Kick Harness Issues
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 3:54 pm
I'd previously been running CPS3 in my cabinet with the appropriate kick harness but decided to get an ARpiCADE. For reference, the control panel is 2 player with 6 buttons per player and the CP came pre-wired. All I had to do was plug the harness into the pcb port and the other side to the I/O board and that was that. For the ARpiCADE, I ordered the kick harness with it and am a bit lost. I assumed I'd just need to remove the connections for buttons 4-6 and applicable ground connections for each player and connect the kick harness according to the pin out provided. I'm having no luck however.
Pressing 4-6 on either side does nothing, but pressing 5 and 6 together works and 4 and 6 together (if memory serves). Connections seem fine. Grounds are daisy chained to each other (meaning to the other kick buttons) but not to the existing wiring for the CP (i.e. buttons 1-3, 1p/2p select, 2x sticks), and not sure how I could without splicing something the way it came pre-wired...or if that's even needed. I've changed the dip switches to every configuration possible and nothing works, though it's worth noting that the scenario with simultaneous button presses resulting in actions happens only when I have 1 and 2 off and 3 and 4 on (again, if memory serves). I can take pics and upload later and verify all this, but wanted to post in case I was approaching this entirely wrong or if there's one small thing I can tweak to fix it. I'm not familiar with wiring, splicing, etc. at all really, so hopefully there's a plug-and-play fix for this mess lol.
Pressing 4-6 on either side does nothing, but pressing 5 and 6 together works and 4 and 6 together (if memory serves). Connections seem fine. Grounds are daisy chained to each other (meaning to the other kick buttons) but not to the existing wiring for the CP (i.e. buttons 1-3, 1p/2p select, 2x sticks), and not sure how I could without splicing something the way it came pre-wired...or if that's even needed. I've changed the dip switches to every configuration possible and nothing works, though it's worth noting that the scenario with simultaneous button presses resulting in actions happens only when I have 1 and 2 off and 3 and 4 on (again, if memory serves). I can take pics and upload later and verify all this, but wanted to post in case I was approaching this entirely wrong or if there's one small thing I can tweak to fix it. I'm not familiar with wiring, splicing, etc. at all really, so hopefully there's a plug-and-play fix for this mess lol.