HOWTO: Build a Stepmania Machine

[Hortence:The Muleface Mod]

Originally Posted by TougaKiryuu

the lighting is all charles dewgy, and a jpac should just slip into the JAMMA connector

what the hell does all charles mean

and no it's not automatic because i've had the smcab set up for like six months and the lights they do not work :gonk:

[dieKatze88]

Originally Posted by Dewgy

what the hell does all charles mean

and no it's not automatic because i've had the smcab set up for like six months and the lights they do not work :gonk:

Charles = CNLohr.

[Hortence:The Muleface Mod]

Originally Posted by dieKatze88

Charles = CNLohr.

fair enough then, but then again I already knew that, I was just looking for a little advice on getting supplies for it :P

[dieKatze88]

Originally Posted by Dewgy

fair enough then, but then again I already knew that, I was just looking for a little advice on getting supplies for it :P

He'd be the best man to ask, low voltage relays or mofsets (read: Like ITG uses) are your best bet.

There are http://store.qkits.com/moreinfo.cfm/QK74 Prebuilt kits.

You need 3 sets of this circut, You need 3 Parallel ports on the computer.
This is so you can control ALL the lights. If you JUST want the cabinet lights, that will work off of LPT1, however you need LPT2 for Pad Left and LPT3 for Pad Right.

Adding LPT ports? Weve got this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815166007

9 dollars! Two Ports!

If you have a gayass BTX computer that doesnt feature 1 built in LPT Port, weve got this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815124004
9 dollars again! Eugh! No 4 dollar card for one port.


Dont have PCI? You probably dont have A bulit in LPT port either.
1 port:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815283006
2 ports:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815283004

Watch out though, those aint cheap.


Then from there you build or aquire the relay systems, and you play HookUpWires

[Hortence:The Muleface Mod]

OK but you're still missing what I'm looking for entirely. I'm just trying to find a damned in-line crimped single wire to pin connector. That's it. That's it.

Metaphorical story time!

"Hello sir do you have any lug nuts?"

"Here have a look at our fine line of lumber, painting supplies, and everything you need for your project! *three hour sales pitch*"

"Listen pal that's nice and all but I still just need some damned lug nuts."

[Anthony of [TGA]]

Originally Posted by Dewgy

Anyone know how to get a no solder pin-wire connector? I have an idea on how to easily make a lights controller board involving a parallel connector, custom (yet simple) PCB, and color coded wiring, but alas I'm not sure where to get the right type of connectors to hook up to the lighting pins inside the cab. Any help would be appreciated!

Try to get intouch with Sfetaz (the guy who runs DDR East Coast), He knows the exact pins you need, he's helped me in the past.

[dieKatze88]

Originally Posted by Dewgy

OK but you're still missing what I'm looking for entirely. I'm just trying to find a damned in-line crimped single wire to pin connector. That's it. That's it.

Metaphorical story time!

"Hello sir do you have any lug nuts?"

"Here have a look at our fine line of lumber, painting supplies, and everything you need for your project! *three hour sales pitch*"

"Listen pal that's nice and all but I still just need some damned lug nuts."

oh ok.

[Hortence:The Muleface Mod]

Originally Posted by dieKatze88

oh ok.

just makin' sure we're on the same page, you gotta make sure you give me some credit sometimes :P

[Gene_Firewind]

Wow some other people who are as into makin their own SM mech... nice... I've been working "perfecting" one for quite some time now, collecting origonal DDR step patterns and songs from 1st through now Super Nova (God I love having a TV adapter for my computer, I can just visual rip the patterns then reloadthem in as too the music... - turn off the announcer first - ) anyhow, I've been working on something I thought might work for the computer I'm working on. E Mechines based computer (well whats left of the origonal computer...) I'm writing up a command to run through the WINXP BIOS settings to boot up data from a hard drive partition from DOS. I've gotten Stepmania to boot this way - IN DOS EVEN - however the drivers are another story. I'm trying some old ripped DOS programing from DOOM and the like to see if I can figgure out how they used to do that crap in dos... If anyone else figgures it out before me let me know.

EDIT- Oh and Katze, that Devil Zukin Avatar rocks so much (much stealedge.)

[shadowpumper]

Well, I have a something to ask...

The tutorial it's fine, but.... if I want a Stepmania "PUMP", how can I do that? what do I need? I guess that from DDR to PUMP isn't to much diference when you look inside but "you never knows..."

I need info as soon as posible, I'm in a hurry and for me every minute counts...

After I saw this tuto, I though that this wasn't so hard, but I guess I was wrong.

This will be my first time with a SM Arcade, and I really need help.

Please !!!!!!!

[Odintu]

Wow, that information is great. Now if I could get an arcade cabinet to use this on O_o

[tlister]

Originally Posted by dieKatze88

He'd be the best man to ask, low voltage relays or mofsets (read: Like ITG uses) are your best bet.

There are http://store.qkits.com/moreinfo.cfm/QK74 Prebuilt kits.

You need 3 sets of this circut, You need 3 Parallel ports on the computer.
This is so you can control ALL the lights. If you JUST want the cabinet lights, that will work off of LPT1, however you need LPT2 for Pad Left and LPT3 for Pad Right.

Adding LPT ports? Weve got this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815166007

9 dollars! Two Ports!

If you have a gayass BTX computer that doesnt feature 1 built in LPT Port, weve got this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815124004
9 dollars again! Eugh! No 4 dollar card for one port.


Dont have PCI? You probably dont have A bulit in LPT port either.
1 port:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815283006
2 ports:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815283004

Watch out though, those aint cheap.


Then from there you build or aquire the relay systems, and you play HookUpWires

Wow... I'm psyiked on life right now because of this thread haha (I am almost done with my cabinet too ^_^) I'm trying to setup the lights on the cabinet (later on I'll setup the pads) (just read CNLohr's setup and got a much better understanding). I saw http://store.qkits.com/moreinfo.cfm/QK74 but wasn't quite sure... how would something like that interface to stepmania? I"m not expecting a big huge tutorial or anything just a word in the right direction would be nice ^_^ Does that work in the same sense as what is on CNLohr's site?

[<JamMasterJed>]

hi, ive been looking for the stepmania arcade build on CNLohr.net and i cant find it, can someone please send a link to it. Or if someone can show me how to modify SM 4.0 to not do the bouncing thing with the pads?

[Resonance|ESK]

I've been thinking about pitching the idea of converting my local arcade's DDREX machine to a SM machine but I have a question.

What theme would work best as a arcade set up? I was thinking possibly FoonMix2 since it uses mostly any option a pad player would want but it seems a little off... just a feeling.

Any theme suggestions?

[normac]

Wouldn't it be illegal, against copyright, etc. to use someone else's theme on a public cabinet without thier permission?