Hey fellas,
I need to change the USB cable on my Hitbox. It’s a cable like that, right ?
Thanks !
Open your Hitbox up to verify.
I wish i could, but i don’t have a hex wrench atm, i’ll buy one with the USB cable that’s why i want to be sure :x
Hi man. Im nor positive but the majority of PCBs do use that usb end so and im waiting on my hitbox right now. But im almost positive you are correct
Working on swapping the PCB to brook UFB. Hopefully I don’t somehow fuck it up, but was going to ask here if the JST converter was all I needed after the PCB itself.
Don’t care about what’s worth it and what’s not, I read the conversation a page or two ago, not interested. I’ll get a custom hitbox down the line if I actually play these new fighters well.
Joining the Hitbox army soon, just placed a pre-order for one yesterday that’s (hopefully) in this coming shipment of them. Anyone able to tell me how easy/tough it may be to swap out the current cable setup with a neutrik USB port?
You don’t need a converter if you plan to swap to a Brook UFB.
@Abev You’d have to drill a “D” Neutrik connector sized hole in the Hitbox. As far as I know the current Hitboxes are coming with the cable soldered to the PCB inside and it’s a one piece cable until it connects to the console/pc. Neutriks don’t hold up well and break easily. I suggest getting a Switchcraft port instead. It’s just like the Neutrik but more reliable and sturdy. You can find them here: https://arcadeshock.com/collections/frontpage/products/switchcraft-ehusbbabx-usb-b-to-a-eh-panel-mount-connector-with-4-40-screws
Good luck!
I would also personally recommend Jasen’s pro cable kit over a Neutrik.
http://www.jasenscustoms.com/Pro-Cable-Kit-with-Red-TechFlex-USB-Cable_p_202.html
Same style as the TE2/Razer Panthera cables, heavy duty built to last.
Thanks for the input fellas. May or may not go through with the mod, but glad it’s an option there nonetheless.
I was gonna recommend that too. But I think the current Hitboxes’ PCB doesn’t have a USB port on it do they? It’s just the PS3/4 Brook Board with some other PCB attached. The one I had the USB cable was soldered to that PCB and hot glued. In order to use either I suppose you’d need to upgrade the PCB to a Brook or something that has that USB input connector to give it power.
You can patch the wires together if you don’t mind the extra work. Not out of the question.
I’m really hoping someone has a fix for this.
So, I’ve had my PS4 hitbox for months now and it’s been working flawlessly. Until today. For what ever reason, after a couple minutes it’ll just stop working and become completely unresponsive.
On the PS4 itself nothing will pop up until I unplug the hitbox. After I unplug the hitbox the PS4 will say to plug in a controller. When I do plug back in the hitbox the PS4 won’t pick it up.
I’ve tried cleaning the USB ports on the PS4 as well as the USB itself on the hitbox and that seemed to fix the problem for a few minutes. But then suddenly it just stopped working again.
I’ve even reinstalled the latest firmware and that did nothing. At first when i tried to reinstall the firmware my laptop wasn’t picking up the hitbox until after I cleaned the USB itself. So I’m assuming that it’s the USB on the hitbox that’s the culprit. But I’ve looked at it and even compared it to another USB and nothing looks suspicious.
I’d completely understand this happening if I treated my hitbox like shit. But I’ve been babying it since I’ve gotten it. So I have no clue as to what could be the possible cause. I’ve texted the guys at hitbox 20 minutes ago explaining my dilemma. But so far I haven’t gotten a response back.
I’m hoping it’s not just faulty wiring. But even that seems unlikely because I just opened up My hitbox for the first time and nothing seems cut or loose or anything. I’m really at a loss here. Hopefully someone has a possible fix that doesn’t include me shelling out another $200 for a new hitbox.
Been using my Hitbox for awhile and decided to upgrade finally. New Brook Universal Fighting board and translucent Sanwa buttons. I couldn’t take the PS3 Cthulhu board anymore. Yeah I know the R,G,B,Y buttons may not appeal to some. But, I am fond of them. Started to get alittle creaking sound on the right side edges. Dab of superglue took care of it. Looking forward to many more years with it.
Got my Hitbox in today and wow, while I may not be prepared to 100% swap to it from normal arcade sticks, I definitely see the potential. This thing is nuts; I can hit ~90% of my OTGFs with ease! I don’t know how we haven’t seen anyone really show up big in Tekken tournaments using Hitbox yet.
@capsnz Did you ever figure out what the issue was with that left directional button? I’m having similar issues on one of my Hitboxes.
Hello everyone. I recently got my hitbox and I really like it! . . . . except the 6 button randomly disables. The interval is completely random, sometimes it doesn’t receive input for a second, sometimes 3 seconds, sometimes twenty seconds. If I hold the button down eventually my character will start to move once the button enables again. Idk if this is a firmware issue or maybe something came loose in shipment? This issue makes playing any fighting game impossible. I have emailed hitbox but the response has been slow.
The hitbox is a ps4 hitbox being used on the ps4. Any insight would be great. Thank you.
update: hitbox contacted me. I popped it open and reconnected the loose button and everything works perfect.
How did you secure the usb cable if you don’t mind me asking?
Does anyone have any experience with installing one of Jasen’s Pro Cable Kits onto a regular hitbox? From the looks of it I may have to drill a small hole in order to affix it to the hitbox. Is it as simple as it sounds, or am I better off finding an easier way?
I just used hot glue. I just had to remove the USB cable from Cthulhu and plug it in and hot glue. Honestly it wouldn’t need it because everything was snug inside.