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4 player Control Panel, ipac4 and Xbox 360 Controllers
bgmagic:
I found out that the Gamestop branded Xbox 360 controllers (supposed to be made by madcatz) have a common ground. Theoretically if there is a common ground on these then using the existing daisy chain for the ipac grounds should also work on these controllers. Am I way off here or can I do this? I dont really want to make a separate control panel to be used on the same arcade machine.
tenex2mg:
I have a similar setup, but I ditched the keyboard encoder in favor of straight 360 controllers. I picked up a kvm switch from Microcenter that let me share usb/vga/audio. Much easier in my opinion. And if you need a few more admin keys for the mame portion of your cabinet just use an Ipac for those extra buttons.
Just a thought.
HaRuMaN:
Don't use the gamestop branded controllers anymore.
Instead, use the MadCatz Fightpad. The triggers are already digital, you don't have to use transistors, and the pad is common ground.
I've switched to the Fightpad for all of my 360 wired hacks now. Much much better.