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BobA:

--- Quote from: urbecrisch on April 10, 2007, 07:46:11 am ---Well, I already have my own CP with all the goodies and  I want to play spinner/trackball games so I think I want to do what you said Chris G.

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Too bad you didn't mention you already had your control panel setup with all the goodies.   I assumed the control panel you asked about was the one that came with the arcade monitor.   More info = Better answers. ;D

To connect the monitor to a JPAC you follow the instructions on the Ultimarc ArcadeVGA Inst Page .

Chris G:

--- Quote from: urbecrisch on April 10, 2007, 07:46:11 am ---Is it difficult to connect the arcade monitor to the ArcadeVGA card?  How will I disconnect the monitor from the Jamma harness and what do I plug the monitor into?  Is it olny a few wires?

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Not trying to influence you one way or the other, but this route is not difficult at all.  If you decide to buy an AVGA, they even sell a pre-stripped VGA cable for around $6 to make it super-easy.  One end plugs right into the AVGA and the other end you just splice onto the existing video cable on the cabinet (5-6 wires).  Happy to help if you have problems.

urbecrisch:

--- Quote from: Chris G on April 10, 2007, 12:13:02 pm ---If you decide to buy an AVGA, they even sell a pre-stripped VGA cable for around $6 to make it super-easy.  One end plugs right into the AVGA and the other end you just splice onto the existing video cable on the cabinet (5-6 wires).  Happy to help if you have problems.

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1.  Where do you get this pre-stripped wire?  What does it look like?  I still have some questions about the monitor wires.  I'm not sure which wires (5-6) you're talking about.

2.  Also, if I do it this way Chris G. I will be buying only the AVGA and then I will be using another encoder to hook up my wires to? 

3.  Will I be able to still have my coin mecs working if I don't use the JPAC?  The coin mecs will still be operational with another encoder as long as their powered up, right?

Thanks for all your help so far.

Chris G:
Ultimarc sells it (VGA Breakout Cable on their order page).  I don't think the resellers carry them, but you could check.  It looks like a standard VGA cable, except the monitor-end connector is cut off and the individual wires are labeled for you.  The wires are Red, Green, Blue, Horiz sync, Vert sync, and a wrapped bundle of wires which = ground.

Your monitor will have a set of wires connecting it to the game board.  If you were using a JPAC, I believe you would simply plug the game board-side connector directly into it.  If you're using an AVGA, the way I did it was to leave the monitor-end plug-in alone and cut off the game board-side connector.  You then connect the various wires from that into your VGA breakout cable.  Hopefully you have or can find the manual for your monitor to determine which wire is which.  If not, I'm sure someone around here can help you figure it out if you have trouble.

Hopefully I'm answering your questions and not confusing you more.  Andy at Ultimarc is very helpful, so you can always email him as well.

I haven't gotten around to wiring up my coin mechs, so hopefully someone else can help you with that.

 :cheers:
Chris

urbecrisch:
Chris, thanks a lot for taking the time to help me out.  It's nice to know there are people like you out there to help out us NOOBS!  I really appreciate your patience.  OK, now you kinda confused me a little bit but I checked out inside my CAB and I think I maybe understand what your talking about regarding the monitor wires (PIC1) going into the game board (PIC2). 

However, the wire colors from my monitor are RED, GREEN, BROWN, BLACK, and then 2 WHITE wires.  Am I looking at the right wires?

So you mean I would leave the wires connected to the monitor but I would take the wires off the Jamma harness and connect them to the VGA Breakout Cable which plugs into my AVGA? 

Not sure if I'm right but hopefully the PICS will help you out once you see what I see.  BTW my monitor is a 25" WG 25K7193. 

Sorry for the quality of the PICS.  I just took them now (10 PM CST) and my CAB is in the garage where the lighting is pretty crappy.  If they are too blurry or dark, I can take better ones tomorrow.  Talk to you later.

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