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Switch from PC to DC to XBOX?? MOLEX LINKS?
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dema:
Wouldn't we need to use a greater-pinned cable, like a db37 instead of a db25, in order to accomodate the controls necessary to run both consoles and IPac controls? I was just totalling the directions and buttons and there aren't enough to run MAME or two player console controllers using a db25. I'm guessing that the number of cable pins is irrelevant as long as it's wired up properly and you use the corresponding switch box.
abrannan:
--- Quote from: dema on April 16, 2004, 09:00:00 am ---Wouldn't we need to use a greater-pinned cable, like a db37 instead of a db25, in order to accomodate the controls necessary to run both consoles and IPac controls? I was just totalling the directions and buttons and there aren't enough to run MAME or two player console controllers using a db25. I'm guessing that the number of cable pins is irrelevant as long as it's wired up properly and you use the corresponding switch box.
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Exactly. I don't use a switch box, but I have a DB25 and a DB9 for my connectors.
Dave_K.:
--- Quote from: dema on April 16, 2004, 09:00:00 am ---Wouldn't we need to use a greater-pinned cable, like a db37 instead of a db25, in order to accomodate the controls necessary to run both consoles and IPac controls? I was just totalling the directions and buttons and there aren't enough to run MAME or two player console controllers using a db25. I'm guessing that the number of cable pins is irrelevant as long as it's wired up properly and you use the corresponding switch box.
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My control panel uses 29 wires total (including ground). Player 1 has an 8-way joystick (4 wires), 8 buttons, 1 start and 1 select/pause button. Player 2 has an 8way, 8 buttons, and 1 start button. This is why I choose using two 15-pin molex connectors (one for each player side). Each pad hack goes to one molex connector which in turn goes to one player side. So using a single DB25 cable with switch box wouldn't work for me unless I wanted to get rid of some buttons. Plan your CP first.
BTW: I planned my control panel for both Playstation and Dreamcast (thats why there are an extra 2 buttons per player side...the DC only has 6 buttons total on a pad).
dema:
I've been drawing up a number of diagrams on scrap paper to figure out the best way to do this, and I'm getting closer to a solution. I've learned a ton from you all and I appreciate everyone's assistance and patience with me.
Since I'm going to connect the PC and XBox db cables to a switch box and leave them in at all times (going back and forth between the two sets of controls with the switch box's dial) I have to get a bigger cable, like a db37, to wire every unit's controls into one port. This way everything will be simplified by switching a dial from one to the other, and I'll have instant gratification, which is always a good thing.
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