Brook Universal Fighting Board Thread

Zippy,
USF4 on steam. Windows 10.

To be more specific. If I went into training room and set button config on controller 1 to HK, the button worked as intended but if I then went into a match or left training and went back in the RT key would reset to all 3Ks. It did not matter what key I mapped RT too it would always add 3Ks to it after changing game type (so I could have it assigned to HP and it would give me HP 3K after reloading into training). After going into button config for controller 1 2 3 4 and setting all buttons to exactly the same thing did the error stop happening. I can only presume there may be an issue with controller selection or the board is cycling through controller 1 2 3 4 hence why when I unplugged and plugged back in it reset to HK for controller 1? I canā€™t confirm this though as I donā€™t have LEDs set up. Anyway hope this helps.

THIS WORKED! Thank you! I tried plugging in an XBox one controller to ā€˜forceā€™ a driver update, but while that controller worked, fight stick didnā€™t. So, I installed these drivers, unplug/replug and now everything is working. Also plugged the One controller, then back to the fight stick again and everything is grand. Thanks for the assistance!

@Ak47ira and All Guys
Brook will give a solution in automatic and forced mode to improve .

Iā€™m really new to all of this so please bear with me ><
Iā€™m trying to mod my PS3 Fightstick Pro but it seems my Joystick uses a 5 pin harness but the Universal Fighting Board doesnā€™t have a jack for that. Additionally, Iā€™m not sure how to connect to the front panel either. Does anyone have any helpful guides or tips?

http://i.imgur.com/qn8YL82.jpg

Iā€™m having this problem too. USF4 running on Windows 10 likes to reassign HK to all three kicks upon leaving and re-entering training mode.

Simple. Cut and strip the wires on the harness and put them in the appropriate screw terminals.

As for the Turbo panel, wire GND and VCC to it and then the signals for the buttons you plan to use.

Just received my universal fight board, really impressive! So Iā€™m planning the layout for the box, and I just had a couple questions.

  1. Does this board have any support for headphones/microphone? Iā€™m assuming it does not as I canā€™t find any place for it on the board, but there are a bunch of solderable connections that I donā€™t know what they do, so asking just in case.

  2. Case specific question: So I am using a madcatz fightstick SE box (Some may not like it, but the small size/portability/how it sits on my lap is perfect). Iā€™m trying to figure out the best way to connect the home button (in this case it will be the ps3/ps4 home button). Anyone know the specific wire or the schematic for this particular board?

Thank you very much for your time and assistance!

  1. No. See image below and the insert in your box for the solder points and what they do.

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

Just wired my TE2 up w brook universal board. Used the 20-pin harness from PAS to get all the basic buttons working. Tested on PS3 and PS4, good so far. Will test on PC and 360 soon. Donā€™t have an XB1 near me but will test that too.

I have a question specific to TE2 ā€“ where do I wire the solder points for:

  • player indicator LED
  • joystick mode switch
  • PS3/PS4 mode switch (to toggle something else, obv)
  • and most importantly, the home button?

Ofc I know where these solder points are on the universal board; I wanna know where they should be wired to on the TE2. Mine is MadCatz TE2 for PS4/PS3.

@"DJ Divine"
Please look this pic http://www.brookaccessory.com/Archive/_eng/upload/u0-weu-d3-dd5bd8a2071105033fff72e94091364b^pimgpsh_fullsize_distr.jpg to connect Player LED/Mode SW/Home & Share button are important to update firmware.

Universal Fighting Board is working in auto-selection console mode.

Noā€¦ I know where the solder points are on the brook board. I need to know where they need to be wired to on the TE2.

hey everyone, testing out a beta firmware with zippy that have forced modes and some changes to SOCD. forcing to 360 mode is solving my PC connection issue where the board cant stay connected on Windows 10 and also for those on Windows XP who cant get the xboxone driver. Stay tunedā€¦

I have a Qanba Q4RAF. Has anyone tried upgrading it with the Brook Board? No soldering required whatsoever?

Just to get the basic functions (8 buttons, start button, joystick) working, you only need to solder the USB cable if you plan to keep the stock one. For a solderless install, take a USB B-A Printer cable and use that instead. Remember to tie a knot in the cable before it exits the case.

Stuff like the player leds, home, select and turbo require soldering VCC and GND to the secondary board in addition to the signals.

Since the PS home button and player LED indicators are part of the turbo panel and use two 6-pin harnesses, are there any guides on how to split those up? Thanks again for all the help!

Same way you would do for the joystick; cut off the harnesses and strip the appropriate wires and then connect them to where they need to be on the UFB. Pretty sure Mad Catz turbo panels have all the pins labeled on the board (at least the TE did, idk about the Pro), so you should be able to look at the board to know which wires to strip.

Eek, you write, ā€œStuff like the player leds, home, selectā€¦require soldering.ā€

From the main schematic, isnt start, select, and xbox/ps3 (Im assuming that means home button) in the non solder screw area?

Thanks for your time.

I think Iā€™m going to gut my sticks and put this in them. Or at least one of them lol. I feel that doing a PS360 dual mod with this one is gonna be difficultā€¦

Actually there is a trick for the control panel (home select start etc) for the q4 or eightarc fusions. Especially If you donā€™t want to damage the ribbon cable. You can actually insert wires in the back of the ribbon cable connectors that connect the control panel board to the main board. I would secure with hot glue if you choose to go that route. Not elegant, but it works.

Just received my PCB today! Buying a spare TE tonight from a friend, canā€™t wait to put this thing in it tomorrow after work!