VectorGamer
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Alright so I am waiting on getting my T-Molding before I begin wiring the control panel up to a Hagstrom trackball controller and a Hagstrom keyboard controller. This is going to be my MAME cabinet from running trackball games.
The question I have is in regard to the Atari cone buttons. There are four wires: two white, one black and one red. So I get that black is ground and the red is daisy chained to the trackball which I will wire up to the trackball encoder's 5v pin. But, what are the other two white wires for? I'm making the assumption that one will be wired up to the keyboard encoder to send a keystroke for player 1 or 2 start. If that is correct, then there is one white wire whose function is not accounted for.
And just so I understand why there is a 5v wire to these buttons, is its purpose to light up the cone buttons?
On the Benson trackball, I have documented that the wiring should be oriented bottom right towards you with yellow being X1, green X2, brown Y1 and blue Y2. I got that info from Googling another forum post so if someone could confirm that's correct...
Lastly, if anyone has worked with the Hagstrom trackball encoder, I noticed they labeled their pins A1, A2, B1, B2. Does A1 map to X1 and B1 to Y1? I can always call Hagstrom if noone knows...
thx in advance,
Rob
The question I have is in regard to the Atari cone buttons. There are four wires: two white, one black and one red. So I get that black is ground and the red is daisy chained to the trackball which I will wire up to the trackball encoder's 5v pin. But, what are the other two white wires for? I'm making the assumption that one will be wired up to the keyboard encoder to send a keystroke for player 1 or 2 start. If that is correct, then there is one white wire whose function is not accounted for.
And just so I understand why there is a 5v wire to these buttons, is its purpose to light up the cone buttons?
On the Benson trackball, I have documented that the wiring should be oriented bottom right towards you with yellow being X1, green X2, brown Y1 and blue Y2. I got that info from Googling another forum post so if someone could confirm that's correct...
Lastly, if anyone has worked with the Hagstrom trackball encoder, I noticed they labeled their pins A1, A2, B1, B2. Does A1 map to X1 and B1 to Y1? I can always call Hagstrom if noone knows...
thx in advance,
Rob
