PANIC! Trouble with USB-circuit board-controller. (Chineese eBay)

[obnoxiousyouth]

I bought one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Arcade-DIY-Kit-Parts-USB-Encoder-To-PC-China-Sanwa-Joystick-China-Buttons-/201330258408?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ee037f1e8

This is how it looks.






The red led-light is lit when I connect it to a computer. So the usb-cable seems to be working. But it can't seem to be found by the computer (it was installed when I connected it to the computer, but since then it won't register as a Game Controller).

Has anyone any tips for this? Or has anyone encountered this problem before? Do I need certain drivers?

I have tried the Motioninjoy-application, but it can't seem to find the controller either. It just says Wait for controller(s) to be connected.

Please help! I need this to be up and running before wednesday... I'm in panic-mode. I use windows 7.

[DietCoke]

Sounds to me like it is doing exactly what a Chinese knock-off is supposed to do.  You're getting what you paid for.

[obnoxiousyouth]

He did have 99% good reviews though. It must be some way to resolve this.

[05SRT4]

This same product and issue was brought up before here.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=143163.0

Your best option is to contact the seller to see if they will replace it.

[obnoxiousyouth]

Don't have time for that. I must fix this in three days maximum. It's gonna be on an exhibition. I was quite naive, should have tested this earlier, but due to lack of time I couldn't do it.

Would it be possible to buy a regular Joypad and rip it open and replace the buttons with the Sanwa-buttons that I have?

[obnoxiousyouth]

Don't have time for that. I must fix this in three days maximum. It's gonna be on an exhibition. I was quite naive, should have tested this earlier, but due to lack of time I couldn't do it.

Would it be possible to buy a regular Joypad and rip it open and replace the buttons with the Sanwa-buttons that I have?

[mgb]

Not for nothing but you asked for advice and it was given but you say, no you don't have time for that.

What have you tried so far. Have you gone into hardware manager and looked to see how its showing up.

Sounds like a possible driver issue but you need to investigate that.

You could take a controller and hack your buttons to it. Some are more suitable than others.

[obnoxiousyouth]

Not for nothing but you asked for advice and it was given but you say, no you don't have time for that.

What have you tried so far. Have you gone into hardware manager and looked to see how its showing up.

Sounds like a possible driver issue but you need to investigate that.

You could take a controller and hack your buttons to it. Some are more suitable than others.

I am deeply grateful for the replies. But as I told you I can't order new stuff nor have time to get stuff replaced. That would be the first thing that I would do if I could. I live in sweden, and ordering new stuff would take more than a week and I only have three days tops.

I have tried downloading a PS3 to PC-converter program called DS3. Tried using the driver manager there but it didn't work.

When i check devices nothing shows up. When I go into the device manager, it only says USB Controller (I guess it's that one), but windows are unable to install drivers for it. It might not even be the controller. All-in-all I don't even think windows recognize this as anything. The usb port is supplying the device with power, but I think that's about it.

I've tried checking what problems the Mad Katz PS3 fightstick has to see if I can resolve this the same way, but that suggests that I replace my PCI card with USB-ports...


Do you have any tips on what controllers that are suitable for remodifying?

[JDFan]

Seems you got a PS3 encoder rather than a PC encoder (the first product you linked shows a PC encoder which works fine and is auto detected by most windows ( I've used them on Vista and Win7 and they auto detect as a gamepad with 12 buttons when plugged in) -- the one you actually have is PS3 so probably needs additional drivers installed to be recognized - Did it come with any instructions on how to change the mode to PC rather than PS3 or does it always run in PS3 mode and require PS3 drivers for the PC to be installed ? - what OS are you using ? Search For PS3 drivers for the OS you are on and you should find info on what additional drivers are needed in order to install and use a PS3 controller. 

The one shown in this pic linked first is a PC only encoder which is plug and play on windows:

[obnoxiousyouth]

It works now. When I got it. the USB-connector was connected to the steering and vice versa, by default. I didn't realize that until I started checking the board and recalled that the pins of the usb-connector had "up" "down" "left" and "right".... I switched it, and now it works perfectly. Thanks for the help! I'll post images of the thing I'm building when I'm done! (it's not a fight stick)

[05SRT4]

Glad this worked out for you.

[mgb]

Glad to see you worked it out.

[yotsuya]

Worked it out I am glad you did.

[obnoxiousyouth]

Haha thanks guys!

[matsadona]

We are a couple of Swedes in this forum that would help you out if needed (like borrow another interface etc).
There are also a couple of Swedish online shops that you can buy from:

http://www.arcadegames.se/sv/

http://arkadbutiken.se/