Xbox 360 USB/Cronusmax to Gamecube Help?

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Hi all. I have a cronus max that I wrote a script for smash bros such that I can use a brook universal pcb to control the game. Right now my setup goes from cronus max

to a brook super wii u super converter

and then plugs into the wii u usb ports. I’d like to be able to just plug it into a gamecube adapter.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71M404KvsxL.SX522.jpg

I saw this being sold on amazon and was hoping I could rewire it to gamecube pinouts

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41QBHejYftL.jpg

I can provide extra power to the cronusmax if need be with it’s side prog usb port, so that’s not an issue.

Does anybody have any suggestions? Do I need to buy an Damned decoder for this, or is there a simple shortcut for gamecube controller pinouts that I don’t know about? I know that RJ45 cables can go to the gamecube. Is there some simple wiring I can do to go from usb to rj45 to gamecube?

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RJ-45 is just a plug, not a signal format. An RJ-45-to-Gamecube cable just means that it’s RJ-45 on one end, and Gamecube on the other, with straight wires in between. No conversions of signals anywhere.

Gamecube ports won’t take a UFB’s USB signal no matter how you cut up and convert the ports. You’ll need an actual conversion.

You’ve already pretty much narrowed down your options:

  1. use a different PCB (like the MC Cthulhu)
  2. Find a USB-to-Gamecube adapter
  3. Build your own using a UD-USB and a Gamecube-compatible PCB
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He could also get a raphnet technologies Adapter
http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products.php?category=adapters

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That’s what I figured.

Those all go from gamecube to something else. I don’t see any adapters that pluginto the gamecube port.

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There is a SNES to Game Cube Adapter and a Genesis to Game Cube adapter.

They are listed as GC/Wii instead of just GC.

SNES controller to Wii/Gamecube cable
http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/snes_to_wii/index.php

Genesis/SMS/Atari controller to Wii/Gamecube adapter
http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/genesis_to_wii/index.php

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Hmmm, Unfortunate. I need double analog stick support. Something tells me that won’t provide it.

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This is the best thing I can find

And as for a s build quality goes, they are questionable
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Intec-G5605-White-Blue-Mini-Wired-Nintendo-Wii-Game-Controller-Gamecube-Grip-/401028052506?hash=item5d5f22761a:g:kuUAAOSwkZhWSj9q

Unless you can find a good PS2 to GC adapter.

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I was able to find this https://www.amazon.com/Wii-GameCube-Converter-PS2-Dance-Support/dp/B000F7B516
How do I get from xbox 360 usb out to ps2 in?

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You can’t, unless you build your own adapter.

Do those older PS2–>GameCube adapters work with the GameCube/Wii adapter users for Smash?
I remember I had a couple of nice ones for CvS2 back in the day. They’re stashed away somewhere.

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Can’t say, Don’t have access to a Wii any more to confirm

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Hmmmmm, this looks promising.

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if the above works then you can USB to everything 4th gen and onwards by chaining that PS2 end to a PS2 to XXX adapter

its already possible for USB to XXX using Undamned USB decoders but requires some DIY i believe

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Ok, so it looks like the teensy will do usb hosting. We can use this github project to connect to the teensy with an OTG cable. From there we can program it to go directly to a PS2 out or an RJ45 cable by matching the pinout from this

to this

By following this blog post
The RJ45 cable seems ideal as it would allow any existing rj45 to ps2 cables to work with it.

If anybody is willing to test this out, I will buy all the parts and send them to you (teensy, female rj45 receptor, rj45 cord, rj45-ps2 cord: you must provide your own xbox controller). Then we can enable all USB to 4th gen consoles.

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@DrSammyD
Brook Wii U converter can support this game
ie: PS3/PS4 to Wii U, XBOXOne/XBOX360 to Wii U or Wii U Gamecube Controller Adapter…

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@GOGO.Zippy @Brook_Engineer I’m testing it right now, and the Brook universal adapter isn’t recognizing the Cronus Max which is running the script I need to control Smash brothers with a fight stick. I’ve tried setting forced mode of the cronus max to both 360 and xbox one output, but the adapter isn’t seeing it, even when I plug the adapter into a computer. I’ve also updated the firmware of the brook universal adapter and the cronus max.

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BTW @GOGO.Zippy @Brook_Engineer, the cronus max does work with your brook 360 to xbox one super converter.

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Don’t use the Cronus max

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Can’t, it has the script which does the digital to analog conversion for smash bros 4. Unless I can get my hands on the Brook firmware and program that myself, I’ll have to go back to using the Max gear cross fight 2.0.

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Hey @Brook_Engineer what are the chances you’ll hire me as a contractor for free to add functionality to your firmware for the brook universal fight board to control smash like platformers? I have a cronus max script to control smash bros which uses your L3 and R3 pin-outs to modify the analog output for both the analog stick and the c-stick. I’d love for this setup to gain traction and would be happy to record a video of how this works if you are at all interested. Here’s my linkedin