CP box. Nothing really new. A lot of people have done it before... :dunno 1. Find the wire! --------------------------------- the first step is to identify which wire pair control the ON/OFF of the PC. In my case, there's 3 pairs of wire going to the main switch, all on the same connector. So I removed the connector from the motherboard and with the multimeter, I checked which pair get "shorted" together when the button is pressed. It was the red/black pair. 2. split the wire ------------------------------------------------- the next step is to split those wire so that the PC can be turned On/OFF by the regular button or by the new pushbutton. Basically, I'm connecting the new switch in parallel with the existing one. You can't see clearly on the pic above, but I'm using a connector for that new wire pair. So, if I ever want to reuse that PC for something else (yeah right!), I'll be able to remove the 6ft wire easily... 3. bring the wires to a Normally Open switch. ---------------------------------------------------------- next step, bring that wire to the CP box and connect it to a NO switch. I had a small surprise... The pinball buttons and the new PC power button hole are flushed with the CP box bottom... No room for the button nut :banghead: So I took the wood chisel, and removed about 1/8 of MDF. The I connected both wire to the COM and NO pins of the microswitch. 4. Final testing... -------------------------------- Last step : the moment of truth... put back the PC in the cab, connect everything, turn the main input switch ON and press the new PC power button on the side of the cab..... YEAH! it works! :applaud: That's it for tonight... Jay :cheers: |
| superbigjay:
Ok, one last pic before going to bed... I'm done with all my wiring. Had to redo part of it, because all my leds weren't connected properly to the ledwiz (common gnd instead of common 5V). at first I thought that I would do an awesome jobs on the wiring, but ended up with this.... It's not that bad, but it makes you appreciate more the work of other like mountain/knievel to only name a few... at least it's working... Ciao Jay :cheers: |
| superbigjay:
Well, finally, the uroMAMEstyx project is near completion (the only hardware part to do is the TV bezel), but I won't do it for a while... I have to prepare the Christmas party!!! For the last year I was working on this project and there it is: CP box Right side : pinball buttons and PC power button: CP box Left side : pinball buttons and USB ports.: Cab power cable: Cab right view Cab final location: I'd like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who helped me on this project by giving feedback, advices, encouragements. Also a HUGE thanks to my wife for letting me work all those hours on the project without arguing too much >:D and also for letting me install it in the living room :applaud: Finally, I'd like to introduce OUR last project on which I worked for 3 minutes and my wife for 9 months (day and night). Edouard!!! Here he is at 7 days old! PS: Sorry for the "rush" update... For some reasons, I don't have that many spare time anymore ... but it's worth it ;D Cheers Jay :cheers: |
| Kaytrim:
Congrats on the baby Jay. :cheers: and for finishing the cabinet. :applaud: TTFN Kaytrim |
| leapinlew:
:applaud: :applaud: :applaud: Very well documented dude. Good job! |
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