Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
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Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
Hey there boys n boys, long time no speak!
I just got an Astro City cab that arrived today, and have a query.
The guy sent me a 2p 6 button cab that's only wired for 4 buttons on each side. It's useless trying to speak to him about it - language barrier - but when trying to ask him how to get two more buttons wired up he keeps talking something about the cab only being 4 button as standard and needing to change the CPU? I'm pretty sure it's nothing to do with the CPU is it?
As I know you can have a cab with a JAMMA loom already wired for 6 buttons (as my Egret 2 is in the UK and small VGA monitored cab I had made up here) or I need to wire a kick harness to the JAMMA connector pinout?
The reason I'm asking is twofold: One, it's been years since I dabbled in the technical side of cab operation and can't remember jack ****, and two I'm planning to set up an RPi project inside the cab and want to have 6 buttons accessible for all the relevant games.
Thanks much for your help folks!
I just got an Astro City cab that arrived today, and have a query.
The guy sent me a 2p 6 button cab that's only wired for 4 buttons on each side. It's useless trying to speak to him about it - language barrier - but when trying to ask him how to get two more buttons wired up he keeps talking something about the cab only being 4 button as standard and needing to change the CPU? I'm pretty sure it's nothing to do with the CPU is it?
As I know you can have a cab with a JAMMA loom already wired for 6 buttons (as my Egret 2 is in the UK and small VGA monitored cab I had made up here) or I need to wire a kick harness to the JAMMA connector pinout?
The reason I'm asking is twofold: One, it's been years since I dabbled in the technical side of cab operation and can't remember jack ****, and two I'm planning to set up an RPi project inside the cab and want to have 6 buttons accessible for all the relevant games.
Thanks much for your help folks!
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
Looks like you need to upgrade the CPU.
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
Download more ram.
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
Isnt there a special kick harness connector on an Astro?
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
Not needing a CPU upgrade then.
So what am I doing again? Buying the Atlas Adapter for $35 bucks seems to be most straightforward. It say it works with Pandora's Box multisystems so is it fair to assume it will work the same way with an RPi?
So what am I doing again? Buying the Atlas Adapter for $35 bucks seems to be most straightforward. It say it works with Pandora's Box multisystems so is it fair to assume it will work the same way with an RPi?
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
Hold tight.
Look at the CP and button wiring. Probably best upload some photos.
Do you have the connector on the right? (not the empty 4 pin one) If so. Is it connected to any buttons? What is the other end connected to?
https://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?t=36775
Look at the CP and button wiring. Probably best upload some photos.
Do you have the connector on the right? (not the empty 4 pin one) If so. Is it connected to any buttons? What is the other end connected to?
This may also help
https://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?t=36775
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
I'm 100% sure that slot is empty. I can take pics tomorrow if necessary but I remember that's the first thing I noticed when inspecting under the CP.
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
until you know exactly how the pi is going to interface with the cab then it is going to be hard to guide you exactly anyway.
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
For the Pi I saw a guy on YouTube who said he got a perfect setup using a JPAC and Lakka OS (apparently Retropi has fewer lo res display options).
His video is here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uKYFKjiO6bc
His list of items to get the setup going are as follows:
His video is here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uKYFKjiO6bc
His list of items to get the setup going are as follows:
His vid isn't the newest so I have no idea if there's a newer, better or simpler way to set it up, but his result seems good.
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
i think there is a pi 2 jamma thingy available nowadays from arcade forge but if you are going to use that guys setup then it should just be a case of running the 4 extra wires from the j pac straight up to the buttons or through the kick harness connector. i would just run the wires straight up to the buttons myself but a lot of people like the wiring as tidy as possible in the cab. there is a guy who does ready made cab ready jamma pi on jamma + that might even be easier/less hassle if you've not got a pi or the bits already
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
Ok thanks Charlie!
Yes I've got the Pi already and been figuring it out for some time, but running wires direct from the JPAC to the buttons was kind of what I figured.
This guy in the link I posted claims to have a perfect result on the Astro using his setup, but it was posted a while back. Would you recommend this Pi2 JAMMA adaptor over the JPAC and VGA adaptor? Does it have the same result (I'm sort of assuming all the monitor syncing etc is handled by the Pi OS, in this case, Lakka).
And for PCB's it's just a kick harness right, nothing more required.
Yes I've got the Pi already and been figuring it out for some time, but running wires direct from the JPAC to the buttons was kind of what I figured.
This guy in the link I posted claims to have a perfect result on the Astro using his setup, but it was posted a while back. Would you recommend this Pi2 JAMMA adaptor over the JPAC and VGA adaptor? Does it have the same result (I'm sort of assuming all the monitor syncing etc is handled by the Pi OS, in this case, Lakka).
And for PCB's it's just a kick harness right, nothing more required.
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
you'd have to find out/google other peoples opinions on the pi 2 jamma as i have no experience but it is plug n play as far as i can tell.. arcade forge provide a image to stick on the memory stick to make the pi work with the cab and then you stick teh romz on i guess. yeah with pcbs such as cps1/2 its just the kick harness you need. i'd imagine most people here would make sure they used the same type of plug for both the pcbs they are using and the pi or whatever so they could just plug n play in the cp and keep it non messy
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Ok thanks for that, I'm going to have a Google about and try to figure out the pros n cons of the different RPi -> JAMMA devices.
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
Check out our DIY effort over on UKVAC: http://www.ukvac.com/forum/diy-pi2jpac- ... page1.html
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
Interested to see, but I haven't got an account. Any other info somewhere?chunksin wrote:Check out our DIY effort over on UKVAC: http://www.ukvac.com/forum/diy-pi2jpac- ... page1.html
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Wtf UKVAC has gone private for viewing?
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No? Have you been banned?cools wrote:Wtf UKVAC has gone private for viewing?
It does look like that thread is in one of the member boards.
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Nah, just haven't visited in forever so no cookies set. It used to be view anything as guest except the sales section iirc.
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Re: Adding two more buttons to Astro City cab!
following along