I bought an adapter for my mas stick(ps2) to plug in to the ps3 but only the buttons work not the stick. What do I have to do to make it work right?
Adapter is a Real/Jaxel.
It’s probably the converter being really picky about the pcb. If I were you since you already own one of the great converters, I would go ahead and post a thread in the trading outlet asking for a PSX pcb hacked with .187 Quick disconnects and the grounds attached to each direction and button. This way it would be a simple drop in for you if you have no experience with soldering.
Thanks for the reply. Is it pretty easy to install? I dont really have any exp. with sticks.
^^^^dont know what that is dont read japanese.
Super easy to install if they have the ground for each direction and buttons soldered to the board. At least like that you don’t have daisy chain ground to each direction and button.
From what I’ve read and see the best option for doing a PS2 / PS3 stick is to use an official PSX dualshock controller (the gray one, not the white “PSone” controller). It’s got a handy wire ribbon that can easily be hacked to your button. All you need is the quick disconnects and some wire nuts, and you won’t have to do any soldering at all. All you need is a map explaining which wires on the ribbon go to which button, and you can find all the info you need in the thread below.
I made the dumb mistake of using a Mad Catz USB PS3 controller for my PCB. It technically works, but it was a serious pain to solder all the wires to the contacts on the circuit board, and on top of that it doesn’t even work 100% correctly, which I think is a problem with the controller’s design. For some reason, it can’t hold a signal for the “left” button longer than 3 seconds, and then you have to push left again (this is a major pain if you’re trying to charge Guile’s sonic boom). When I get home for Christmas break, I think I am going to bring my arcade stick and re-wire it using a dualshock PCB. It will probably take less than 2 hours to do it, and I’ll also be gaining PS2 / PS1 system compatibility in the process.
Also, I actually prefer the “daisy chain” wiring method, because it saves you a lot of work and wire. And when you’re hacking a Dualshock’s ribbon connector it’s much more convinient than trying to wire it all directly, since you only have one common ground wire.