ok i figured that shit for anyone who didnt know
one ground per circuit pathway lmao i read cd_vision’s arcade controls page 30 times b4 i actually read it so plz to everyone who shook thier head or gave me the RE-TAR-DED clap kiss my ass and accept my humble apologies
Can someone tell me how I should go about making holes in Plexi-glass? do I drill? try cuting holes with a blade? melt it with a hot iron?
Use a drill, but have it in reverse and at a hight speed. It’ll prevent cracking the plexi. You also want to have some type of board behind the plexi and preferably clamped down to avoid the plexi from spinning and etc. Take your time and you’ll have clean professional looking drilled holes.
Well what I wound up doing is I cut the Plexi and then screwed it to my top then I drlled the holes by flipping the thing over so the plexi was on the bottom and I stuck the drill through the holes in my top. I just set the hole punch on ther and started it. the first time I pushed the drill down and cracked a plexi. then I cut another one screwed it on and I jsut but hte drill on it and started it withough pushing at all. And it just driled right through with no cracks at all.
Now al I have left to do is to take the plexi off and Paint the box, then put on my Artworkadn put he plexi back on then Solder the Stick and buttons.
How hard it is to solder these things anyways? I am using a PSX H series controler and form the looks of it U,D,L,R,Start and Select look easy but the ground and hots for Square, Triangle, Circle, and X are thoes weird squiggle lines? do I solder to the hot and the ground there? Also on L1,L2,R1,and R2 they boht share a ground?
Also do I have to leave the Dual analog control part on there or can I cut it off. If I do cut it off will it affect me using it on a DC or a X-box?
You have to leave the dualshocks on I believe.
Ok that is fine
This is the PCB I am using
So I just solder the hot wires to the red areas and the Grounds to the blue right? (I know there is no red and blue on the actul PCB)Nut hte part for the Square,Triangle,Circle, and X buttons is where I am a bit confused. I jsut solder to the any mart of the curving line or do I have to solder a wire that traces that line?
I have a question about modding a psx pad to make a ps2 stick for ps2, xbox, and dc. If its a M series, is it like the H or A that I read about here, and what convertors could I use for xbox and dc?
anyone ps2/psx->xbox/dc convertor. It doesnt really matter on the type of dualshock, but could on different pads.
Dude what is that PCB?.. those spaces are huge to solder too. I used a Dream Control and that was the pits. :xeye:
- Thats right solder only to the red areas, just dont let it touch the ground/blue ever.
- You only need one ground, find the biggest blue and solder one line and use that to ground every button.
Its a Sony Dual Shock H. So I could (in theory) ground all 10 buttons off of one ground? So I could ground them all off the start button if I wanted to?
I always thought that I had to ground each button using its assigned ground?
Grounds are all the same. I have that same one soldered up waiting to be put in a box and the ground I tested with was the one from the R buttons, I just cut it out of the plastic that was holding it in. Worked fine with the 2 buttons I tested.
Ok that’s cool then. the only things I have left to do with my stick is
Paint my box
Solder
Assemble.
Once it is done and working I will post it up.
Quick question regarding the Xbox Reflex Stick: I bought one and took it apart to make a 25 pin connector out of it. This was a success, I can now play on live.
However.
For some reason when i’m hitting directions, it will randomly hit another button and cause me to do an attack. This doesn’t happen on a consistent basis, but more like every 10th jump/dash/motion/whatever, and is really messing with me. I thought it might be a grounding problem, so I rewired it completely, and I still get the same error. I use the same stick/etc for all my systems (using a 25 pin connector setup as seen here: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jdpyle1/controls_xbox.htm hell, thats where I got the idea to use the reflex stick) and this does not occur with my dc/ps2/pc at all, it is xbox specific leading me to believe wither A)I’m totally missing something and it’s staring me in the face, taunting me and making me mess up simple motions or B)There is something wrong with the PCB totally out of my scope of fixing.
Any clues? Like I said, I’ve completely redone the wiring once already, and I can see absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Nevermind, wrong thread…
Grrrr I just dont get this. I am trying to solder to the contacts on the PCB. And every time I do the solder and wire just pops right off when I go the bend the wire for hooking up to a button. The solder will not to stick to the contacts even when I try just putting a drop of solder on it.
I have tried the solder that comes with the soldering iron and I tried some Radio Shack Hugh Tech Solder. Both to no avail
Is there a special type of solder I need to use or is there something I need to do to the contact first in order for it to stick?
Soldering >>>>>>>> Me
Heat up the contact, then put the solder onto it. This generally is the best way to go about it. Don’t heat it up too much, you’ll get the feel for it after awhile.
You’re not doing anythign wrong. I had the exact same problem and gave up on it. Suggested solution #1 was to wire each pair of wires to each switch, and not use a common ground. This isn’t really possible with a 25 pin setup. There was also a suggestion made previously, something about a capacitor on the pcb. Search for old posts about the reflex and you’ll find it, but it was a while ago, maybe a year or more ago.
Dragonsama: probably a cold solder connection or a bad contact on the pcb. If the pad on the pcb you are soldering to isnt really exposed metal, the solder won’t grip. Make sure the black stuff is scraped out of the way if there is any there. Otherwise, make sure the metal pad is heated up a bit along with the wire when soldering. Keep in mind, soldering is a form of welding.
Thanks, I did a search but found no mention of capacitors. Like you said, doing individual grounds on a 25 pin connector setup is not really worth it due to having to do that for each and every set that I have (though I could do it quite easily, I just don’t want to go through the pain).
Like I said, no mention of capacitor in any of my searches. If you have any more information that would be great; otherwise I’m just going to get another 3rd party pad (probably a pelican) and hack that one up.
okay heres the deal
since thers like 10 bajillian pages, im gonna ask some questions, knowing that most have proly been answered lotsa times:
- i want a stick (custom or not)
- i need the joystick to be a ball-top (sanwa style/sanwa)
- i need 8 buttons (2 for start/select, 6 buttons) …and im not sure which it is but i need the concavity to be the same as those found on Sony Naomi cabinets.
- better yet, im looking for exactly whats found on Sony Naomi cabinets.
- preferably in canada, toronto (in that order)
Funny, Im not seeing any questions in there.
You didnt specify if you wanted to make it yourself, or if you want to buy one. Im guessing buy, so look through the ‘for sale’ posts, or make a ‘looking to buy post’ and describe what you want there. This thread seems mainly for people looking to make it themselves.
If you want to make it yourself, great. Maybe buy a replacement Naomi control panel from excellentcom.net (major money just for this piece, like >$100 or $150)and sanwa parts either from excellentcom.net or himuragames, build a box for the control panel to go on top of, and read through this thread ot figure out how to hook it all up.