Author Topic: dc control hack??? (Read 10569 times)

mo1e · « **Reply #40 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:06:15 pm »

yep i definately see copper i hate to do this but howmuch are ur hacked pads?

Grasshopper · « **Reply #41 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:07:32 pm »

Quote from: HarumaN on October 18, 2005, 03:08:29 pm

Also, your ground needs to be like the first picture (daisy chain). Creating a loop like in your second picture can and most likely will cause problems.

Creating a loop is pointless but it shouldn't do any harm.

mo1e · « **Reply #42 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:41:58 pm »

also are the madcats ones easier to solder/hack?

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #43 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:48:54 pm »

If you are in the U.S. my hacked pads are $30 for the standard version (this is for one pair, including shipping). Canadians add $5. Also, for an additional $5 I will install terminal strips on the hacked pads.

Madcatz are easier to hack, but also harder to find, so you will probably pay more for them.

... I take Paypal.

mo1e · « **Reply #44 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:55:08 pm »

i live in uk lmao u name a price if i have it i will pay it and what do yoy mean by terminals?

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #45 on:** October 18, 2005, 07:56:20 pm »

You've got PM...

and I mean this by terminals:

mo1e · « **Reply #46 on:** October 21, 2005, 09:56:15 am »

kool i am cutting out my cp wood now and button holes soon

looking forward to recieveng your hacks

mo1e · « **Reply #47 on:** October 21, 2005, 01:04:32 pm »

well i created my cp today without the wiring and im happy to say it looks pretty nice

heres some pics

hmmmmmmmmmmm what could this be for?

with cp artwork added and holes marked out for cutting

with buttons added but no joysticks as of yet ( i need some screws)

and a close up of cp with buttons

So what do you guys think is this ok?

Goz · « **Reply #48 on:** October 21, 2005, 01:27:57 pm »

Assuming your camera or your photography skills are like mine it looks good (pictures dull and fuzzy).

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #49 on:** October 21, 2005, 06:13:57 pm »

Does look good...

mo1e · « **Reply #50 on:** October 23, 2005, 01:23:27 am »

ok thanks i have the screws for my joysticks now

mo1e · « **Reply #51 on:** October 23, 2005, 05:38:30 pm »

many may ask why not mario and luigi or mario and bowser and the simple answer is at the time i couldnt fine any images if either luigi or bowser big enough

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #52 on:** October 23, 2005, 05:50:50 pm »

That's cool... Mario and Yoshi work well together.

mo1e · « **Reply #53 on:** October 24, 2005, 01:05:28 pm »

is there any specific way that the ground wire has to go? e.g. down, left, up, right, a, b, x, y?

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #54 on:** October 24, 2005, 01:41:01 pm »

nope... anyway is fine.

mo1e · « **Reply #55 on:** October 24, 2005, 01:43:45 pm »

good

mo1e · « **Reply #56 on:** October 30, 2005, 12:58:18 pm »

hi i have a problem i cant put 2 wires through one hole to link the 2 buttons togeather for ground im using the top (common hole) from this pic

is this correct?

mo1e · « **Reply #57 on:** October 30, 2005, 02:39:05 pm »

nevermind i have done it now the player 1 is completely wired up and it works

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #58 on:** October 31, 2005, 05:20:07 am »

Quote from: mo1e on October 30, 2005, 02:39:05 pm

nevermind i have done it now the player 1 is completely wired up and it works

What you need are some female .187 quick disconnects on the ends of your wires.

mo1e · « **Reply #59 on:** October 31, 2005, 05:34:24 pm »

what? i have just soldered it lol it seems to work

Franco · « **Reply #60 on:** October 31, 2005, 05:43:39 pm »

Yeah it should work fine. Its just that quick disconnects are handier as regards to maintenance or upgrades etc.

bill55 · « **Reply #61 on:** November 07, 2005, 08:06:18 am »

I am having some probs with my DC controls.

For some reason I cannot get my triggers to work correctly. I have all my buttons running into an IPAC4 (I use this cab for the DC as well as a MAME PC). I took my wires from the hacked DC pad and have those connected to the wires from the buttons at the IPAC. (It was easier to do it this way since the IPAC has screw terminals and I didn't want to redo all my quick disconnects)

Everything works fine except for the triggers. If I power the MAME PC on so the IPAC gets power, then the triggers work. I cannot make any sense of it since the wires from the DC pad are twisted with my button wires. The IPAC should really be doing nothing other than holding the wires together.

Do the triggers need power or something? I have my pads wired exactly like the pic from page 1 of this thread (dc.gif).

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Thanks!
Bill

Minwah · « **Reply #62 on:** November 07, 2005, 10:26:08 am »

Bill I said try a search here not post the exact same question: http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=54294&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1

You probably didn't like my answer since it means you need to rewire stuff but trust me you really need to unless you want to damage something. DC controller ports don't take much to blow you know...

bill55 · « **Reply #63 on:** November 07, 2005, 12:50:58 pm »

Actually, I didn't see your other reply til just now. I replied here just after I made the other post before you replied. I thought posting on 2 different sites might help me get an answer. Not that I didn't like your answer. I just didn't see it. :-)

I do appreciate the help. (I replied on that thread)

Bill


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Author Topic: dc control hack??? (Read 10569 times)

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