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Title: SUCCESS! - Start/Test CP is working!
Post by: kelemvor on February 11, 2006, 12:56:01 pm

Woo Hoo.

Got my 6 buttons and Joystick yesterday so I put together a starter panel to play around with.  And woo hoo, everything worked on the first try.

Had to go buy a 1-1/8" spade bit to drill the button holes.  Then used a Holw saw to drill a starter hole for the joystick and filled some edges to get it to fit.

Wiring up everything was a piece of cake.  Just used Cat5 cables and pulled them apart.  Used orage for the buttons, Green for the joystick and white/gray for the grounds.


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/kelemvor/CP_Top.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/kelemvor/CP_Bottom.jpg)

Title: Re: SUCCESS! - Start/Test CP is working!
Post by: allroy1975 on February 12, 2006, 02:00:30 am

if you start having problems with intermittent connections, check those wires first.  I ended up having to redo my WHOLE control panel ( a 4 player beast with a retarded number of buttons) because I used cat5 cable which as you know is a solid wire.  Doesn't always stay in place in a crimped situation as a stranded wire.

just an FYI.

Allroy

Title: Re: SUCCESS! - Start/Test CP is working!
Post by: kelemvor on February 12, 2006, 09:00:26 am

Thanks for the tip.  I took some advice I had seen here and bent the end of the wire over before I crimped it in the connector so hopefully that will keep it in there nice and tight.