Absolute Question and Answer Thread v.3 (ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE!)

cutejay012 · 2017-05-15T03:13:33.000Z

I have a few Madcatz Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade Fightstick TES Wii U Edition and I’m in the process of installing Brook UFBs in them. I’m having trouble locating the solder points on the Wii U TEs PCB to connect the home button and turbo button (for TP key maybe) to the Brook UFB. I’ve searched and searched and only came across one thread where someone asked for the same thing. He got comments but no answers and that was a 2-year-old thread.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
https://thumb.ibb.co/mFc3rQ/716q_NJrcx_FL_SL1500.jpg
https://preview.ibb.co/iJ3Xkk/385712_IMG0134.jpg

https://preview.ibb.co/ktCKWQ/936874_IMG0133.jpg

BONUS The solder points for the
DP, LS, RS switch
Player LEDs
Would also be great!!! Any help at all. Thank you.

jopamo · 2017-05-15T03:46:23.000Z

Guess you didn’t like my answer LOL. You’re welcome anyway

cutejay012 · 2017-05-15T06:47:43.000Z

@jopamo Yes, I did. I’m using your advice.
I’m using my multimeter but I just can’t find the points. I saw a video of someone that found the points on it but someone else asked him how/where but he didn’t answer really.
Just thought I’d try here. Maybe
But it doesn’t look like I’m going to get an answer here neither. Which is ok. I’ll just have to figure out something else.

jopamo · 2017-05-15T07:13:55.000Z

I understand. I was just messing around. Gummo makes a board that would take this PCB out of the equation completely. By the way, there are no player LEDs on that board. But Gummo’s board has 'em

Hi @Gummo . Would you be able to help out @cutejay012 with his requested solder points on the existing PCB? Perhaps you can convince him to ditch this board while you’re at it

Gummo · 2017-05-15T10:04:01.000Z

@cutejay012 Order one of my home panel replacement boards! It plugs straight into the ufb.

Bubbledotjpg · 2017-05-16T01:33:02.000Z

Amateur electricity question. How do I know if my device is pulling too much power? I’m going to be doing a dual mod with a Brooks UFB and an mc cthulu and wanted to add a kaimana kameleon to it. Am I going to run into issues with disconnects from it requiring too much power?

cutejay012 · 2017-05-16T02:58:47.000Z

@Gummo Where do you buy these? Looks like your website is down or something. Or does another retailer carry them?

Gummo · 2017-05-16T05:08:35.000Z

cutejay012:

@Gummo Where do you buy these? Looks like your website is down or something. Or does another retailer carry them?

Should be able to order from my site or Facebook page shop.
http://www.gummowned.com/?page_id=313
http://www.facebook.com/gummods

blankaex · 2017-05-16T05:49:41.000Z

I’ve been seeing rumours here and there but I can’t find any definitive statements… Is the Brook UFB future proof? Will Brook be able to write firmware to support new consoles when they are released?

BolSadguy · 2017-05-16T08:39:45.000Z

blankaex:

I’ve been seeing rumours here and there but I can’t find any definitive statements… Is the Brook UFB future proof? Will Brook be able to write firmware to support new consoles when they are released?

Don’t see how anyone could know until said new consoles are actually released

jopamo · 2017-05-16T08:49:20.000Z

BolSadguy:

Don’t see how anyone could know until said new consoles are actually released

TOTALLY not the case, man. All you need is one of these:

*Batteries (and Saruman) not included

blankaex · 2017-05-16T09:40:45.000Z

BolSadguy:

blankaex:

I’ve been seeing rumours here and there but I can’t find any definitive statements… Is the Brook UFB future proof? Will Brook be able to write firmware to support new consoles when they are released?

Don’t see how anyone could know until said new consoles are actually released

jopamo:

BolSadguy:

Don’t see how anyone could know until said new consoles are actually released

TOTALLY not the case, man. All you need is one of these:

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crystal_ball.jpg

*Batteries (and Saruman) not included

Figured that would be the case, it didn’t make any sense to me but it made me wonder why people bother to use a UFB over a PS3/4 board, or swap a PS4 stick’s PCB for a UFB. Surely there aren’t that many Xbone players…?

Jasen_Hicks · 2017-05-16T10:16:41.000Z

Bubbledotjpg:

Amateur electricity question. How do I know if my device is pulling too much power? I’m going to be doing a dual mod with a Brooks UFB and an mc cthulu and wanted to add a kaimana kameleon to it. Am I going to run into issues with disconnects from it requiring too much power?

The UFB pulls about 52-60 mA in use. (did a log test using a calibrated power supply and logged the results)
The Kaimana Khameleon with all LEDs in screen saver mode can pull upto 435mA (did a log test using a calibrated power supply and logged the results)
The MC Cthulhu probably uses around 40-60 mA as well. (estimated)

USB 2.0 spec is 500mA

Dim the lights on the KK to save some headroom. If you plug the rig in and it says “USB drawing too much power and has been disabled” on your PC… you went over 500mA. The best way to test is using a calibrated power supply, set the voltage to 5V hack a USB cable such that you expose the wires on the Console end and connect the red wire to the + terminal on the power supply and the black on the - terminal. The rig will power up and the calibrated supply (or test power supply if thats the name your prefer) will tell you the current draw.

zeththedarkmage · 2017-05-16T10:20:09.000Z

Hey guys is the hori FC4 common ground? I wired one up to my hitbox but anytime I hold two directions, or two buttons, or a direction and a button it spams the two inputs over and over again like a turbo controller. Wasn’t sure if it was a grounding issue or if I fucked something up along the way. The only thing I can think of beside a grounding issue would be that I spliced the USB cable to make it shorter to fix in the box with a neutrik pass through. Could I have just badly spliced my USB cord?

BolSadguy · 2017-05-16T10:28:24.000Z

Yes it’s common ground.

zeththedarkmage · 2017-05-16T10:31:04.000Z

So what could the issue be then? I get no weird interactions when I hold start, select, or home which are on a separate ground wire while holding a direction.

zeththedarkmage · 2017-05-17T01:02:54.000Z

It’s all good, apparently the ground was short out because I apparently burned the contact for the ground and it was firing intermittently. Resoldered to a different ground and it’s working perfectly. Also the FC4 default to most recent directions in regards to SOCD so you don’t need an SOCD cleaner. I.e. L+R=R R+L=L

djdigi · 2017-05-17T04:06:45.000Z

What model Seimitsu has the lightest spring? ty

Darksakul · 2017-05-17T07:55:57.000Z

djdigi:

What model Seimitsu has the lightest spring? ty

LS-60 Unless their a higher model number

ZeFlash · 2017-05-17T18:20:19.000Z

I’m putting my TE’s sanwa buttons in my RAP4 and for some reason in the X slot they are loose as fuck. The same button in the slot above it fits fine, they fit a lot tighter on my TE too. Are the RAP4 holes bigger or something?