The Turbo LEDs are hard wired; you can disable them by removing the surface mount diodes on the bottom (specific ones, be sure to check with me for the exact ones).
As for the Guide LEDs, that can be disabled in software. Hit me up when you order one and I’ll add it as an option for the TE Kitty firmware.
I didn’t jump around the steps. Every step of the test was successful up to the point where I am supposed to see the guide button LED light up AFTER I forced the 360 mode. I just didn’t explicitly say I did the steps in between because I assumed you would think that I did the previous steps successfully.
Anyway, so yeah, I did confirm that the “Street Fighter IV Fightstick TE (Arcade Stick)” showed up in the game controllers window. I also confirmed that the turbo/8 buttons were working properly i.e. they lit up/lit brighter when I pressed the button. So now, I’m at this step of the 360 mode : “You should also see the upper left player LED lit.” But I’m not getting the LED light.
Also, I went a bit further and tested the joystick as well. It was good until again, I had to switch to the 360 mode and it failed this: “Go into the Properties page for the joystick, and verify that movement of the stick shows up properly. This verifies that the large five pin ribbon connecting the TE Kitty to the original TE board is on correctly.” I double checked the five pin ribbon connector so my guess is that the main TE board is somehow not connected. Maybe the outgoing USB wires aren’t properly connected to the screw terminals? Any ideas would be nice…
With the guide LED not showing up, Im surprised that the madcatz PCB did show up in the game controllers applet. Knowing that it does points us elsewhere.
Last part first; you checked the joystick in normal Kitty mode, and movement showed up fine, while in 360 mode it does not, at least that’s my understanding. I’d like for you to plug it back in with the force 360 combination held, go back into the properties for the madcatz pcb in the control panel applet. Verify that the slider switch is on DP (nothing will show in LS or RS mode), and also verify whether the eight main play buttons light up when pressed. If the buttons dont showup, or if the stick movement does’t show up in the properties, stop here and post up some pictures of your install.
Assuming all went well with the slider on DP and the buttons showing up, next is the LED. If at all possible, I’d like for you to plug it into an Xbox360 that is on and at the dashboard. Make sure slider is on DP, and let me know if the lights around the guide button come on, and if the stick autodetects and works properly.
Okay, everything is working in 360 mode including all 8 buttons and the joystick (I didn’t have the switch set to DP after I forced 360 mode).
But still no LED on the upper left guide button. What’s weird is that when I’m forcing 360 mode, the guide button lights up in the upper left/bottom right corner and then it completely lights up for a total of about 1 second and then it just turns off.
Unfortunately, I don’t have access to a 360 at the moment. Unless if there’s some other test I can do with the PC/PS3, I guess I’ll just have to wait until I have access to a 360.
For the time being, don’t sweat it. Definitely verify the LEDs all work properly on a 360, but from what you’ve described, Im certain they would. If you see all four flash during the plugin, then that does confirm what was supposed to be tested, that the 360 board can control all four LEDs properly when it wants to, like it is doing then during the handshaking. After the handshake, most PCs have it light up the player 1 LED, and for some reason yours isn’t. I dont know if its the PC, a specific Xbox360 controller driver, or what, but it is not anything to worry about since the stick is functioning fully.
Alright, sweet. I’ll make sure to come post in here again after I’ve tested it with a 360. Thanks for all the help.
I had the same problem w/ the LB button not working. What was weird was I flipped around the ribbons CN1 ribbon to the TE kitty board and the LB button worked, but the now the A button doesn’t work. What’s wrong, is it the ribbons?, I tried cleaning the contacts, unplugging and replugging ribbons and wires, switching out buttons, but no go on this LB to work.
I need a better description of the problem. What exactly do you mean by LB is not working?
eJay am I still helping you later today?
Si guey! I’ll be there. I was just wondering if anyone else noticed this
-LB Button does not work
-LB LED is not working
-Everything works, but that button
(I’m taking it to Vicko tonight. I hope he can fix it.)
If flipping that ribbon cable around moved it to the A button, then the problem is definitely in that five pin original ribbon cable.
Hey toodles,
Couple of questions
Is there something I have to do to switch between xbox360 and ps3 or is it plug n play? Also headphones aren’t working. Other than the connection could it be anything else causing this?
Thanks!
- Autodetect
- The headset jack doesn’t touch the Kitty at all. Check the connection from the jack to the main board, but I can’t help any further than that.
Vicko figured it out, it was the ribbon that went bad. One wire wasn’t reading anything in the multimeter, so he added another wire through the bad connection and after 3 hrs of playing mvc3 the (LB) button worked every time. Thanks Vicko!
Sorry for a really stupid question, I just want to be sure, from what I’ve read the LS/RS option no longer works in 360 mode once installed correct?
Neither stick seems to work for me in 360 mode and from what you’ve mentioned it seems that’s normal, but since I don’t see it mentioned in the install guide (under testing) or user’s manual I want to be sure before closing it all back up.
Thanks
What? No, absolutely incorrect. The LS/DP/RS slider will work properly in 360 mode, along with working as it should for PS3/PC mode, Gamecube and Xbox1 modes through the Kitty.
Wow, thanks for the fast reply.
Everything seems to work in Kitty mode, but in 360 mode only the DP option works (on 360 or PC). I’ve checked all the connections that seemed to be related with a multimeter and they all seem to be good. Everything else in 360 mode works like it should. I’ll try to post some pics when I get a chance, but until then, which connections should be significant in this functionality?
The ‘R’ ribbons are the ones that deal with that.
Plug it into a PC in normal Kitty mode, check that the stick moves the ‘POV hat’ when set to DP, and moves the X/Y Aixs when set to LS. You should also verify that all eight buttons properly light up their Turbo LED counterpart.
Then, move the slider to RS, hold down Turbo, and replug the stick. That should force Xbox360 mode. In the control panel applet, you should see the stick move when its set to DP, but not see the stick move when its set to RS. Turn on Turbo for all eight of the buttons, and hold them down. You should see the flicker when turbo is on in the Turbo LEDs.
Post up what you see in those tests and it should be easy to tell where the problem likely is. It’d also be helpful if you’d specify if its a TE or a TE-S setup.
Sorry about that, it’s a TE-S (Blazblue).
In Kitty mode on the PC, DP moves the POV hat, and LS moves X/Y (RS moves Z). All buttons light up the corresponding LED on the turbo display when pressed. Start/Back, and the turbo feature for each button also works (no change in LED behavior, but flashes in the configuration window)…
In 360 mode the POV hat moves when set to DP. Nothing happens when it’s set to RS/LS (as the X/Y/Z axis guides don’t appear). Turning on turbo and a button causes the corresponding light to come on and holding that button causes it to flash brighter. All buttons work