controller building help

bigz · 05-07-2007, 02:07 AM

ok so I've looked at waynes guide i've looked at Pop'n Music ASC that guide. and a few other things here and there and i cant find any instructions on the buttons and where the wires from the pcb are supposed to go. and my friend has a question on the lights because he saw that there is no inner connectivity between the light and the rest of the switch. I'm using these little things i got from OSH so i don't have to solder and they work perfect i just don't know which ire goes to where heh. any info and possible picture would be a great deal of help. thanks a lot.

zodiacjay · 05-07-2007, 07:16 AM

Here is a picture of how to hook the buttons up so they work.

Ransai :: View topic - Installing your own lightkit.

As far as lighting the buttons, that is a little more complex, Random's post on installing a lightkit was the most helpful thing I found when building mine. Also Foxfirex's post about how to solve the static build up problem worked very well.

bigz · 05-08-2007, 08:35 PM

whats the other prong next to the "wire to button" for then? and what about the light prongs on the left and the right?

Hortence:The Muleface Mod · 05-09-2007, 11:00 AM

The second prong is for if the switch needs to be wired so that it's always on, but switches between the signal it's sending. For example as opposed to a light switch that turns one light on or off, think of a light switch that switches between which of two lights is turned on.

The prongs by the light are used for just that, controlling the light; although that really is a completely different subject than just getting the controller to work.

bigz · 05-10-2007, 01:18 AM

well we got the buttons figured out now i just need to figure out the lights

zodiacjay · 05-10-2007, 11:15 AM

The one thing that I had a problem with is phantom button hits when I have the lights on. I attribute it to static electricity. So tell me if you find a solution to this.

FoxFireX · 05-10-2007, 11:08 PM

I had a similar problem with phantom hits on my controller. I added some very low ohm resistors (maybe 10 or 100 ohm) between the controller and the button on each button signal line, and it really cleared up the problem. I go months at a time without a phantom button press now.