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Title: is there a way to use my x-arcade control on a jamma machine?
Post by: 72xmulch on August 06, 2008, 12:44:07 pm

i am converting an old beat up clutch hitter cab into a MK2  machine and am wondering if i can hook up my xarcade controls temporarily untill i can afford to build the controls the way i want? its built for mame or console games and i cant find anything online saying how i would use it in a real arcade machine....
well thanks for any info...
ernie

Title: Re: is there a way to use my x-arcade control on a jamma machine?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on August 06, 2008, 02:23:49 pm

Sure, at the end of the day, they're still arcade controls (albeit not very well made ones).

Title: Re: is there a way to use my x-arcade control on a jamma machine?
Post by: Franco B on August 06, 2008, 02:40:05 pm

Remove the bottom of the X-arcade, remove the quick dissconnects from the controls you want to use (both NO and COM terminals, make sure you make a note of each wire too) and run new wires with disconnects from the microswitches to your JAMMA harness. You will need to do a new ground loop from the controls to the JAMMA harness too.

If you use this method you can easily change it back to a normal x-arcade by simply plugging in the original quick disconnects.

You may also need to make a hole in the x-arcade base/back panel to run the wires through.

(http://arcadecontrols.com/images/x-arcade/x-arcade_inside.JPG)

Title: Re: is there a way to use my x-arcade control on a jamma machine?
Post by: 72xmulch on August 06, 2008, 04:40:22 pm

awesome! i should have thought of that first but i assumed there was some sort of adapter. well off to work i go