E-ring or C-clip?
if it was the C-clip then you besta look for it!!.:eek: .Thats the only thing holding your joystick together! without it you’ll just be able to lift the stick right outta your box… **
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Well it says its an e righ… Bit i can lift the joystick right out…Its so mall I hope i can find it. But if i cant i think its all good
Yeah the docs from Happ call it an E-Ring. Without it (or a suitable replacement) your joystick isn’t going to be secured.
I don’t know if they sell those in hardware stores, but you should probably be able to jury rig it somehow if you can’t find it. Or maybe if you call Happ they can get you just one of those.
Yeah they sell the E-ring or C-clip at most hardware stores. If not at home depot then u should try your local nut and bolt specific store. I would take the stick itself and the documentation if it has the specs for the size of it.
Also some one said the X arcade does not have a 5v wire on it, what I was wondering if the lil red light will be ebough to power a 360 er what ever. I am not gonna do this for myself since I dont like 360’s but just a heads up for those who do have one.
Shadowblade arcade stick help
hey. I was wondering if there was any advise for converting the shadowblade arcade stick for ps2. mainly i wanted to know if the board had enough wires so I could use a quick connect or would I have to solder new ones onto it?
Thanks
Derrick
Shadowblade arcade stick help
i use psx pads so i dont know wassup w/ the shadow blade…the best thing to do is open it up and check it yourself…unless someone here has knowledge about the particular stick…
yo metrock, you the same metrock from gfaqs?just asking
laters…
hmmm…my buttons on my good ol Namco stick is starting go out on me…instead of buying a new stick I decided to just replace the buttons with ones from Happcontrols…but I was looking at them and was wondering if anyone from SRK can suggest what type of buttons to get?
ATTN p360 Gurus
I had just recently got a p360 for my joystick. i made the stick with the psx1000 pad. i got a mutlimeter from roadio shack.
my question is how do i find the +5V?
do i set the tester on AC or DC?
Which lead do i use? the red one or black? both?
Do i just point on all the solder points?
sorry i never used a mulitmeter before.
also on the p360.
it says face the eletrical part to the players right side.
does that mean palce the part with the up,down,left,right conections to the players right or the part with the ground and +5V to the players right?
Thanks
~RaNDOM
Several people have mentioned converting namco/shadowblade sticks with new parts. As far as i know this will not work. There are no US sticks that are actually made with standard us dimensions/parts outside of MAS/custom/X-arcade/maybe that red octane?. Namco/other sticks may be made to japan specs but i don’t know for sure. Someone feel free to correct me if i’m wrong.
is there a site with premade wallpaper to layover the control panel for a stick? i tried a google search but didn’t come up with much…
Let me answer the easy questions first. They recommend that you face the joystick the right way… however if you get it wrong, it makes no big deal. The directions just won’t correspond to the lables. <-- but if you can get it right… why not eh?
OK well with the multimeter thing… what kind of PCB are you working with.
First turn on your multimeter on a voltage setting. Then plug in your PCB so it’s powered. Put one pin on ground and use the other pin to test for the +5v. Start by testing the tail end of all the wires coming in from the port.
WHen you see the voltage register as 5 then you’ve found our +5v.
Sometimes it won’t be 5v. Some boards won’t have that… i.e. a 3v or a 7v will have to do.
A good wallpaper site is www.deviantart.com . Not necessarily game related but you can find some good stuff there.
I noticed that. sorry. what I was refering to was if anyone has gutted the shadowblade to see how the pcb is set up for wiring to a better stick in a new box. Also for those interested, the red octane stick can be used with a standard arcade style joystick. I just cracked mine open and looked around
i’m using the playstation one dual shock controll. i think its the same controller you used in your 2 stick project. do you remember where your +5v was? also does it matter if i put it on dc or ac?
and i didn’t understand your answer to how to face the joystick?
If you’re using the same controller as me… you wanna wire the +5v from Pin 5 (VCC) on your PSX pad.
I used the SONY brand PSX pads and it was the RED wire.
WHen I tested it with the multimeter, it registered as 3v… but everything seems to work just fine.
Hey, I have a question for you guys.
I have an ASCII Ware stick and It has the black shit over the contacts. I have heard that you can kill a PCB by hitting these contacts too hard, is that true? Also, how hard would it be for a beginner to scrape it off and be successful?
Thanks for all the help metalslug.
Does it matter if i set the mutlimeter to AC or DC?
~RaNDoM
Regarding the voltage on the PS/PS2 pad, the supply from the system is 3.3v, so you won’t get a full 5v. From everything I’ve read and been told, the 3.3v will work just fine. Alternatively, there’s a voltage regulator on the larger shock motor that outputs >7v. Not sure if this could be harmfull to the P360 though. I’d recommend sticking with the 3.3v. That’s what we’re using for our sticks, although we haven’t tested yet, we’re still in the main construction phase.
Artwork Pictures
For anyone looking for pictures to use for their overlays, I highly recommend checking out Fighters Generation.
http://www.gamegen.com/main.htm
We obtained a lot of pictures here that we considered, and some we used, for our sticks.
set it to DC
Does anyone know where I can find a GGXX arcade template?