debaser138
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I've got an Asteroids cocktail that I just brought back from the dead and I have a question regarding the control panel wiring. The wiring coming from each of the leaf switches (5 of them) goes to a male molex pin which connects to nothing on the female molex connector. For each of these 5 pins, there is a diode attached to each one which then connects it to another male pin which does connect to a female pin which then goes back to the game board. Hope that makes sense. I can take a picture of it and post it if needed.
Does anyone know why the control panels are wired up this way with the diodes? The manual doesn't mention anything about it.
Each of the 5 buttons on the player 1 control panel connect to the corresponding button on the player 2 control panel which then go to the edge connector as Asteroids doesn't use separate player buttons.
The problem I'm having is that the fire button on both player 1 and player 2 does not work and the thrust button on player 2 doesn't work (tho it does on player 1).
I've tested the connection from the game board to the buttons and it's good. Leaf switches have been cleaned and tested good. I've also tested the Asteroids board in my Asteroids Deluxe upright and it works fine.
Any ideas what is going on here?
Does anyone know why the control panels are wired up this way with the diodes? The manual doesn't mention anything about it.
Each of the 5 buttons on the player 1 control panel connect to the corresponding button on the player 2 control panel which then go to the edge connector as Asteroids doesn't use separate player buttons.
The problem I'm having is that the fire button on both player 1 and player 2 does not work and the thrust button on player 2 doesn't work (tho it does on player 1).
I've tested the connection from the game board to the buttons and it's good. Leaf switches have been cleaned and tested good. I've also tested the Asteroids board in my Asteroids Deluxe upright and it works fine.
Any ideas what is going on here?