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shateredsoul:

Ahh good to hear that I won't have to solder.  I was actually looking forward to doing that, because someday I think it would  be great to set it up connections for older system controllers (i.e. hooking up an actual nes or snes controller).

Delusional, I got through part of your first video and it looks really helpful.  I think I need to review it a bit more, because to me a lot of the concepts don't make sense yet (daisy chaining for example, if they are all connected I don't understand how the ipac can know the difference between the signals it receives .. I mean if they are all connected, and they connect at the same point on the ipac, then how does the ipac distinguish between a button press between player 1 and 2 or even between all 6 or 8 buttons used by player one. For now the beginning part of the video is probably the most useful since I'm just trying to get the ideas down.

I also founds some other videos that show how to fix buttons and one of them actually showing them install the buttons, just incase it's useful to other newbies like me.  I do wish I could find a video like the second one where they didn't cut off and skip ahead to where everything is already wired.  It looks manageable though.

So my plan so far is:

1. Buy buttons, joystick, and trackball now
2. March order control panel (2 player one from northcost) (wire it from march to june on weekends)
3. Find an old cab during the summer (start looking in may).. goal is to find an old street fighter cab that has already been gutted. Fix the cab duirng the summer and maybe some side art and a self designed marquee (I'm not sure if i'm going to go with the standard MAME or make up a name, but I definitely want more console characters on there)
4. Buy light guns with these http://www.ultimarc.com/aimtrak.html boards sometime during the Fall, hopefully they release the prefabricated ones
5. In the fall, make/buy xbox 360 controller holsters on the side for console games and p3 and p4 for mame, wire it to my tv as a second monitor
6. After that (probably after xmas) make decisions of whether I want it to self boot straight into a FE or if I care as much.  I might decide that the best thing is to have it self boot into windows media center, since I have figured out how to make it launch Maximus, and I could probably figure out how to make it launch Hyperspin. If I want it to be setup as a cabinet, I can just launch maximus before friends come over.
*edit* 7. I also have a xbox 360 guitar which works great on my pc.  I installed guitar hero world tour on my pc and it launches perfectly from maximus

Does that seem like a realistic plan? I'd rather overestimate how much time it will take than underestimate. I think right now I may work on getting a video up on my FE setup so far (the only thing I have setup so far) to receive opinions.



and this one shows step by step what it should look like



DashRendar:

Sounds good, but I bet you could get all the wiring of your controls done in one evening.   :applaud:

shateredsoul:


--- Quote from: DashRendar on January 28, 2010, 05:30:41 pm ---Sounds good, but I bet you could get all the wiring of your controls done in one evening.   :applaud:

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Oh, much faster than I thought.  Well then.. I'll probably have many emulators to configure. So I can use that extra time to test and configure the controller settings.



shateredsoul:


--- Quote from: shateredsoul on January 28, 2010, 07:03:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: DashRendar on January 28, 2010, 05:30:41 pm ---Sounds good, but I bet you could get all the wiring of your controls done in one evening.   :applaud:

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Oh, much faster than I thought.  Well then.. I'll probably have many emulators to configure. So I can use that extra time to test and configure the controller settings.



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can someone help me with picking the buttons? Just so I don't get the wrong parts.

After looking at Delusionals comments..

"4)  Quick connects - If you buy Happ buttons with Cherry switches (.187") you'll need "FDV1-187" connectors from http://www.sherco-auto.com/wiring.htm .  If you get them from GroovyGameGear.com they no longer use Cherry switches, but E-Switch™ instead, which is a bit bigger.  You'll need "FDV1-2" connectors instead."

I was wondering which type of buttons would people recommend? I search on ebay and I find works with jamma, works with mame, does this mean the same thing?

Concave buttons (just meands they dip in right?)

and it looks like ebay is actually more expensive.

for this http://www.mameroom.com/ProductDetail.asp?ID=CLASSICCPKIT control panel, what buttons woudl work? I want all 6 buttons for each player to match.  Blue and red, and nice black joysticks (I've used cheapy ones at the arcade and want to avoid those).  I did see where it said "e switch" on the description of the buttons.

Should I just avoid those and try to go with the cherry switches? All the tutorials I could find were based on cherry switches.

I guess what would help is if someone could help me figure out what size buttons would work with the control panel,and then I can choose the colors and knowing whether e-switches work the same as cherry switches (if not I'd rather stick to cherry). And where do i buyt fdv1-2 connectors?

I'm worried about buying parts that won't fit or won't work together





garnerb350:

here's some options...
http://www.lizardlick.com/pages/pushbuttons.shtml
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=73&sort=20a&page=2

(might catch hell on this but WTH) To me Cherry switches & E switches is like comparing Fords & Chevys...its just a different brand of that type of switch...

Disregard the "FDV1-2"....( that the auto supply company personal  "search" name....) What you mean to say is .187 female connectors or just plain "wire connectors"...

Connectors, you can find them at Lowes/HDepot/Harbor Freight/Radio Shack/anyplace that sells electrical supplies...hell even amazon sells em...
http://www.amazon.com/22-18-Guage-Female-Disconnect-100pcs/dp/B001HTB13S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264782703&sr=8-1

Buttons depend on what type of control panel you are using...wooden or metal and they are different thickness/types of sizes...but the most common pushbuttons are HAPPS pushbuttons...Look at the links above and you'll see the differences

Shatered...here some more info you can read when you get time...
http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm




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