Third party PS4 padhack options

Sorry if this has been asked already but i cant find any info on it. i want to mod my 360 TE to work on my ps4 and or make a Tupperware hitbox with some buttons i have laying around. i live in the UK so getting hold of a Hori Fighting Comander 4 is tricky. but i have seen this for sale in a few places.

http://www.play-asia.com/fighting-commander-for-playstation-4-playstation-3/13/709efx?
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are these as easy to use? any tutorials? this will be my first mod.

also i might be able to order a Brook for cheaper should i just go with that?

ok everyone Iā€™ve been reading this whole FC4 padhack thread while at work and I think I got the whole jist of the hack. Iā€™ve made small roadmap images but I need to know if Iā€™m on the right track. Iā€™ll be using the FC4 pcb inside my old namco stick(to convert it for future ps4 games). Iā€™ll be removing the main namco pcb but leaving the small pcb on the top that handles the select, start, L1 and L2 buttons. Iā€™m assuming the 5 wires that come off that smaller pcb are the positives for each button and 1 common ground. Iā€™ll be leaving the usb cable attached to the FC4 pcb and just feed it through the hole the original namco stick ps2 cable would go through. I assume for the ps3/ps4 switch I can desolder the switch,solder longer wires to each point, wire up the switch and mount it on the outside of the case. And it should work right? If not I could just leave it on ps4 mode and be done with it.

top panel buttons

main buttons

joystick wiring

home button

Assuming youā€™re correct about the 5 wires (Iā€™m not familiar with that stick), what you have will work.

A few notesā€¦
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[] Instead of daisy chaining the grounds off the turbo pad which youā€™d have to scrape off and tin, it would be easier to use one of the other existing ground pins which are already exposed and tinned (for example, the USB ground point or the 3rd pin next to L1/L2, etc.)
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] If you want, you can daisy chain the ground to the home button and the start/select/L1/L2 board. Heck, even the joystick if its easier
[] For the directions, if you donā€™t feel confident about soldering on the pad (due to how close they are to each other), you can chop off the end of the harness coming out the other side then strip the end of the wires and connect to that
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] If you donā€™t need home button on ps3 then you can leave the ps3/4 switch on ps4 mode and call it good (works on both systems minus home on ps3). If you want to install a switch, all you need is the signal line from the switch and any ground point.
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Awesome thank you sir. before anything Iā€™ll reconfirm the layout of the top pcb on the original stick.

took a photo of the top pcb. it appears Iā€™ll be wiring the way I was thinking. Iā€™ll probably just use the wires coming off the pcb get those soldered to the fc4 pcb.

@Gummo and others who used GG xrd sign gamepad, my gamepad is timing out randomly after 8 mins on ps4. Working fine in sfv in ps3 legacy mode but definitely times out on ps4 mode. Can you please confirm this?

ā€¦the fuck?? If verified, thatā€™s incredibly cruel.

stuck in ps3 mode perhaps?

ps3 mode has no timeout

No because the home button works on PS4 mode. Need to verfiy this with others.

Iā€™m trying to make a hitbox with this controller, but I cannot figure where to solder my daisy chain (ground). I read the whole tread but maybe itā€™s just too basic?

Solder to any ground

Use the top pin above up if you want one specifically

Modding MadCatz TE,FC4 PCB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv1XU8WE_74

Hori Fighting Commander

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af274/misterjessejames/Pad%20Hacks%20and%20Measurements/Hori%20Fighting%20Commander%20Front.jpg
Front View

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af274/misterjessejames/Pad%20Hacks%20and%20Measurements/Hori%20Fighting%20Commander%20Back.jpg
Back View with red circles labeling where to unscrew to open the controller shell. (8 screws total)

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af274/misterjessejames/Pad%20Hacks%20and%20Measurements/Hori%20Fighting%20Commander%20Inside.jpg
Inside View with red circles labeling where to unscrew to extract PCB from shell. (2 screws total)

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af274/misterjessejames/Pad%20Hacks%20and%20Measurements/Hori%20Fighting%20Commander%20PCB%20Bottom%20Side.jpg
PCB bottom side with solder points labels.

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af274/misterjessejames/Pad%20Hacks%20and%20Measurements/Hori%20Fighting%20Commander%20PCB%20Top%20Side.jpg
PCB top side with labels.

  • PCB dimension: 136mm x 58mm
  • Controller is common ground.
  • System select switch (PS4/PS3/PC) uses a SPDT 3-position switch (ON-OFF-ON).
  • Trigger swap and DP-LS-RS is same as Hori Fighting Commander 4.

edited 07/21/2016 - updated picture links

@JesseJames awesome! This is a good one to use, even easier than the original FC4.

This new fc hori does it work on pc in ps4 mode?

you can actually use PC mode instead because it uses Xinput now

I donā€™t want to open arcade stick every time when i want to change from pc to ps4.

Your modder can install an external switch.

What stick are you using? you can wire it to a switch already in the stick if it has any.