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SamuraiX
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260.  Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Do the PlayStation to USB adapters from Radio Shack work? |
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OverloadUT
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| 261. Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 9:49 pm Post subject: BuynShop USB = BAD! |
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| ZeroGT86 wrote: | | mayb the 2 port one from BNS, does anyone have a review of that one? btw my comp is on win xp pro. |
I can tell you that the 2 port one from BuyNShop Does NOT work with dance pads. First of all it does not map the directional arrows to buttons so therefore you cannot do "<>" or "\/ /\" jumps. However, they SAY that it is designed for dance pads because of the way they tried to make it work. If you DO press left and right at the same time, it actually fluxuates a signal of "left right left right left right" really really fast to the computer. That makes it impossible to do any freeze arrows, because they're not staying pressed. IT ALSO means that the jumps sometimes don't register at all because they're not being pressed at the same time! Also, DWI does not recognize most of the buttons on it, requiring you to use JoyToKey, which would be nice if we could just avoid.
I am running Windows XP Pro.
In conclusion: THIS DOES NOT WORK:
http://www.buynshop.com/productinfophp3/VG-PS-USB2X1
I have DWI with every single song from all 7 mixes, and am still looking for a good converter to use! Does anyone have a definate converter that works WELL?
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GFBeach
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| 262. Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2002 11:35 am Post subject: |
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Lik-Sang's website just came back up. I placed an order for a Boom convertor, should be here in 5-14 days (hopefully before a party I'm throwing next weekend, I've got a Yatta DWI that they need to see  ).  |
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Mike8519
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| 263. Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2002 11:44 am Post subject: |
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I'll say it again.
www.levelsix.com
go to PC then get the EMS USB2 Adapter. Hands down the best converter available. Works for DWI and SM perfectly on my 2k box. |
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ZeroGT86
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| 264. Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2002 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| does any one kno n e other(non ems usb2) adapters out there that are good (and mayb have doubles...? |
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freakypriest
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| 265. Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2002 4:59 am Post subject: Probs with Boom PSX2PC Convetor |
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I finally found out, what my problem is.
I have the Boom PSX2PC USB Convertor from Lik-Sang.
I can't press two buttons at the same time because they are defined "joy axis" in windows. How can I make them to "joy keys"? Or is there a convertor program which makes my steps on the arrows to keyboard key signals so that DDR thinks it would be a keyboard key which has been pressed at the moment? |
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JM3P
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| 266. Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Probs with Boom PSX2PC Convetor |
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| freakypriest wrote: | I finally found out, what my problem is.
I have the Boom PSX2PC USB Convertor from Lik-Sang.
I can't press two buttons at the same time because they are defined "joy axis" in windows. How can I make them to "joy keys"? Or is there a convertor program which makes my steps on the arrows to keyboard key signals so that DDR thinks it would be a keyboard key which has been pressed at the moment? |
There is an "IGNORE AXIS" option in StepMania if that's what you mean...
I'm not sure if DWI has that option though. Oh yeah, if you want your
dance pad to act like keyboard presses, look for a program called
joy2key. I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned in this thread a few times.
Search for it on Google or Yahoo, etc. |
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OverloadUT
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| 267. Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 11:11 am Post subject: Re: Probs with Boom PSX2PC Convetor |
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| JM3P wrote: | | There is an "IGNORE AXIS" option in StepMania if that's what you mean... |
That helps, but if the actual converter does not map the axis to buttons itself, then you still cannot use it, because then there is nothing to work off of.
| JM3P wrote: | | I'm not sure if DWI has that option though. |
No, it doesn't. That would be nice though.
| JM3P wrote: | Oh yeah, if you want your
dance pad to act like keyboard presses, look for a program called
joy2key. I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned in this thread a few times.
Search for it on Google or Yahoo, etc. |
WARNING: The program is called "JoyToKey" NOT (I repeat, NOT) "Joy2Key."
I spent a long time looking for "Joy2Key" and only came up with dozens and dozens of sites for a linux program that does the same thing. The program for Windows is called "JoyToKey."
Just a heads up 
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JM3P
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| 268. Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 11:33 am Post subject: Re: Probs with Boom PSX2PC Convetor |
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| OverloadUT wrote: | | JM3P wrote: | | There is an "IGNORE AXIS" option in StepMania if that's what you mean... |
That helps, but if the actual converter does not map the axis to buttons itself, then you still cannot use it, because then there is nothing to work off of.
| JM3P wrote: | | I'm not sure if DWI has that option though. |
No, it doesn't. That would be nice though.
| JM3P wrote: | Oh yeah, if you want your
dance pad to act like keyboard presses, look for a program called
joy2key. I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned in this thread a few times.
Search for it on Google or Yahoo, etc. |
WARNING: The program is called "JoyToKey" NOT (I repeat, NOT) "Joy2Key."
I spent a long time looking for "Joy2Key" and only came up with dozens and dozens of sites for a linux program that does the same thing. The program for Windows is called "JoyToKey."
Just a heads up |
Wow!  so much critisicm to my reply! That's cool though...thanks
for correcting me OverloadUT. Next time I'll just leave the answers to you
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OverloadUT
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| 269. Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 11:40 am Post subject: Re: Probs with Boom PSX2PC Convetor |
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| JM3P wrote: | Wow! so much critisicm to my reply! That's cool though...thanks
for correcting me OverloadUT. Next time I'll just leave the answers to you
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 I just didn't want anyone else to have to go through the long process of figuring out why this mysterious "Joy2Key" program isn't available for windows. 
Also, I didn't know about that StepMania option, that could really help! But that converter I bought doesn't even map the axis to joykeys anyway, so I don't know why they even bothered to write "Especially for DDR" on the package. 
EDIT: W00! Trick Member Status!
JoyToKey!
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JM3P
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| 270. Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: Probs with Boom PSX2PC Convetor |
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| OverloadUT wrote: | | Also, I didn't know about that StepMania option, that could really help! But that converter I bought doesn't even map the axis to joykeys anyway, so I don't know why they even bothered to write "Especially for DDR" on the package. |
Which converter did you get? The EMS USB2 from Level Six converter
lets me do that ( I was able to try it out on a PSX controller before I
hooked up my BNS pads...seems to work fine ). |
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OverloadUT
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| 271. Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: Probs with Boom PSX2PC Convetor |
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| JM3P wrote: | Which converter did you get? The EMS USB2 from Level Six converter
lets me do that ( I was able to try it out on a PSX controller before I
hooked up my BNS pads...seems to work fine ). |
I got the two port USB adapter from BuynShop. It doesn't work with DWI 
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freakypriest
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| 272. Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| KeyToJoy doesn't help. Cool proggy but my adaptor doesn't support pressing to axis at the same time. poopy |
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CoolCat RaGeR
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| 273. Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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Something weird's come up. I'm using a MyMyBox pad with the Lik-sang BOOM adapter. It works fine when I do light songs but sometimes when I do songs with a big step density, it sorta "disconnects" and stops registering for the remainder of that song. Anybody else run into this problem?
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JM3P
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| 274. Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: Probs with Boom PSX2PC Convetor |
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| OverloadUT wrote: | | JM3P wrote: | Which converter did you get? The EMS USB2 from Level Six converter
lets me do that ( I was able to try it out on a PSX controller before I
hooked up my BNS pads...seems to work fine ). |
I got the two port USB adapter from BuynShop. It doesn't work with DWI |
You should return it and get either the parallel connector from BuynShop
or the USB one I got from LevelSix . |
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Bebop Boddy
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| 275. Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2002 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Do those multitaps work for the BNS parallel adapter, if you just have one adapter, but want to use two pads?
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remix
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| 276. Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2002 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| SamuraiX wrote: | | Do the PlayStation to USB adapters from Radio Shack work? |
nope, tried it |
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JM3P
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| 277. Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| Bebop Boddy wrote: | | Do those multitaps work for the BNS parallel adapter, if you just have one adapter, but want to use two pads? |
Hmm...good question. Have you tried it out? I would try it out
myself with my EMS USB adapter, but I don't have a multitap  . |
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ZeroGT86
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| 278. Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 11:21 am Post subject: |
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| hey, jus a thought, has n e body tried using a BNS parallel adapter with a parallel to usb adapter? If they work, than it would be a great solution for everyone! |
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avijiggybear
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| 279. Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2002 11:23 am Post subject: |
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hey whats up, i just ordered the ems adapter from level six, and for some reason when i play step mania i can't push the left and right arrows simutaneously. they each work perfect, but when one is down, the other won't work, can someone please help me out  |
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