2:11 In the Quick Guide use the lower right diagram. The quick guide is for fightsticks looking into box bottom rotated 180° or flipped over left to right (joystick on left, buttons on right)
11:01 Better option use a conductivity tester on a DMM (beep it out) to pre-test for the common and for each switch. Switch NO output will close to the common when moved towards direction. Note: harness exit direction changes pin usage for up/down/left/right switches. See my big comment below for orientation and pin direction used. All Sanwa and Seimitsu original and clone joystick pin headers will be identical layout. I see that you rotated Yellow joystick player-4 180°. Quick Guide upper left diagram.
What would you do now, having done a few different methods, to wire up a 4 player set up to a pc? Could you guide me on where you get the buttons kit, card, electronics for a pc setup?
Sanwa/Seimitsu Harness Layout have same pin/switch sequences but with inverted circuit boards, switches and pin headers, to further confuse the issue the manufactures opted to use same five coloured wires but only keep pin two using the same wire colour in sequence. Solution: find the common or ground pin (note: Gnd is not always common but Zero Delay boards use common +5V), call it pin 1 or Gnd and all other pins 2 thru 5. Sanwa Standard configuration from factory with 5-pin header exiting to lower right viewed from top of joystick. Wire harness with lock flange facing out (bottom of joystick), Gnd always on outside edge (centre Seimitsu). Sanwa and Seimitsu colour sequences differ with only pin 2 using same green colour from Gnd pin orientation. Sanwa wire harness colour sequence: Gnd-Black, 2-Green, 3-Yellow, 4-Orange, 5-Red. Seimitsu wire harness colour sequence: Gnd-Orange, 2-Green, 3-Black, 4-Red, 5-Yellow. The colour sequence in the harness is fixed, there are two options. Option 1: change colour going to the I-PAC up/down/left/right wire terminal. Option 2: switch sockets in the harness, moving colour to new position which keeps direction to colour code. (Option 2 is required for Zero Delay 5-pin socket connection - cross over in wire harness). Example colour code for standard and 180° header orientation from top of joystick (Sanwa). Gnd ◄ ► ▼ ▲ - G 2 3 4 5 - Lower Right (Std) - Black, L-Green, R-Yellow, D-Orange, U-Red Gnd ► ◄ ▲ ▼ - G 3 2 5 4 - Upper Left (180°) - Black, R-Green, L-Yellow, U-Orange, D-Red Sanwa/Seimitsu Harness Layout-viewed from top of joystick Pin Direction/Pin# Change/Orientation of plug Gnd ◄ ► ▼ ▲ - G 2 3 4 5 - Lower Right (Std) Gnd ▲ ▼ ◄ ► - G 5 4 2 3 - Bottom Left (90°) Gnd ► ◄ ▲ ▼ - G 3 2 5 4 - Upper Left (180°) Gnd ▼ ▲ ► ◄ - G 4 5 3 2 - Top Right (270°)
JST XH (2.50mm) 5-pin male sockets are hard to find that are not headers. You should try DuPont 5-pin in kits for 0.04mm x 4 = 0.16mm (0.006") out overall. DuPonts do have play in male pin harness. Marrette's look a little clunky.
2:11 In the Quick Guide use the lower right diagram. The quick guide is for fightsticks looking into box bottom rotated 180° or flipped over left to right (joystick on left, buttons on right)
11:01 Better option use a conductivity tester on a DMM (beep it out) to pre-test for the common and for each switch. Switch NO output will close to the common when moved towards direction. Note: harness exit direction changes pin usage for up/down/left/right switches. See my big comment below for orientation and pin direction used. All Sanwa and Seimitsu original and clone joystick pin headers will be identical layout.
I see that you rotated Yellow joystick player-4 180°. Quick Guide upper left diagram.
What would you do now, having done a few different methods, to wire up a 4 player set up to a pc? Could you guide me on where you get the buttons kit, card, electronics for a pc setup?
Is there a video for the mini pac setup?
Does the iPac work with an Xbox Series X Console? Im trying to build a Xbox Series X Arcade.
Sanwa/Seimitsu Harness Layout have same pin/switch sequences but with inverted circuit boards, switches and pin headers, to further confuse the issue the manufactures opted to use same five coloured wires but only keep pin two using the same wire colour in sequence. Solution: find the common or ground pin (note: Gnd is not always common but Zero Delay boards use common +5V), call it pin 1 or Gnd and all other pins 2 thru 5.
Sanwa Standard configuration from factory with 5-pin header exiting to lower right viewed from top of joystick.
Wire harness with lock flange facing out (bottom of joystick), Gnd always on outside edge (centre Seimitsu).
Sanwa and Seimitsu colour sequences differ with only pin 2 using same green colour from Gnd pin orientation.
Sanwa wire harness colour sequence: Gnd-Black, 2-Green, 3-Yellow, 4-Orange, 5-Red.
Seimitsu wire harness colour sequence: Gnd-Orange, 2-Green, 3-Black, 4-Red, 5-Yellow.
The colour sequence in the harness is fixed, there are two options.
Option 1: change colour going to the I-PAC up/down/left/right wire terminal.
Option 2: switch sockets in the harness, moving colour to new position which keeps direction to colour code.
(Option 2 is required for Zero Delay 5-pin socket connection - cross over in wire harness).
Example colour code for standard and 180° header orientation from top of joystick (Sanwa).
Gnd ◄ ► ▼ ▲ - G 2 3 4 5 - Lower Right (Std) - Black, L-Green, R-Yellow, D-Orange, U-Red
Gnd ► ◄ ▲ ▼ - G 3 2 5 4 - Upper Left (180°) - Black, R-Green, L-Yellow, U-Orange, D-Red
Sanwa/Seimitsu Harness Layout-viewed from top of joystick
Pin Direction/Pin# Change/Orientation of plug
Gnd ◄ ► ▼ ▲ - G 2 3 4 5 - Lower Right (Std)
Gnd ▲ ▼ ◄ ► - G 5 4 2 3 - Bottom Left (90°)
Gnd ► ◄ ▲ ▼ - G 3 2 5 4 - Upper Left (180°)
Gnd ▼ ▲ ► ◄ - G 4 5 3 2 - Top Right (270°)
JST XH (2.50mm) 5-pin male sockets are hard to find that are not headers. You should try DuPont 5-pin in kits for 0.04mm x 4 = 0.16mm (0.006") out overall. DuPonts do have play in male pin harness. Marrette's look a little clunky.
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