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Main => Driving & Racing Cabinets => Topic started by: spunkyjnr on January 17, 2021, 09:26:00 am

Title: Manx TT
Post by: spunkyjnr on January 17, 2021, 09:26:00 am

Good afternoon, I've recently come into the possession of a dual Manx TT. All the boards/CPU have been gutted..monitors too but the bikes,base and cabinets are all solid. I've spent the last two days searching for any information regarding linking this to a PC or ps4 so I can play the latest IOM, ride and motogp games and I've ended up here. After trawling through the pages all I can find are unfinished projects. I have some experience with electronics and my day job is a vehicle repairer so I have practical skills that I know I can turn to my advantage. What's confusing me the most from everything I've read is the struggle people are finding making the cabinet/bikes communicate with the PC/console. As a newbie, am I completely wrong in thinking I could disassemble a wired ps4 controller and re purpose the buttons sticks etc throughout the machine Instead of the standard original buttons/potentiometers?

I welcome anyone's help and knowledge as I know I can make a truly badass motogp/superbike machine

Regards Paul

Title: Re: Manx TT
Post by: MotoGP on January 27, 2021, 08:14:37 am

Paul,

You can't direct connect the pots on the bike to a PS4 controller as the values will not be correct.  You can however adjust the values with an Arduino then back into the PS4 controller.  I'm doing the exact thing with my Namco 500GP Deluxe.

You need the following:

Arduino Uno R3
12-bot DAC

Also,  the PS4 controller is a bit trickier than the xbox 360 as for throttle and brake it uses a pressure button not a pot.  The PS4 also has some resistors, see attached.  Soldering the the board is not easy.

Title: Re: Manx TT
Post by: spunkyjnr on January 28, 2021, 04:27:31 am

Thanks for the reply... I will get my internet research head on in that direction!

Title: Re: Manx TT
Post by: spunkyjnr on April 05, 2021, 02:59:50 am

Turned out I was totally over thinking it, bought an old Xbox 360 steering wheel and fitted the loom and pots into the bike. Running ps2 emulator and it works.

Title: Re: Manx TT
Post by: baritonomarchetto on April 05, 2021, 05:55:25 am

I have a suzuka 8 hours bike interfaced with arduino in my garage
https://youtu.be/5bScGFOAH1k
I wrote a full post years ago on another forum that is no longer online. I will post something here when I will get a chance.
I used an arduino leonardo with joystick library (combined with mouse library to dig game menus with bike controls only). You can use the same approach with any other arcade bike out there. I will share the code I previously shared in that dead forum if someone need it.
In case one want to play on ps4 or xbox360, he must hack a joypad. There's no need to place an arduino in between: just change the cabinet pots with other with the correct resistance value for the pad.

Title: Re: Manx TT
Post by: spunkyjnr on May 15, 2021, 07:34:16 am

Now the control interface is worked out, I've turned my attention to the bikes

Title: Re: Manx TT
Post by: rmwilson on October 29, 2021, 12:09:09 am

A project that I have wanted to do for many many years! If any one knows of or sees a Namco Gp 500 DELUXE for sale PLEASE let me know... I want to buy one.