Looking for an opinion/advice. Be forewarned, this is a rambling post. I had a Time Killers board in my stack of fighting game boards that I finally want to get running because I love that game. I got it a few years back and it has some minor graphic issues, but I'm sure I can resolve those if I can run a GROM check. I threw it in my generic JAMMA that usually runs Soul Calibur, though it also runs Soul Edge and Tekken. They're all wired essentially the same with a kick harness so no issues there. In trying to do diagnostics on TK in there however the test menu continually cycles down, and in game player 1 continually crouches so I'd first thought the switch was just stuck, but no dice. As an FYI the kick harness is disconnected.
I've been cleaning up and mapping the wiring to see if something was wired incorrectly (this was a 6 button cab someone converted to 4 button and added a kick harness, sloppily, leaving a bunch of dead-end wires and mangled balls of cable). I've compared the edge connector config for both TK and Soul Calibur and aside from the extra buttons TK requires they're mapped almost identically like you'd expect from JAMMA. I.E. - 19 on the harness is player 1 down for both. I've also tried just disconnecting the down switches and it still just cycles. Interesting factoid: the kick harness doesn't control Soul Edge/Calibur's kicks, but their guard button.
There are quite a few TK threads about how it should be wired (because it's an oddball) but none that address this particular issue. The question is what could be causing P1 to be stuck down? Tell me it's something simple I forgot and I'm an idiot. Maybe I've been working on too many pinballs lately.
I also have extra new harnesses in the workshop, I could just pull everything in my Soul Calibur cab and start fresh, but the cost outweighs the benefit. Losing three games I like to get one I love.
Some more food for thought; I have a Primal Rage with a dead Hantarex Polo monitor in my garage. From what I've read there are similarities between TK and PR. Maybe I should just fix the monitor in PR and try TK in there, instead of using my Soul Calibur cab. Maybe I'm thinking too hard.
I'm including the harness mappings for both Soul Edge and TK.
I've been cleaning up and mapping the wiring to see if something was wired incorrectly (this was a 6 button cab someone converted to 4 button and added a kick harness, sloppily, leaving a bunch of dead-end wires and mangled balls of cable). I've compared the edge connector config for both TK and Soul Calibur and aside from the extra buttons TK requires they're mapped almost identically like you'd expect from JAMMA. I.E. - 19 on the harness is player 1 down for both. I've also tried just disconnecting the down switches and it still just cycles. Interesting factoid: the kick harness doesn't control Soul Edge/Calibur's kicks, but their guard button.
There are quite a few TK threads about how it should be wired (because it's an oddball) but none that address this particular issue. The question is what could be causing P1 to be stuck down? Tell me it's something simple I forgot and I'm an idiot. Maybe I've been working on too many pinballs lately.
I also have extra new harnesses in the workshop, I could just pull everything in my Soul Calibur cab and start fresh, but the cost outweighs the benefit. Losing three games I like to get one I love.
Some more food for thought; I have a Primal Rage with a dead Hantarex Polo monitor in my garage. From what I've read there are similarities between TK and PR. Maybe I should just fix the monitor in PR and try TK in there, instead of using my Soul Calibur cab. Maybe I'm thinking too hard.
I'm including the harness mappings for both Soul Edge and TK.



