Let's make a list of working PSX->USB/parallel adapters

DDRSuperSonic · Basic Member Joined: 11 May 2003

hazah!!!

awesome thanks!!!!!!

i put in in as left analog and it didn't freeze up and it works perfectly!

hooray! legend of max at home!!!

...wait...i didn't pass LoM yet....

thanks again Andreq!

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mebe munky · Trick Member Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: New Tokyo-3

I just recieved my pad-pc adapter from ddrnation.com and.. umm.. IT DOESN'T WORK! Can anybody help me??
I have it plugged in the only place that it will fit. I start up DWI, and i go to the controls configuration screen... and it wont' work.. the pad doesn't like up like it's supposed to when i hit an arrow.. I have win98, so it should work fine.. but nothing!

PLEASE HELP!
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Nugget359 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2002

Ok, update time. I made it so Stepmania would not ignore the axes, but now there are no jumps. This is getting kind of frustrating.
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Andreq · Trick Member Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Location: Quebec foreva

Nugget359 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2002

Alright, I looked through the FAQ, and downloaded JoyToKey. Now, it will respond to both DWI and Stepmania but it still has the problem where it wont let you press up+down and left+right. There has to be a way to solve this.

Heres what I think it's doing. It is pressing the buttons correctly, yet when I step on left and right, the axis thing kicks in and starts screwing it up.
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ohioddr · Basic Member Joined: 05 Jun 2003

First of all, before i wrote this post, i did indeed search for anything pertaining to my subject, and came up emptyhanded. then i skimmed the first few pages of the thread and still found nothing. so if i'm asking the same question, i apologize beforehand.

Anyway, I have one of those crappy dual joybox adaptors. Of course, the software that came with it mapped the arrows as axes. Is there some other software that i can use that will still detect my adaptor and will map the arrows as buttons?

EDIT: Ok then, after reading the LAST few pages of the thread, it seems that many people also have my problem. I'll just keep mum then.

mebe munky · Trick Member Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: New Tokyo-3

[quote]Posted by Andreq
witch ddrnation.com adaptor ???..... boom adaptor (crazy green one with a really short usb cable) suck and are not working[/url]
No, it's the LPT one.. the grey one that is a choice as a free gift (that or blue extension thingy).
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Andreq · Trick Member Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Location: Quebec foreva

mebe munky · Trick Member Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: New Tokyo-3

k, after messing with it for a while. i finally got it to work. thanks for the help
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dj_xero · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 9:05 pm Post subject:

okay, i've gotten the RadioShack PSX-Usb adapter to work okay with my MyMyBox metal pad, but i really need it to work with my soft and comfy

ignition2 pad, the problem is that it doesn't even recognize the Ignition pad! anyone else notice this problem?
i've tried all kinds of other drivers and stuff, but it just baffles me that it would recognize every other controller i own, except the Ignition pad.

should i just give up on the crappy RadioShack adapter
or is there anything else i can try.

p.s. i'm expecting posts of : " GET RID OF THE R.S. ADAPTER! IT IS SUCK!"
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SPUI · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Location: Chile

Strange question. Does the EMS-USB2 adapter work with multi-panel jumps? In other words, will more than two buttons register at the same time?

Zeratul · Trick Member Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Location: Clarksville, TN

i have an ems usb2 from levelsix.com and a metal pad from cyphergames.com
i had to fix up my metal pad arrows since the down arrow cracked (who saw that coming)
but anyway, i'm having a really frustrating problem with my ems adapter. i have the drivers installed that came on the disk, and it's plugged into the only port it can be plugged into (obviously usb). my metal pad came with a 9 pin connector that plugs into a little box with start/select, which then has the psone/ps2 controller plugin thing, which can plug into the ems. well, when i'm playing on stepmania, it randomly stops reading what i'm pressing. i'll be in the middle of a big combo and then bam, it stops reading and i get constant misses for about 3-4 seconds, which can bring down a flashing orange/red to a danger or even failing (which it's usually failing since i get so pissed i stop).
anyone know why/can help me with this problem? :/

edit: my mouse (mx500) is plugged into the usb port right next to it, so i'm quite sure it's not my usb ports causing any problem. and the ems adapter remains stationary throughout gameplay, so if anyone was going to suggest making sure it doesn't move around when i play, it doesn't. (since a friend of mine has a friend whose ems stops working if it gets moved when he's playing)
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CCC · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 12:24 pm Post subject:

The problem with Metal Pads is that they require more power than the EMS is able to provide through USB. This causes power shortages and thus misreadings in the pad. I think the solution was to unplug/replug the pad after ever few songs, but I don't have a metal pad and thus have not tried yet.

AcidBurnISU · Trick Member Joined: 31 May 2003

Ok, so can you tell me the best adaptor(s) to buy and where they are at?
I want one that works with both DWI and Stepmania and with both soft and metal pads. Thanks in advance.

Lorinan · Basic Member Joined: 10 Jul 2003

Sonicfan22 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Oct 2002

ok i have a parallel adapter and a USB adapter both are on the Stepmania site and said they work now which is the best to use...i tried usin my USB adapter but i cant hit 2 arrows at once and i tried my paralle adapter a long time ago and i had trouble with hittin left and when i hit left it showed up as left and up at the same time which was wierd and it did that for other arrows too, and might i add that im usin NTPAD but i dunno wtf im doing with it.

someone told me to use Left Analog with NTPAD and i looked for Left Analog and it is no where to be found...please help me as i have everything needed to use my Metal Pad successfully on StepMania, but im not smart enough to figure out how to make them work! oi..

Andreq · Trick Member Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Location: Quebec foreva

gamerblue · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:27 am Post subject:

Okay I bought this adapter

its not the super one that you see listed on stepmania site either..i didnt see a brand name on it at all.

But when i put it on my comptuer everything works with a normal ps controller but with the ddr max2 pad (one that comes with ddrmax2) it wont register the down arrow. Anyone have any experience with this at all?
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Sonicboom · Trick Member Joined: 09 Aug 2003 Location: Buffalo, NY

RadioShack's "PSX TO USB" is a healthy $10 and gave me no trouble.
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