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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: super 8 on February 11, 2007, 06:47:12 am
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Got a Baby Star 1000 in 1 board which has thankfully come with a kick harness for those lovely capcom games, but I just want to check I'm doing this right (I don't no what I'm doing when it comes to wiring) ...
The manual shows the connection having 5 pins, the 1st being the ground, the other 4 being the extra kick buttons
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The connector provided just slots straight in (I'm guessing the black is the Ground)
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Looking at my other buttons, each one has 2 wires, one black (again I'm guessing ground) and one coloured. Also each wire clips into some sort of white thing (not sure what they are!).
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So my questions are...
1) If the first 4 buttons each button has its own ground wire, where do I wire the ground wire from the kick harness? (only 1 ground wire for 4 extra buttons?!)
2)What are those white things called and were do I buy them?
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For the ground wire you make a chain..... Connect the ground wire to your first buttons ground connection, then connect a wire from that connection to your second buttons ground connection, connect a third wire fron the second buttons ground to the third buttons ground..... and so on!
The other four wires, connect the button1 wire marked on the manual, to the NO (Normally Open) connection on button1, connect the button2 wire marked on the manual, to the NO (Normally Open) connection on button2 etc etc until you have all the buttons wired.
You don't want any of those white connectors. They're mostly used in fruit machine gamblers and you need special tooling to fit them, they're also not available on the high street.... You want some "female crimp connectors" and a crimping tool to attach the wires to them. You can get those from most automotive parts stores, just make sure to buy a size that will be a good push fit onto the tags on your buttons. Take a button with you to the store and try them.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)