OK I think I see what I need to do. XD+ and XD- to 360 PCB and OD+ and OD- to us cable. VCC and GND are going to be shared by both boards so it does not matter which of the two boards I solder those two lines to? I guess it will probably be easier to wire those to the Cerberus board since those two points are right next to USB out.
Thanks mortified, had no idea the MCZ boards were wired in such a way.
In the long run, for the lack of confusion and for organization sakes.
Connect the Red wire (VCC) from the Xbox 360 PCB to the VCC that is next to the XD+ and XD- terminals, the same thing as ground.
The other side the OD- and OD+ those VCC and GND on that side goes to the USB cable.
Perhaps I am missing something. I do not see a VCC or GND next to XD+ and XD-.
Youāll have to double up the VCC/GND points that go to the main USB out spots, so both the outbound USB and 360 VCC/GND are then connected (remember, both boards need to be powered for this to function properly). I didnāt put ones next to the XD-/XD+ spots since thereās 2 other spots already to do so.
I must be thinking of the chimp then. Never mind
Cool. This is what I thought but I wanted to be doubly sure.
Just bought one of these, FA didnāt have any in stock but I was able to order directly from phreakmods (although Iām still not sure whether PM has any in stock either, but Iām crossing my fingers)
Iām pretty sure FA said they will be getting in another shipment from PM soon.
how would i get this to work with a round 1?
You canāt plug it in, itās physically incompatible. You could solder it like any other dual mod though.
ok that will workā¦ and cheaper hehe
Yeah soldering is probably the best bet
I bought the Cerberus from focusattack. I installed it and the PS3/PC directions work fine, but the XBOX360 doesnāt show left when I test it on both PC/Xbox. Any idea on a solution?
Sounds to me like you may have bent a pin on the OG board in the stick while installing the Cerberus. Check for that.
Just checked, all the pins are straight. Incidentally, now down isnāt working also. No idea whatās causing this
Edit: After checking and rechecking multiple times, it looks like the pins arenāt fitting in for the directions. The holes might be too small or something. Am I supposed to force it down? Iāve but a lot of pressure on it and I couldnāt get it down all the way. The directions still work if I connect the wire directly to the xbox pcb, but still doesnāt work if connected to to cerberus (xbox wise)
The best thing to do is to pull both boards out of the stick to get a clear side view of the alignment. Once you get them together the first time, you can pull them apart and put it back in like normal and it should go together nicely.
You should try what mitscore did that Iāve noted in the FAQ section āJLF section wonāt fit by a smidgeā
Itāll just take a little finagling, it happens when some of the tolerances on the parts/placements donāt line up as nicely as they can. A new Cerberus wonāt fix this, youāll just likely have to do what mistcore did or bend one of the JLF pins to make it fit down nicely.
Hey all, Just purchased the Cerberus mod and just had a quick question.
I have absolutely no experience with modding arcade sticks or anything. Is this the guide I want to use if I want to install the ābottom faceā? which is supposed to be the easiest of the three faces.
http://www.phreakmods.com/products/cerberus/cerberus-install
Ahh so it was the problem of the JLF. Got if fixed, had to cut out a portion of the left section. Thx for the help!
Hello, I was wondering if anyone could possably help me out with some info for the advanced install. I would like to install the Cerberus into a MvC2 Madcatz TE stick and had a few questions. I am not affraid to do any soldering and feel it will actually be fun to do, but I just wanted to make sure, for the most part I just solder each contact to its coresponding point on the TEās main pcb correct? I can sodder onto the underside opposite of the actual block terminals for much of this I believe. My questions are where do I solder the RSX, LS/RSY, RS, LSX, LSY, XD+/- and the 4 Led points to? I was also wondering what the panel with the 6 holes with octagonal contact points/1 square point were for? Also, I wanted to make sure if the VCC/GND contacts go to the 5v/gnd wires on the main usb part of the pcb or if they go to the vcc/gnd marks on the plug at the bottom side of the board. Am guessing the od-/+ go to the D-/+ data lines from the usb right? I tried to use search to find info for the advanced install and did not find anything other than Phreakazoids info describing the board when it first came out, so if someone has this covered somewhere I am very sorry for asking here, I cant find any info to help me out so far. Thanks in advance for any replies, off to bed for me. Laters
Ohhh K. I have read through all 7 pages of comments on the forums here and between them and the pic Phreakazoid posted showing what the solder points are, I think I can confidently do most of this. Maybe im just too much of a newbie at this, but if Phreakazoid has time, it probably wouldnt hurt to add info to the main instructions page of the website to make sure everything is clear to people that want to use the advanced install. I know its called advanced, and you should know what your doing lol, but its oh so much fun to learn as you go right? Anyways I have only a few questions now. If I am reading the comments right, I think that I need to connect my usb cable wires for red/black to the vcc/gnd spots on the Cerberus. I think I also need to run jumpers from the xbox pcbās 5v/gnd to the cerberusās vcc/gnd as well. I also need to have the data +/- white/green cables going to the OD+/- contact points in this area also right? I believe I need to run jumpers from my xbox pcb D+/- to the XD+/- on the Cerberus right? The last thing I am still completly unsure of is where I am supposed to connect my led1-4 points too. I was looking on my xbox pcb and my gut is telling me they are probably D3-6 on the main pcb since that sounds like 4 contacts for the leds to me and they also appear to have their own power with the usb vcc and gnd points on the same plug as well. Am I right? If so, which ones are which, I dont know which which of Led1-4 on the Cerberus, goes to which of D3-6 on the main pcbā¦assuming I am guessing correctly that those are the contacts for the LEDs. I hope someone can chime in and toss me a bone here, I am about to head to work, so looking forward to comming home tonight and planning out my modding in the morning. If no one can reply soon I will probably toss Phreak another emailā¦I would like to avoid this though as he said he was on vacation the last time I emailed him while the forums were down. A
Anyways, sorry for the huge postā¦just trying to make sure I cover all my questions before I start melting solder all over the place. Later guys.