I just hope my inputs won’t fuck up.
It shouldn’t unless whoever installs it in for you does a terrible job lol.
I mean without the SODC. I will be using a harness on for the buttons.
Let me get this straight. You don’t need the SOCD cleaner if you have an “official” Hitbox right?
Correct.
I have a dumb question, can I wire two pcbs to the SOCD cleaner ? Or do I have to use two SOCD cleaner kit, 1 for each pcb ? This is for a dual mod of a ps3 madcatz TE with xbox madcatz brawlpad and I will use later an imp.
Also maybe you know how is the xbox brawlpad dealing with the SOCD by default ? A little test on PC showed me that L+R=R but is it the same on xbox ? I have no access to a xbox 
what are you using currently for the dual mod, 2 USB cords? the SOCD should work for both consoles if you solder the directions from both PCBs onto the cleaner.
Yes, 2 USB cords for now since my priority is to get it to work on xbox before saturday if I can. But if time permits me, I will put the imp. So either way, only 1 SOCD cleaner will do it, right ?
As long as:
- Both boards are common ground.
- Both boards are hooked to power and ground.
It should work just fine.
Using the cleaner kit with my Paewang PCB, which prior to this had already been wired to the buttons and was working fine, with the exception that on PS3 holding down and up produced an up-right input.
Wired it up (albeit a bit sloppily) by cutting the already-working wires individually and then adding them to the PCB as I cut them. Made Down + Up = Up on the back, plugged it in, and …
Down doesn’t work on PS3
Up and Down do not work on 360
I checked all the solder connections for attachment and accidental bridges to ground, made sure everything was grounded … no dice. Any suggestions?
Can you post pics?
Honestly Its an embarrasing soldering job. I began by pre-tinning half of the cleaner … which was the wrong idea. This is why the resistors are added in so crappily, and why one of the chips is higher than the other, as I was unable to clean out all the solder from the holes, I simply placed the chip on top of the inputs, and soldered them down.
Additionally, it looks as though nothing is attached the GND just beneath DOWN on the right side, but I simply attached it from the back of the PCB.
Hmm… how’s the button and PCB sides look?
What do you mean?
Maybe the problem isn’t on the SOCD board.
Well, as I mentioned the buttons are all functional, as they were working prior to insertion into the system. The Paewang was also working fine, except for the fact that with the PS3, down+up produced up+right. I literally just cut the wires between the directional buttons and the Paewang, and added the SOCD board.
I’m worried that perhaps one of the resistors or chips suffered heat damage?
Another thought is that the SOCD VCC is simply connected by a wire to the same connection that the USB cable has for the Paewang PCB, that is, where the red wire from the USB cable connects to the Paewang PCB, another wire is connected, leading to the VCC on the SOCD PCB.
I have tried the SOCD cleaner with the Paewang PCB. Through some trial and error, I have found that this PCB is random at best. Double check your signal and ground from the PCB for its directions. I have read on a few other forums that this PCB has also had some issues with the button mapping. When I realized that this may be the issue, I used a short jumper and a multimeter to find out which directions were which. Then, I could map out the buttons as they should be. I dont know if my issues are related to yours, but you can use the troubleshooting method to figure out if you are getting signal where you should. Or . . . .
maybe this thread is dead and your hitbox is working. Meh . . . we’ll see I guess.
I ended up ordering a new SOCD cleaning kit, and equipped with the knowledge of wiring it from last time, very carefully put it together and attached it inbetween the buttons and the Paewang. Inserting the chips FIRST, then soldering them in place. Inserting the resistors FIRST, then soldering them in place. The first time around was very messy, to be sure.
Success! it works perfectly. I must have poorly wired it up the first time around, or accidentally burned one of the chips.
Here’s how the SOCD PCB connects to the Paewang:
looks like you installed the chips incorrectly on your first try… easy to do if you dont notice what is printed on the board for what chip goes where… both chips look identical untill you see the number code on each chip…
Hey Toodles I have everything connected to the SOCD cleaner and the only part left is to short the small jumper for the desired setup. I’m new to modding and still trying to figure it out. What exactly do you mean by I need to short the jumper? I see 3 small square contacts on the bottom and next to it, it says U+D=U. Am I supposed to solder a wire on to them? Please advise - also if you have a picture of what needs to look like that would be super helpful. Please pardon my ignorance on this.
Thanks for the help Toodles.