9381

I have the Hitbox plugged in, start the game; I see the “press PS button” flash for a moment, then go away. Pressing the face buttons does nothing. Pressing start does nothing. Unplug, hold 1P+1K, reinsert, release buttons; face buttons do nothing, start, select, home do nothing.

Unplug Hitbox, plug in dual-modded Xbox TE, everything just works. Unplug TE, plug in Hitbox, nothing works.

9382

Hey toodles you think I can use a TE kitty + the extra harness to dual mod a soul calibur 5 mad catz stick?

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9383

Yes, you can. The TE-S harness

9384

I apologize for the bad info from before; the HitBox edition doesn’t work on PS2 BC games. If it’s something you absolutely must have, tell Duckie that it needs an MC upgrade chip and a quick Imp rewire from Cthulhu+ to MC mode.

9385

Sorry if this has been addressed before, was trying out the smash modes the other day and I noticed up acts kinda funny. I was playing as ness and seeing if i could even get his recovery move back to him with a hitbox setup. Pulled it off a couple times on the left, but realized that up actually goes up and to the left a little. I have no problem with it, and i’m sure it is no big deal seeing as how many people use sticks for melee. People using him would have a slightly harder time hitting himself with the move from the right side. Other than that, thanks for putting the modes in.

9386

I know the signal for the analogs is 100% dead center for up, but I wonder if the calibration data is off; I’ll add it to the todo list, but please understand it’s a pretty low priority.

9387

Well, damn.

9388

Sorry, I know it’s been a minute. I was really busy heading up to UFGT, so I didn’t have a chance to take this stick apart. Here’s pics of the Chimp, though.

9389

See the six small silver holes? There’s a solder short on the bottom connecting the middle two. Clean that up and you be fine.

9390

Thanks for he reply, and no worries about priority. It doesn’t affect my character, just something I noticed that would hinder a ness player.

9391

Thanks. Didn’t see that or know what they were.

9392

Will a hacked standard wireless xbox 360 controller work with a chimpSMD via a charge cable as the usb? I use a charge cable to plug it in and play, it wont power on without being plugged in. I’m not concerned about it being wireless.

edit: It seems like the ebay knockoff charge kit cables don’t have a black ground wire if that matters any? It only has 3 wires (G,W,R) , but the official MS cable does have the black wire. I just cut 1 of each cable that I had to check.

Or can you run a common ground wire from the controller’s daisy-chain into the chimpdSMD’s xbox ground terminal?

9393

Unfortunately, that wont work. It needs to be a wired common ground controller.

9394

I want to thank Toodles for his awesome product that I purchased from focus attack.com, the Cthulhu Multi console PCB. I installed it in my joystick case (custom made by arcadecab.com) for use with my PS3 and iMac. It works great in SDL Mame and on my PS3!

Mike T, of arcade cab.com no longer makes custom joystick cases. Mine was made in 2007. Mike countersunk four bolts from above before he laminated the top. My Perfect 360 just screwed in from the underside. Made for a cleaner look from the top. It was also custom made for right hand use with the joystick on the right and the buttons on the left. Thats how I play.

Here’s some pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40990166@N04/7169845155/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40990166@N04/7169853533/
Mike just informed me: MikesArcade (http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?action=search&category=AGS+Control+Panels) did end up using Mike Trello CNC designs, with Mike’s blessings, to create their own controllers for sale. They are reasonably priced.

9395

Just asking a few questions to clarify the info I have gotten from the forums since the search function won’t let me search LED :rolleyes:
Basically I just need to know if all of this is true:

  1. The Cthulhu MC outputs 500mA @ 5v on the VCC screwdown port
  2. I can hookup LED’s between the VCC and the ground screw-down points so long as my resistors are setup correctly WITHOUT frying my console
  3. This will work for any console which uses the rj45 hookup
  4. This will work even if I have it dual modded with a Madcatz Xbox360 PCB
9396

Sorry if this is a simple question. I finally built my cabinet utilising a ps3 and a couple of MC Cthulhu’s. It is great (love ssf4). My only issue is upon switching everything on, the two joysticks try to assign the same controller id, which causes issues with homebrew. Is there anything I can do to stop having to reassign these manually every time the ps3 fires up? Is this just some amateur mistake? thanks in advance for any advice/ assistance

Mathew

9397

Guys installed an imp mc cthullhu and madcatz 360 fight pad in my stick, so far everything is working fine.

The only problem i have is the home/guide button.

in 360 mode start + select brings up guide.

on the ps3 start + select do not bring up home.

The only way i got it to work was shorting home on the mc cthulhu to a ground. But this has resulted in the start + select not bringing up guide in 360 mode.

is there any way to get both systems to recognise? start + select. Please note I do not have space for a dedicated home button. Furthermore the home button from the 360 pad is wired to the MC Cthulhu row 1-9 (point 9).

any advice would be appreciated.

9398

update i just cut the wire connecting the Cthullhu row 9 to the guide button on the Xbox 360 pad and as a result start and select are the home button in ps3 mode.

But now start + select do not activate guide in 360 mode.

Running latest 2.3 software on the Cthulhu.

Any advice would be appreciated.

9399

For the Impv1 don’t short the Home button on the MC Cthulhu, there is a place that needs to be shorted on the Imp board instead. The first post has the Imp welcome document which tells you exactly how this works.
link: http://www.godlikecontrols.com/download/impwelcome.pdf
Basically you run a wire from start and select to the imp board and it handles the home button functionality.

IF you are using an Impv2 the same deal applies EXCEPT the PDF includes all of the setups you can use. If you are not using a dedicated home button you only need to update the firmware on the MC Cthulhu.

Once again you do not short anything on the MCC.
link: http://www.godlikecontrols.com/imp2.pdf

9400
  1. No, the Cthulhu requests a maximum of 500mA from USB consoles; the console may or may not actually give it, entirely up to the console. Whatever power is available is available on the VCC screw terminal, but that’s the consoles decision of what to give before cutting the whole off. For non-USB consoles, power available definitely varies from console to console.
  2. Assuming you wired it up properly, sure.
  3. NO. USB always has a safeguard to cleanly disconnect peripherals that draw too much power without hurting the console/computer or device. Non-USB consoles do NOT, meaning if you go crazy with the LEDs, you could pop fuses on your older consoles. Different consoles can use different voltages to power the peripherals; in some cases, higher voltage LEDs like white and blue wont even light up because the supply voltage is too low.
  4. It should.

You sound like you’re wanting to go crazy with the uber bright LEDs, which is a bad idea. Having a few are fine, but trying to max the current out and have 500mA of LEDs running is a very bad idea for the longevity of your consoles. The Cthulhu would survive fine; the things you plugged it into would be in danger though. Try to keep your current consumption to 100mA at absolute worst, and figure about 15mA for the 360 pad if you dual mod it. If you want more than that, check out ed’s recent LED work in a SC5 stick; pictures of it are in the BUTTHOLE thread.

How certain are you about the most recent firmware on the MC? Because your symptoms sound a lot like you dont. So please, be sure of the most recent firmware before carrying on.

Grab a multimeter, and set it to test voltage, and plug it into a PC using the ‘force 360’ combination. Make sure the 360 pad is what comes up on the PC.

  1. Test the Home screw terminal; it should show a High-ish voltage, something over 1v, probably around 4.7v.
  2. Test the voltage on the Guide wire you had disconnected
  3. Press both Start and Select and test the voltage on the Home screw terminal.
  4. Post up a pic of the 360 board so we can check it out.