Assembly instruction for “Push Buttons” Controllers.
Please note: Make sure to choose the correct wiring for each specific ‘Color’ – Red and Green controls use a different wiring than Blu and White ones.
Step 1:
To assemble the push buttons controls you will need:
– Scissors / Cutter
– Soldering Iron
– Solder wire
– Multimeter
Step 2:
Cut the cable you find in the kit.
Cut it in the middle so you will have two cables of the same size, one for each control button.
Step 3:
Remove the outer jacket. Once you’ve pulled each wire from the jacket, you’ll have to get rid of a small part of the outer coating for each wire, exposing the conductor – this makes it ready to be checked with the Multimeter in the next step.
Please note:
Some cables have a very thin wires and coating and you cannot use a wire-stripper with them (typically headphones cables).
With this kind of cables, use the Soldering Iron to “burn” the coating. For each wire:
- Put the Soldering Iron on the tip of the wire
- after 3-4 seconds put the Solder wire where the Iron touch the conductor
This way you ‘tinned’ the tip of each wire (the conductor is “exposed”)
Step 4:
which
Set the Multimeter to measure resistance or beeping continuity test.
Find out which wire is connected to Sleeve, Ring and Tip.
Step 5:
which
For Red and Green controls (player 1 & 2) you will need to connect the button to Tip and Sleeve.
For Blu and White controls (player 3 & 4) you will need to connect the button to Ring and Sleeve.
Step 6:
Isolate the unused wire
Step 7:
Classic type Controls
Insert the cable in the Case
make a knot in it to protect the connection from stress in case of a strong pull of the cable.
Pull back the cable to see if the knot is in the right position. The cables have to be long enough to be visible outside the case (see picture).
Table Top Controls
Insert the cable in the Case
make a knot in it to protect the connection from stress in case of a strong pull of the cable.
Pull back the cable to see if the knot is in the right position (see picture).
Step 8:
Solder the wires to the button
Make sure wires are ‘fully’ soldered.
If some of the small conductors of a wire is ‘free’ (not soldered), it can touch the other wire.
Check with the Multimeter the jack connector
Button released: There has to be no continuity between Sleeve, Ring and Tip.
Button pressed: There has to be continuity only between Sleeve and Tip (Red/Green) or Sleeve and Ring (Blu/White)
Step 9:
Classic type Controls
Pull back the cable until the knot reach the case (the cable does not move any further)
Put the botton in the right position
Push gently the button to make it slide completely into the case.
Table Top Controls
Same as above