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Title: wiring perfect 360's into mame cab w/ jpac
Post by: mystikjoe on April 14, 2002, 08:47:30 am

i'm almost done all my wiring of my cabinet and my question is are perfect 360's able to be used with a jpac?  i'm assuming to power them i'll run them of the power supply.  for the ground on all the switches should i use the pc power supply or should i use the two negative outputs on the jpac.  also i want to wire a 4 way pac man controller in series with the perfect 360 does that pose any problems?  thanks for the help.

Title: Re: wiring perfect 360's into mame cab w/ jpac
Post by: Thenasty on April 14, 2002, 10:18:17 am

I think you should use the 5v and ground from the Jpac/Ipac. For the 4-way stick being same connection of one of the 360's, its OK as long as no one touches the 360 while playing a 4-way game. To resolve this, u could put a switch for the ground between the 4-way and the 360 so one is only active at a time.

Title: Re: wiring perfect 360's into mame cab w/ jpac
Post by: mystikjoe on April 14, 2002, 10:56:59 am

there isn't a 5v hookup on the jpac only a ground any other suggestions?

Title: Re: wiring perfect 360's into mame cab w/ jpac
Post by: johnpurs on April 14, 2002, 12:45:36 pm

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there isn't a 5v hookup on the jpac only a ground any other suggestions?

There is a 5 volt connection where you can plug in an LED Harness or an OptiPac. THat is what he is refering to. Definetly a good idea to use some switch to cut the ground when using the other joystick jus to be safe.

Title: Re: wiring perfect 360's into mame cab w/ jpac
Post by: mystikjoe on April 14, 2002, 02:32:09 pm

so i jump the power from the connector where the leds would plug in i understand this.  as far as the 360's do they work just like a normal controller.  do they output a negative or a positive.  i don't want to blow up the jpac took 4 weeks to get in.  i know i daisy chain the grounds to all the buttons and the 4 way pac man controller but i'm a little unsure of the 360.  thanks for the reply.

Title: Re: wiring perfect 360's into mame cab w/ jpac
Post by: Thenasty on April 14, 2002, 07:48:53 pm

hook up your ground to all your joystick/buttons all in common. Then hook up the 5v in the 360's. Then each wire connect  to  Up, Down. Right, Left on your Jpac..thats it....The 5v being applied to the 360 so the LED/Sensor light gets powered and when you movie the stick it covers those 2 light and triggers the direction...

Title: Re: wiring perfect 360's into mame cab w/ jpac
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