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Ok, thanks to the help of Michele Nassivera who has taken some time to get a Universe Bios rigged up to a MV-1C I now have the info to wire a IR Maze kit to _ANY_ MVS with joysticks ports. This is a first port of call, once everything is confirmed working it should be very easy to get a kit wired up to an AES also.
I must point out first that still no one has given any feedback on if IR maze even works with v2.2. and no one has yet tried this to confirm that it works. Also the Unibios only communicates with the trackball and button parts of the P.C.B, everything related to the lights and air etc is simply not controlled.
Ok, on to the info...
The JAMMA section of the IR MAZE kit simply plugs into the MVS as it would on a MC-1B or 1C so that part is easy. The next step is the hard part but if you know how to use a soldering iron to make a lead then even this is easy. Basically there is a 8 pin connector on the IR P.C.B kit that normally plugs into the MV-1B or 1C. You wire this as follows.
NOTE
- Pin 1 is ground and may need connecting to any of the two (or both) joystick port grounds (pin 1 of both joystick ports) if the P.C.B dosn't take ground from the JAMMA.
- Pins 3,4,5 probably don't need wiring up either but I just mention them because if they did, this is where they would need to go.
Basically this is all that would be needed. All you need to do now is start the game and enable the trackball cheat and it should all work (fingers crossed).
The next step to get this working on an AES is simply in theory. First you simply take all the JAMMA 1up and 2up joystick and buttons and wire them into the correct joystick ports. You will of course also need to wire the ground. Lastly I don't know what power the P.C.B runs on but of course youll need to get power into it from somewhere.
It should be quite easy to make a custom P.C.B and trackball so the actual IR maze kit is not needed. Its a simple case of those 6 lines selecting what info is returned to the joystick inputs. I'm hoping someone will do this becuse it would be very easy to get a trackball working through 1 joystick port only instead of two that this IRmaze kit requires by default.
I'm hoping some people are going to try this and give feedback.
Raz
I must point out first that still no one has given any feedback on if IR maze even works with v2.2. and no one has yet tried this to confirm that it works. Also the Unibios only communicates with the trackball and button parts of the P.C.B, everything related to the lights and air etc is simply not controlled.
Ok, on to the info...
The JAMMA section of the IR MAZE kit simply plugs into the MVS as it would on a MC-1B or 1C so that part is easy. The next step is the hard part but if you know how to use a soldering iron to make a lead then even this is easy. Basically there is a 8 pin connector on the IR P.C.B kit that normally plugs into the MV-1B or 1C. You wire this as follows.
Code:
CON1
pin 1 - NC
pin 2 - NC
pin 3 - pin 9 of 2up joystick port
pin 4 - pin 2 of 2up joystick port
pin 5 - pin 10 of 2up joystick port
pin 6 - pin 9 of 1up joystick port
pin 7 - pin 2 of 1up joystick port
pin 8 - pin 10 of 1up joystick port
NOTE
- Pin 1 is ground and may need connecting to any of the two (or both) joystick port grounds (pin 1 of both joystick ports) if the P.C.B dosn't take ground from the JAMMA.
- Pins 3,4,5 probably don't need wiring up either but I just mention them because if they did, this is where they would need to go.
Basically this is all that would be needed. All you need to do now is start the game and enable the trackball cheat and it should all work (fingers crossed).
The next step to get this working on an AES is simply in theory. First you simply take all the JAMMA 1up and 2up joystick and buttons and wire them into the correct joystick ports. You will of course also need to wire the ground. Lastly I don't know what power the P.C.B runs on but of course youll need to get power into it from somewhere.
It should be quite easy to make a custom P.C.B and trackball so the actual IR maze kit is not needed. Its a simple case of those 6 lines selecting what info is returned to the joystick inputs. I'm hoping someone will do this becuse it would be very easy to get a trackball working through 1 joystick port only instead of two that this IRmaze kit requires by default.
I'm hoping some people are going to try this and give feedback.
Raz
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