Joystick microswitches help

Edziu23

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I purchased a non-working claw machine and am wondering if the wiring on my claw machine joystick is correct. I played around with things so much I want to make sure I am putting them back right. So I have a few questions.

1)In looking at the drawings for the machine the colors of the wires on the drawing and what I actually have on my 15 pin harness are not the same. I am pretty sure I now know what is supposed to be what. Seem logical?

2)On one page of the manual it says things like Pin 13 orange drop claw n/o
Should I assume that the drop claw micro-switch should have an orange wire on the NO3 tab?

3) What should be connected to the other tabs of the micro-switches?

4)In the manual there were 3 black wires on pins 6,7,8 that were labeled as either ground or ground common, in my harness they are blue/white, purple, red with the purple and red being daisy chained. Which part of the microswitch should these be connected to?

5) What is the other tab on the microswitch for? NC2 or Com 1?

6) Should some micro-switches have 3 wires and some 2?


Basically if someone can school me on Microswitches I would appreciate it. Thanks
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Depends on the crane.

Most modern cranes are straight forward, the ground or common connects to all of the C or COM tabs on the switches and the directional returns (U/D/L/R & Drop) connect to the normal open or NO tab. The Normally Closed or NC tab are not used.

Some of the older cranes such as Big Choice (very first versions) used a combination of NO & NC on the switches and they are a pain to sort out if you do not have the actual schematic.
 
Thanks that makes sense. I have two switches that I feel are wired correctly. Will try figuring out the rest tonight.
 
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