Arcade Cabinet Control Panel Wiring

First feed through the cable from the front of the control panel until the chassis connectors sit flush on the front of you control panel.

Arcade cabinet control panel wiring.

Located the header on the motherboard that connects to the power switch. A ground and a switch wire must be connected. To wire trackballs and spinners or other controls check the instructions provided by the manufacturer or vendor as it varies from product to product. This is an in depth video on wiring up an arcade control panel.

Part 1 overview. It will have two leads. Related arcade cabinet series. Connect them directly to the button you want to use as the power switch.

We have used the standard happ buttons and competition joysticks in the control panel. Player 1 and 2 blue and red buttons are wired to the interface on the ultrastik 360 s while players 3 and 4 green and red wire are connected to the ipac2. At this point we have the exact guts of an x gaming arcade stick inside our stock. I removed one of the rings so the protection cap would be squished between the connector and the control panel.

Here s the complete control panel sitting on john s kitchen counter. Then i used the included nuts to secure the usb extenders in place. Goes over the basics over button parts joysticks usb encoders and wiring. Instead of the panel controller the controller board is the motherboard of your computer.

They use a standard cherry switch which is wired with 22 gauge stranded wire inserted into a 187 quick disconnect.