Brook Universal Fighting Board Thread

Tech Talk
901

@fluffhead
UFB is Outputting 3.3V for LED, you should use under 3.3V LED.

902

Iā€™ve installed the board in my stick today but itā€™s not working - at all.

PS4 - The blue light is lit on the board but itā€™s not recognised at all and thereā€™s no response to any button presses.
Xbox 360 - The blue light is lit on the board but itā€™s not recognised at all and thereā€™s no response to any button presses.
PC - The blue light is lit on the board but itā€™s not recognised at all and thereā€™s no response to any button presses. Windows 10 installs it just as a ā€˜Controllerā€™ - going to the Hardware tab of the Properties it shows as ā€˜Xbox Controllerā€™. Yet go to the actual Game controller settings window and itā€™s not listed among the devices.

I canā€™t even attempt to update the firmware because the Firmware Update software (v1.3) doesnā€™t even recognise the board at all either.

Iā€™ve checked all my connections - though even if there were an issues with them, the board should still be getting recognised even with no wiring connected at all.

Have i received a faulty device? Has anybody else had this problem?

903

have you tried removing everything off of the board and only connecting the usb cable to a system and then shorting each button to ground to see if they are recognized? or even doing that to use the firmware updater by shorting both home and select to ground when you plug it in? A picture of how you have your board wired up would also be helpful if you can.

904

Not if you messed up something or bridged a connection by mistake.
Post pics so we can see whats up

905

Sounds like the ground on the buttons/stick arenā€™t installed correctly.

If windows sees the device, then the USB wires are installed correctly and the PCB itself is working.

906

Try another cord.

Try to update on another PC.

Did you load up the software, then hold down home + select, the plug in the board to update software?

Did you download and install the Xboxone driver for PC?

Did you try any of the force input methods?

Add manual detective mode: Press the button then plug USB(1P:PS3,2P:PS4, 3P:X360,4P:XB1)

Some folks have had success, by going into devices, right clicking the pad, go into properties and manually updating the driver, use the select your own method and choose the xbox driver from there.

907

PLEASE POST PICS OF YOUR ISSUES RATHER THAN JUST TALK ABOUT IT

908

Itā€™s working fine now on all platforms; there were 2 issues: firstly, the USB pass through cable. The PS4/Xbox 360 recognised the board fine when connected directly, instead of via a pass through USB cable into a Neutrik. I guess the pass through cable i was using is faulty or just not good enough quality.

Even with the USB cable directly plugged in it still wasnā€™t working on PC until, as rablack97 suggested, i installed the Xbox One drivers manually.

Thanks everyone for the help.

909

Also make sure your antivirus is turned off while trying to update the firmware.

910

Not sure if this was answered but can you press start and select to activate home? like the ps360+?

911

Yes itā€™s been answered. Short answer is that on ps4 sel = share, and hitting share brings up the share menu which would prevent it from going home:

912

So it would be a better option to have a dedicated home button?

913

Hi guys. Longtime lurker hoping to get some advice. Iā€™m pretty sure Iā€™ve made some simple mistake. I started adding the brook UFB into my X360 SFxT Fightstick Pro yesterday and wired up all of the main buttons and then the joystick. I hooked up a USB cable to the Brook PCB (which I canā€™t seem to remove now, so if anyone knows how I can pop that out that would be great) so that I could see if it was working. Plugged it into my 360 and my PC. PC saw it as an XBONE controller and in the diagnostics I was able to test the buttons. All the buttons work, but only DOWN and DOWN LEFT are picked up by the joystick. I observed the same behavior on my 360, none of the other directions worked besides DOWN. Could this be a grounding issue or did I simply get my wires jumbled?

Also, I see how other people were able to get the xbox/home button working along with the turbo panel on their TE sticks, but the PCB on the SFxT sticks seems to be slightly different. @fidyyuan I saw you said you put a brook UFB in a PS3 Fightstick Pro, how did you wire up the home button? The board seems clearly labeled, so I think if I just pop off the ribbon cable terminals I should just be able to connect the wires I need back to the brook. Iā€™m not afraid to do some soldering if I have to, so if I need an inverter like I saw elsewhere in this thread I could do that.

Here are some photos of my stick as it is now: https://goo.gl/photos/w6bb2dmYNAcxUJef9

Thanks to all of you in advance.

914

as opposed to? Its youā€™re only option :slight_smile:

915

Ive never opened a 360 madcatz stick, but i think the home button should be the second pin from the top on that cn4 header. Connect it and the gnd above it to your ufb.
No idea on jlf input issue. Recheck your wires i guess.

916

@EternalNoob sometimes where the little dimples on the usb b male catches into the usb b female to lock the cable in place so it does not fall out are too tight. Then when force is applied to remove the cable the dimple can not get pulled over the hook in the female. Try cutting a thin strip of a credit card and inserting on either the left or right side of where the cable mates and push the cable and strip as far into the female so that the strip slides past the female hook and over the dimple on the male. Then try to pull the cable out. You may have to wiggle it a bit or push and pull but it should eventually be able to pull out. After you get it out you might want to pinch the dimples down a little bit so the cable does not get stuck again.

917

For the home button, solder a wire to the one labelled ā€œ2ā€ and then screw the other end into the fight board. (Not my image but http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Ix314xI/media/dscf3059x.jpg.html)

918

@Fedora Thanks, that credit card trick worked like a charm.

I reversed the order of the wires for the Joystick and now all of the directions fire. The more I looked at it, the more I thought that was going to be the solution.

Next up is the Xbox/Home button.

Thanks guys!

919

@Dubon I wired up the second pin and the ground above it on the CN4 header to the UFB and that got the xbox guide button working.

Just need to mount the pcb and close up the case and I think I should be good to go. Thanks again guys!

920

Ultimate FAQ guide:
Buttons/stick not working: Check grounds and wire stripping/screw terminals. Sometimes there just isnā€™t good contact or you forgot something.

Directions/buttons held down: check for stray wires near ground terminals or improper crimps.

TE specific:
directions/home-start-select not working : check lock switch and LS/DP/RS switch if you wired that up.

How do I mod for (insert stick here):
Read this thread thoroughly, use search feature in here or TT, check stick specific thread.

I fucked up and need help: Ask here if the above doesnā€™t help you (after you searched) or consult a modder in the ā€œFind a modderā€ thread.