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Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: March 6th, 2016, 6:16 pm
by supertakumar
Can anyone tell me what i would need to wire two cabinets back to back?

Also, with this setup i would like to output the video signal for use with a projector, and/or a streaming gear for tournaments.

Is there anywhere i can buy the necessary components for these tasks? Or is it a case of forums and eBay?

Thanks

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: March 6th, 2016, 6:32 pm
by supertakumar
This is what i would like to set up ideally:
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Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 4th, 2016, 2:53 pm
by Devil Soundwave
You need a harness that plugs in between the pcb and the harness in CAB A, that runs the control, video, and sound signals over to CAB B.

Called a "Vs Harness". Not really readily available commercially I don't think, so probs best to get someone to make you one. I made some years ago, quite straight-forward really.

If you want to project the video, that should be easy enough, you just pull each line for the video plus sync and run it as RGB or run it through a Gonbes scaler which will give you more output options.

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 4th, 2016, 4:13 pm
by zak
I think FrancoB made some too? Not sure if he'll make cables for anyone anymore though. God knows I've already begged him a few times :shifty:

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 4th, 2016, 5:22 pm
by AeroCityMayor
There are a few on Yahoo at the moment for reasonable prices.

HTH

Cheers,

Ralph.

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 4th, 2016, 7:00 pm
by JackieHarris
AeroCityMayor wrote:There are a few on Yahoo at the moment for reasonable prices.
Sorry, could you possibly post a link? I'm trying to find them but failing, must be using wrong search terms.

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 5th, 2016, 1:55 pm
by richy13
Mo @ videotronics had some when I was there last week.

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 6th, 2016, 12:34 pm
by Devil Soundwave
Mo has none left.

Franco is no longer doing wiring.

I can't spot any on Yahoo currently...

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 6th, 2016, 1:42 pm
by AeroCityMayor

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 6th, 2016, 2:03 pm
by JackieHarris

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 11th, 2016, 9:42 pm
by Paulie
I quickly made a couple this afternoon for a bit of vs play this evening. I was in a bit of a rush to get these completed so I'll neaten things up later as I do like everything to be uniform. I only wired them for 4 buttons but I'll be wiring one of them for CPSII.

If you already have some wire then Arcade Japan has everything else that's required.
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Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 11th, 2016, 10:05 pm
by JackieHarris
Very helpful photos, thanks!

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 11th, 2016, 10:14 pm
by supertakumar
Yeah that's really helpful, thank you.

I actually contacted Devil Soundwave about exactly this earlier on today. Once i realised they were actually quite straightforward DIY seemed the way to go.

Thanks again for the images, that will be massively useful

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 12th, 2016, 1:02 am
by PascalP
Looks good like that!

I was thinking of creating something simular, except wire 1 side to a CPS2 3/4player pinout.
This way I can play the 4 player games like D&D on my 2 player cabs :)

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 12th, 2016, 6:03 am
by codecrank
some sega cabs have actual VS kits.

the blast city has one that will do exactly what you want, master/slave cab with an extra vga out for spectator screen.
the naomi and newer have JVS versus kits. same thing as above.

there are dyi kits, but you want one that preferably has an active ( powered ) , video splitter.

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 12th, 2016, 12:07 pm
by wigsplitta
PascalP wrote: I was thinking of creating something simular, except wire 1 side to a CPS2 3/4player pinout.
This way I can play the 4 player games like D&D on my 2 player cabs :)
Do it! I made a cable a while back with the sole aim to for some 3p AvP on two cabs. 4p D&D would be really cool too :awe:

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 12th, 2016, 12:15 pm
by FrancoB
Nice work Paulie :awe: :thumbupright:

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 12th, 2016, 3:49 pm
by nem
... and that's my mind blown. I've never thought about the fact that you could indeed use one of these for four player games :awe:

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 15th, 2016, 6:37 am
by codecrank
nem wrote:... and that's my mind blown. I've never thought about the fact that you could indeed use one of these for four player games :awe:
there is an offical harness capcom made for this, can't find it now... for the the cps2 but worked for naomi with capcom io ( powerstone )

Re: Wiring two cabinets for back to back play

Posted: April 30th, 2016, 7:12 am
by Eddierang
Sanwa has one too. You can probably get it from river service.