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I'm attempting to wire up the control panel on my Sinistar restoration.
This is hopefully the last step before I'm able to play. The original
control panel harness is complete on the control panel end, but the
connectors to the interface board were cut off for the previous conversion
(AJAX).
All of the pinouts for Sinistar that I have found online indicate that the
Interface board has a pair of 15 pin connections. My interface board, and
the one on www.robotron-2084.co.uk , has a 15 pin (3J2) and a 12 pin (3J3).
No big deal, sinice all of the connections appear to be on 3J2 (the 15 pin
connection), but there is a ground noted on pin 15 of the 12 pin 3J3
connector. Also, all of the other connections indicate the color of the
wire, except the phantom ground on the 15 pin connector.
After wiring up the 15 pin connector I have a grey wire left over so I'm
'assuming' that is the ground for 3J3. I'm also assuming that it should go
on the last pin of the connector which is actually pin 12 (first pin on the
interface board when looking at it directly). My problem is, that I've
hooked it up this way and I have no controls at all, therefore calling into
question all of my assumptions.
If anyone can confirm that the grey wire in the Sinistar harness should be
the Ground on the 12 pin connector for the interface board, and which pin
location it should go in, I would really appreciate it. A picture of the
harness at the interface board would also help greatly.
Larry C.
Franklin, WI
larry at hermitcreek dot com
I'm attempting to wire up the control panel on my Sinistar restoration.
This is hopefully the last step before I'm able to play. The original
control panel harness is complete on the control panel end, but the
connectors to the interface board were cut off for the previous conversion
(AJAX).
All of the pinouts for Sinistar that I have found online indicate that the
Interface board has a pair of 15 pin connections. My interface board, and
the one on www.robotron-2084.co.uk , has a 15 pin (3J2) and a 12 pin (3J3).
No big deal, sinice all of the connections appear to be on 3J2 (the 15 pin
connection), but there is a ground noted on pin 15 of the 12 pin 3J3
connector. Also, all of the other connections indicate the color of the
wire, except the phantom ground on the 15 pin connector.
After wiring up the 15 pin connector I have a grey wire left over so I'm
'assuming' that is the ground for 3J3. I'm also assuming that it should go
on the last pin of the connector which is actually pin 12 (first pin on the
interface board when looking at it directly). My problem is, that I've
hooked it up this way and I have no controls at all, therefore calling into
question all of my assumptions.
If anyone can confirm that the grey wire in the Sinistar harness should be
the Ground on the 12 pin connector for the interface board, and which pin
location it should go in, I would really appreciate it. A picture of the
harness at the interface board would also help greatly.
Larry C.
Franklin, WI
larry at hermitcreek dot com