How to PROPERLY wire up a key ignition switch for ATS and ETS2 

Bro. You are A serious NPC

You could use a momentary (on) off (on) toggle switch as your parking brake. Ground or common wire to centre pole on the switch and then one wire to each of the other terminals. Once plugged into your board, you'd assign both buttons (down press and up press) as the handbrake then you could press the toggle down to apply, and toggle up to release the parking brake.

I crimped the wires into terminal connectors

I'm glad you got it working! I actually drilled a hole into my rig to mount it, then wired it up behind my wheel to the back of a button box I made. I'll have a video of that this week. The box that I used to hold 12 buttons and wire the ignition through is this one: www.amazon.ca/dp/B07W6SJGJM/ref=pe_3034960_236394800_TE_dp_1

@@lukebraddford3287 I was just looking at that one! Guess I'll go ahead and hit the order button. Looking forward to any more videos. I Just got my first ever wheel on Friday and for now I built a setup out of PVC. Now I just need more buttons to go with the ignition

I do not. You may want to see this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L59NL9EuEdM.html

life saver! not only did it help with ignition but also my wiper stalk!!! now I've got my indicator & wiper stalks and ignition working!

I know this is old but just wanted to thank you, was going crazy trying to figure out why it wasn't working and I switched the colors and it worked perfectly! Thank you so much!!

I’m sure you totally can. When mapping the start just map it to a button

@@lukebraddford3287 why do you use 3 pinss for tthe ignition? you only need 2 pins for electricity and engine .

@@MAlif-qg5sn I note that in the description

I have an ignition push-button on my button box. I use Joy-to-Key to make this work - what I do is assign a keybind to pressing the START button once only to turn on the electrics, then I HOLD the START button to start the engine (with a different keybind). To turn the engine off, I simply press the START button again. Alternatively, I also have an ignition key on the button box which I can use to turn on ELECTRICS, then I can press the START button to start the engine. Using Joy-to-Key allows me to change which keys are bound to which physical button actions without having to change them in the game. For example, if I have bound the E key to ELECTRICS, then I can assign this to any button or mutiple buttons on my button boxes, and can change where it's located. I can also save differnt profiles for differnent games.

@@OfficialRedDirtNurse Thankyou!

I will be uploading more videos including a tour of my sim rig soon

If you can map ignition and start you should be able to

It is pretty big actually. I’ll take a pic and upload it to imgur for you to see the size of it when I get home.

Here you go, this will give you an idea of the depth of the ignition imgur.com/a/OP3JcEq

@@lukebraddford3287 thankyou so much for that! :D - if i get my custom box done i'll send you an image :)

@@StevesRetro I’d like to see it for sure

Please answer uploader

@@alonzamir5407 you can use anything sharp to cut the terminals off (scissors, pliers, wire cutter) and if you're careful you can use a small sharp knife to strip the plastic away. Just very gentle run the knife over the insulation on the wire and then pull it off. It looks like the wires have just been connected by wrapping the stripped end and tightening the nut, but you could always solder them on if you have the means.

I would double check the wiring. Goto windows control panel properties and what buttons are lit up when you move from electrics to ignition

@@lukebraddford3287 The right switches are lit up, but i see that the accessories one cuts out for like a split second when moving from ignition back to electrics

@@LG-hy9du if they aren't doing what shows in my video make sure your wiring is correct and no wire is touching two terminals

I'm sure you can find any other ignition with the same connections, it doesn't specifically have to be this one. Which country are you in I can take a look around tomorrow for you as well

@@lukebraddford3287 I am from Germany. Thank you by the way for still helping me!!

@@moritz9529 You can buy this exact one from ebay I found www.ebay.com/itm/283818471343?epid=2291397842&hash=item4214e62faf:g:1kEAAOSwjdFecTGH I couldn't find it on amazon germany. Search ebay for "dorman 85936". Let me know if you had any luck.

@@lukebraddford3287 hi sorry for being so late. I found one on Amazon and it should arrive today. I’ll let you know how it went and thank you so much for your help!!

so basically it didnt arrive and now i have to wait more but ill keep you updated

Is it the same ignition switch as in the video?

@@lukebraddford3287 yup purchased from your link, as well as the control board.

@@FatJollyGuy read my description, try not connecting up the ACC wire.

@@lukebraddford3287 I have tried that setup as well, it seems to me that the only time the starter engages is when the started and the Battery are the only one connected to the joystick encoder, then the starter seems to function. but as soon as I add the either the acc or the ignition to the Joystick encoder it forces the starter to always be on...

by the way thank you for all the responses. As well as trying to help me out.

Yes, that's the way it works. You need 3 slots for the starter, and a separate "jumper" wire from acc to ign that isn't plugged into the board.

Actually, you don't even need 3. You can just run it with 2. I've done it tonight.

Cheers dude I can't remember how many I used lol I wired up blinkers and few other button to the board

@@JMCreations97 I'm using the paddle buttons on my wheel (G27) for blinkers. I'd thought about putting them on the button box, but I do prefer them on the wheel.

@@JamesW81 that's what I was using as well. I brought a 4 way joystick and wired that up for my blinkers and mounted it under the clamp on the wheel, works a treat

It will be because the wires are the wrong way around. Whatever colour wire you're using on the battery terminal change it to the other colour.

@@JamesW81 thanks James. I managed to resolve this but forgot to put the solution here. Hope this helps others with the same problem.

@@ShiftingShedu Same problem 1 position show 3 button.and other position not any show

That I don't know, I don't know enough about arduino programming

Dacio2015 mine is doing the same thing did you ever figure out the problem?

what you need to do is make sure the wires closest to the edge of the board are the ones going to the battery. The wires closest to the middle of the chipboard are going to: 1 wire to ignition, 1 wire start. If this doesn't work then reverse it so the inner wires go to the battery. Worked for me using EG Starts Zero Delay USB Encoder.

Richard Egan thank you!! It worked

@@MrToledo86 Sorry for the late response. My wires are red and black i used the wrong wires i simply switched them

Dacio2015 its all good man, thank you.

Thank you!

you added the jumper wire thats in the video as well?

@@lukebraddford3287 hi is that key work on on and again to start the truck

@@david11618 so with it in position 2 (default position where you can take out the key). I goto position 3 and the electronics come on, I hold it into 4th position while the truck turns on. It then comes back to position 3. To turn it off position 2 (default), then back again to position 1 to turn off the electronics. If you press it forward to on again, it should work. I've never done it like that. But it should.

@@lukebraddford3287 have you buid it in a box

some versions of this usb encoder have the blue and white wires connected the other way arround. try swapping them (so 2 blue ones to the battery, 1 white to ign, 1 white to start)

Sorry I don't understand your question

@@lukebraddford3287 what is the type of the ignition switch

I haven’t tried farming simulator. Do they have options for ignition and start in the controls setup like truck sim?

@@lukebraddford3287 i think only start but no electricity

@@lukebraddford3287 you can make a vid of it if you have fs22 or fs19

Did you read the description where it says a different way to wire it up? How many positions does your key have?

I did. Tried both ways, still nothing. Also used the same switch from Amazon. At the end I figure ir out. No need for jumper cable and only 4 connections, 2 at the board.

Try out what wrote in the description using only two wires.

I see how he wired his, he has to move forward to engage electronics, then again forward for start. I prefer this method so I hold the switch to turn it on properly. To Turn it off I just go all the way to the end. Personally I like this method more.