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Switch from PC to DC to XBOX?? MOLEX LINKS?
dema:
--- Quote from: abrannan on April 14, 2004, 12:50:31 pm ---For TV/monitor switching there are, IIRC, switch boxes that can handle automatic priority-based switching. i.e. if device 1 is on and device 2 is on, display device 1, if device 1 is off display device 2. Do a search to find these switch boxes, though they're probably pricey. Otherwise, use a standard switch box, since you're going to have to open your cabinet to power on the device and change controllers.
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I was going to get a "4-Input Audio/Video Selector with S-Video Jacks" from Radio Shack so the PC and the XBox are hooked to the same input on the TV. This would obviously work for a Dreamcast as well. I'd then figure out a way to get a couple buttons on the cabinet itself to swap between the two, possibly even to fire up the XBox. I'm going to try downloading a few of my games to the Xbox and play off of the hard drive, rather than loading games up manually.
The only issue is how to get the controls to work for both the Xbox and the PC, especially if they're both powered on. How do I go about setting that up? Is there even a way to get the arcade controls to work for an XBox? Is it possible to hack those giant arcade sticks that are sold for XBoxes? I don't want to play xbox on my arcade machine with the XBox controllers. I want it all to integrate into one functional unit.
dema:
--- Quote from: dema on April 14, 2004, 02:32:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: abrannan on April 14, 2004, 12:50:31 pm ---The only issue is how to get the controls to work for both the Xbox and the PC, especially if they're both powered on. How do I go about setting that up? Is there even a way to get the arcade controls to work for an XBox? Is it possible to hack those giant arcade sticks that are sold for XBoxes? I don't want to play xbox on my arcade machine with the XBox controllers. I want it all to integrate into one functional unit.
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I forgot to mention that the games I'm interested in playing are not going to be contingent on the controller's analog stick. Would this be an easy interface to use if I make them standard button and joystick presses as opposed to an analog stick interface? Most of the games I'd use the XBox for would be fighters which aren't analog necessary.
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Dave_K.:
Demon-seed, molex connectors are simply that...connectors. You wire your hacked console pads to a male-15-pin molex connector, and then wire your control panel to a female-15-pin molex connector (one connector for each player side). To make this compatible with the ipac, you wire 2 male-15-pin connectors to the ipac, and match it up with the player1/2 female molex connectors coming out of your control panel. To switch between the two setups, means you manually unplug one set of male connectors for the others.
If you or Dema, do not want to switch the molex connectors manually, then use a PC switchbox with pc connectors. This was discussed in great detail (thanks to abrannan) in the following discussion thread:
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=15;action=display;threadid=17200
And to answer Dema's question before he asks it: No you can't have both the PC and Xbox hooked up to the same controls at the same time. You need to use a switch box, or manually unplug/replug using molex connectors.
dema:
Thank you for the response. I was asking about having the controls all plugged in permanently because of jr76's post from February. He wrote...
"I haven't built my full cab yet, but I did build a trial control panel. I have mine hooked up to a PC, PS2, Xbox, and DC. All stay plugged in at all times. I wired the buttons and joysticks to wire terminals. From the terminals I wired to a db25 connector. That then plugs into the output of a 4 port parralel printer switch box. The inputs of the switcher box go to the respective console. Just wire your console pad hacks to db25's. You'll need a switcher for each player. It pays to come up with some wiring diagrams in regards to wiring the db25's to your pads so there is some consistency."
I wasn't sure how manageable this was, or if it was the optimal solution for my cabinet.
Demon-Seed:
so in order to do the switch box thing I ened to hack a db25.?
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