Brook Converters Thread

GOGO.Zippy · August 19, 2016, 2:26am

@HalfCent
White Converter(P3 to P4) only worked on PS4 not PS3, if you want to play on both of PS3 and PS4, please purchase Yellow converter (PS3/PS4 to PS3/PS4).

HalfCent · August 19, 2016, 3:20am

I know, I’m trying to use it with a PS4 console (and testing with PC). If I plug in a standard Dualshock 3 -> converter -> PC (or PS4), everything works. If I plug in PS3 Rhythm Controller -> converter -> PC (or PS4), it does not.

I have control of the PS3 Rhythm Controller’s firmware, so I can change anything I need to on that side. I just need to know what exactly the brook converter detects / listens for on the controller side so I know how to change my PS3 Rhythm Controller’s firmware.

Brook_Engineer · August 19, 2016, 8:54pm

HalfCent:

GOGO.Zippy:

HalfCent:

I have a controller I made for PS3 rhythm games (Project Diva). I bought a PS3 -> PS4 brook adapter hoping I would be able to use it on the PS4 versions of the game. The controller works as a generic HID joystick, and works on the PS3. When I connect it through the converter however, it doesn’t send any inputs. Is there anything specific the converter is looking for the controller to send? Or a specific report it should respond to?

If I have to I can spoof an entire DS3 in the controller firmware, but that’s a lot more work if I could just do something simple to get it recognized.

@HalfCent
White Converter(P3 to P4) only worked on PS4 not PS3, if you want to play on both of PS3 and PS4, please purchase Yellow converter (PS3/PS4 to PS3/PS4).

I know, I’m trying to use it with a PS4 console (and testing with PC). If I plug in a standard Dualshock 3 -> converter -> PC (or PS4), everything works. If I plug in PS3 Rhythm Controller -> converter -> PC (or PS4), it does not.

I have control of the PS3 Rhythm Controller’s firmware, so I can change anything I need to on that side. I just need to know what exactly the brook converter detects / listens for on the controller side so I know how to change my PS3 Rhythm Controller’s firmware.

it seems to be compatibility issue.
i will discuss with GOGO.Zi[ppy for this.

GOGO.Zippy · August 20, 2016, 3:24am

Brook_Engineer:

HalfCent:

GOGO.Zippy:

HalfCent:

I have a controller I made for PS3 rhythm games (Project Diva). I bought a PS3 -> PS4 brook adapter hoping I would be able to use it on the PS4 versions of the game. The controller works as a generic HID joystick, and works on the PS3. When I connect it through the converter however, it doesn’t send any inputs. Is there anything specific the converter is looking for the controller to send? Or a specific report it should respond to?

If I have to I can spoof an entire DS3 in the controller firmware, but that’s a lot more work if I could just do something simple to get it recognized.

@HalfCent
White Converter(P3 to P4) only worked on PS4 not PS3, if you want to play on both of PS3 and PS4, please purchase Yellow converter (PS3/PS4 to PS3/PS4).

I know, I’m trying to use it with a PS4 console (and testing with PC). If I plug in a standard Dualshock 3 -> converter -> PC (or PS4), everything works. If I plug in PS3 Rhythm Controller -> converter -> PC (or PS4), it does not.

I have control of the PS3 Rhythm Controller’s firmware, so I can change anything I need to on that side. I just need to know what exactly the brook converter detects / listens for on the controller side so I know how to change my PS3 Rhythm Controller’s firmware.

it seems to be compatibility issue.
i will discuss with GOGO.Zi[ppy for this.

@HalfCent
Please give more information about PS3 Rhythm Controller, like what’s the brand name/module number and pictures.

We will find it to look, please help me to confirm it. Do you see the menu screen on PS3 when you pressed PS Key?

Talim_JP · August 20, 2016, 7:56am

I bet @HalfCent has one of the Hori PS3 Project DIVA Controllers:
http://www.hori.jp/products/PS3.php

HalfCent · August 20, 2016, 8:28am

No, it’s made and coded by me. I can still give you pictures if you want, but it’s just a wood box with buttons. I am able to use the Home button on a PS3.

I’m sure it’s one of the features of USB I’m using, I was just hoping for a little guidance before I started randomly removing them to figure out what’s breaking it. The ones I could think of immediately are:

The controller has a bootloader that runs over USB for about 2 seconds before resetting the USB port on the controller and presenting as an HID device.
The controller presents itself as a composite HID device, with one endoint being the Gamepad and another being a serial communication endpoint for programming the keymap of the controller.
I use my own VID / PID, so if the brook adapter does detection based on that I wouldn’t be in any list you have

The actual PS3 doesn’t have any issues with this, but I could see how a converter would.

I’ll have some time to mess around with it tomorrow, and I’ll start removing features until I figure out what’s causing the incompatibility. If any of what I’m doing stands out as a clear problem, or if you have a list of the requirements that the brook adapter needs to be compatible, it would be great to know. If not, I’m sure I’ll figure it out eventually!

GOGO.Zippy · August 25, 2016, 12:08pm

Hi Guys

I got a XBOX One S today … Brook XBOX One series converters can work fine on it.

seraphinent · August 25, 2016, 2:14pm

I’ve been trying to download the latest 360 > PS4 Update from the below url:

http://www.brookaccessory.com/library/dl_file.php?dir=download&filename=tMip4AsssJy7cmiouxWEbjUffY%2BE9g&o_file=XBOX360toPS4_V20_201607.zip

I keep getting an error:

http://i.imgur.com/EVNvcO5.png

I’ve tried it over 4g, on multiple computers, even on an AWS EC2 instance but still getting this error. Is there anywhere else i can download?

GOGO.Zippy · August 25, 2016, 3:09pm

@seraphinent
There is a bit issue on FTP server, we already processed it …

Please download it as
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwtgEPo0y7_OOG5mU0p6Q3B5WFU

Roland_of_Eld19 · August 26, 2016, 1:50pm

Hi - can you please also provide a link to the XBOXONEtoPS4_V21_201607.zip version as i am having the same FTP error
thanks!

nicodemus80 · August 26, 2016, 1:56pm

Hi,
I have a Atrox-Xboxone stick, in order to made it work on my PC I installed custom drivers (from major nelson) and then re-wired two buttons. But I still have only 6 buttons working due to driver limitations.

I was thinking about use one of these super converters in order to convert my stick into a PS4 one (the pink or lime I guess)

Will it work on PC ?

Mulderchen · August 26, 2016, 2:01pm

Roland, here you go: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwtgEPo0y7_OVVJCLThyakZ1bm8

GOGO.Zippy · August 26, 2016, 3:04pm

@nicodemus80
Brook PS4 series converters can work on both PS4 & PC

MTSL_Mantra · August 26, 2016, 5:19pm

Tried to update the firmware on my 360->PS4 converter, going to version V16_20160408 worked fine, but getting errors trying to go to V20_201607, I have the logs if they help, the error codes have always been associated with WriteB Failure(s). Same issue for installing both regular and TE firmware in 2 different USB ports (there was no issue regarding USB port in the older FW revision). Somebody told me this place is pretty active and that I’d get a pretty good chance of getting a response if I swung by here.

GOGO.Zippy · August 26, 2016, 5:35pm

@MTSL_Mantra
If your stick/controller worked well with converter before, please don’t enable compatibility controller updated.

MTSL_Mantra · August 26, 2016, 5:45pm

Its a new converter, I did these updates out of the box so I actually don’t know for sure whether it worked before. I thought the compatability controller option had to do with the timeout thing, thats what the instructions made it sound like

GOGO.Zippy · August 26, 2016, 5:55pm

MTSL_Mantra:

GOGO.Zippy:

MTSL_Mantra:

Tried to update the firmware on my 360->PS4 converter, going to version V16_20160408 worked fine, but getting errors trying to go to V20_201607, I have the logs if they help, the error codes have always been associated with WriteB Failure(s). Same issue for installing both regular and TE firmware in 2 different USB ports (there was no issue regarding USB port in the older FW revision). Somebody told me this place is pretty active and that I’d get a pretty good chance of getting a response if I swung by here.

@MTSL_Mantra
If your stick/controller worked well with converter before, please don’t enable compatibility controller updated.

Its a new converter, I did these updates out of the box so I actually don’t know for sure whether it worked before. I thought the compatability controller option had to do with the timeout thing, thats what the instructions made it sound like

@MTSL_Mantra
You ran 201604 with your stick/controller.
So that converter can work well with it.

If you still wanted to test again, please use other USB ports or change on PC/Mac.

MTSL_Mantra · August 26, 2016, 6:13pm

GOGO.Zippy:

MTSL_Mantra:

GOGO.Zippy:

MTSL_Mantra:

Tried to update the firmware on my 360->PS4 converter, going to version V16_20160408 worked fine, but getting errors trying to go to V20_201607, I have the logs if they help, the error codes have always been associated with WriteB Failure(s). Same issue for installing both regular and TE firmware in 2 different USB ports (there was no issue regarding USB port in the older FW revision). Somebody told me this place is pretty active and that I’d get a pretty good chance of getting a response if I swung by here.

@MTSL_Mantra
If your stick/controller worked well with converter before, please don’t enable compatibility controller updated.

Its a new converter, I did these updates out of the box so I actually don’t know for sure whether it worked before. I thought the compatability controller option had to do with the timeout thing, thats what the instructions made it sound like

@MTSL_Mantra
You ran 201604 with your stick/controller.
So that converter can work well with it.

If you still wanted to test again, please use other USB ports or change on PC/Mac.

Don’t I need the updated firmware (2016_07) to deal with the 8 minute timeout issue?
I had tried other USB ports already. I just tried it without the compatability option checked and it worked, so I guess if that also gets rid of the 8min timeout then I’m ok.

GOGO.Zippy · August 26, 2016, 6:47pm

MTSL_Mantra:

GOGO.Zippy:

MTSL_Mantra:

GOGO.Zippy:

MTSL_Mantra:

Tried to update the firmware on my 360->PS4 converter, going to version V16_20160408 worked fine, but getting errors trying to go to V20_201607, I have the logs if they help, the error codes have always been associated with WriteB Failure(s). Same issue for installing both regular and TE firmware in 2 different USB ports (there was no issue regarding USB port in the older FW revision). Somebody told me this place is pretty active and that I’d get a pretty good chance of getting a response if I swung by here.

@MTSL_Mantra
If your stick/controller worked well with converter before, please don’t enable compatibility controller updated.

Its a new converter, I did these updates out of the box so I actually don’t know for sure whether it worked before. I thought the compatability controller option had to do with the timeout thing, thats what the instructions made it sound like

@MTSL_Mantra
You ran 201604 with your stick/controller.
So that converter can work well with it.

If you still wanted to test again, please use other USB ports or change on PC/Mac.

Don’t I need the updated firmware (2016_07) to deal with the 8 minute timeout issue?
I had tried other USB ports already. I just tried it without the compatability option checked and it worked, so I guess if that also gets rid of the 8min timeout then I’m ok.

Those 2016/07 file to gix timeout

Mulderchen · August 26, 2016, 8:04pm

MTSL_Mantra:

GOGO.Zippy:

MTSL_Mantra:

GOGO.Zippy:

MTSL_Mantra:

Tried to update the firmware on my 360->PS4 converter, going to version V16_20160408 worked fine, but getting errors trying to go to V20_201607, I have the logs if they help, the error codes have always been associated with WriteB Failure(s). Same issue for installing both regular and TE firmware in 2 different USB ports (there was no issue regarding USB port in the older FW revision). Somebody told me this place is pretty active and that I’d get a pretty good chance of getting a response if I swung by here.

@MTSL_Mantra
If your stick/controller worked well with converter before, please don’t enable compatibility controller updated.

Its a new converter, I did these updates out of the box so I actually don’t know for sure whether it worked before. I thought the compatability controller option had to do with the timeout thing, thats what the instructions made it sound like

@MTSL_Mantra
You ran 201604 with your stick/controller.
So that converter can work well with it.

If you still wanted to test again, please use other USB ports or change on PC/Mac.

Don’t I need the updated firmware (2016_07) to deal with the 8 minute timeout issue?
I had tried other USB ports already. I just tried it without the compatability option checked and it worked, so I guess if that also gets rid of the 8min timeout then I’m ok.

Please come here and let me try to help you to figure it out: https://www.facebook.com/BrookGamingfan/