A way to show you are playing on a mat on Ultramix!

mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

Okay sort of off topic but for all you people that are interested in wiring you mat to use external control boxes like the Cobalt Flux cbox and the modded cbox for XBOX I now have a guide on how to wire a mat through a D-Shell connector. My partner hasn't reviewed it yet so it can be a bit difficult to understand but hopefully not too difficult. I will put a revised file soon. Just go to my site www.beaverbytes.com and click D-Shell wiring on the site navigation. Anyway enjoy.

GepettoZHog · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2003

Well, OK. Get back to me on the XBOX CBOX, yeah?
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Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

Just wondering, is there a convertor for this to work with a regular psx output for a controller. Or atleast a way to make a convertor?
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do_da_cha_cha · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Location: NWI

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Nice job dude......wow

mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

juicey · Trick Member Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Location: California

Any updates on getting this to work with a RO metal pad?
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Sinistar · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:59 pm Post subject:

If you can get information from RO as to which foot panels are connected to which pins, it should be easy enough to figure out how to wire up a compatible cable.

On a slightly related topic, I just recently (yesterday) finished by Xbox Cbox for my as-yet-undelivered CF. Still writing the guide, but I have posted my project pics. Skip to page 7 to see the finished box.
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GepettoZHog · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2003

Sinistar, you are god. However, for my personal needs, what kind of VGA cable am I supposed to be getting (i.e., is there a Radio Shack model you can link me to or something?) for my other XBOX-CBOX project?
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Sinistar · Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 3:08 pm Post subject:

GepettoZHog · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2003

OK SInistar, before I finish my plans to build a shrine in your honor, I just need one more thing:
That cable goes like this:
]-(-)-------------------------(-)-[

Can I cut off the (-) part without affecting the connection?
It just doesn't give me a lot of wire room--- what does it do anyways?
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Sinistar · Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject:

GepettoZHog · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2003

Well Sin, you do kick a great deal of buttocks---
I got to the hard part of the construction.
See, I have twelve colorful little wires, and no clue as to which goes where. I've been rying a "process of eliminayion" approach, but a wiring gridwould be ininfately easier. A "What color goes where" on that Radio Shack sucker would be shrine worthy. Don't let me down!
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Sinistar · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 9:48 am Post subject:

I've searched around, but I haven't been able to find a color code chart for VGA cables. Though now I know what the pins on VGA cables are for.

If you know somebody with a multimeter, it likely has a continuity checker built into it that you could use, which would be faster than process of elimination.

UPDATE: Check this page. It doesn't have a wire color code, but it does have instructions on figuring out the wires using a home-made continuity checking (battery, light bulb, tape, and a wire). However, process of elimination might be faster than building the continuity checker.

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GepettoZHog · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2003

Still not getting it

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I mean, the basic problem is, is that I have 12 wires, some of which are the same color (just thicker), and I have TWO wires which could very well be the ground wire. Must find wire grid for colors...

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Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

if there is a big fat thing that you didn't cut of (or if you did read the next parathesis) then cut it off (or leave it on), because that the wires together and such.
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mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

Okay I'm back. If ya'll haven't seen this you may want to check it out. It's easier and probably cheaper than making your own control box. The control box is a dual that hooks up to a PS2 and an XBOX and it looks like this thing has the memory card slots so you can use the headset. The only things to figure out is if this is going to show up as a mat and if the control box works for Cobalt Flux 2 also. If this is all true then I would just forget everything and just buy this. Way easier.

mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

Okay I'm back. If ya'll haven't seen this you may want to check it out. http://redoctane.com/controlboxreship.html It's easier and probably cheaper than making your own control box. The control box is a dual that hooks up to a PS2 and an XBOX and it looks like this thing has the memory card slots so you can use the headset. The only things to figure out is if this is going to show up as a mat and if the control box works for Cobalt Flux 2 also. If this is all true then I would just forget everything and just buy this. Peace Out.

BboyShadowz · Basic Member Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Location: Okemos, MI

I am new to the forum and I am very suprised that you guys have a lot of dedication for your ddr soft pads and then convert them. I would really like to do that but by following the tutorials can I find it easy, if I have the right parts, to put to together my own hard pad? thanks
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Sinistar · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:21 am Post subject:

People are generally pretty helpful in these forums, so if you run into a snag building your own platform, posting questions in the homemade hard pad threads will usually result in good answers.

I've finished my guide for my "arcade style" control box. The Red Octane dual control box, however, is a far more economical choice. But the guide is here for those who wish to duplicate/modify my efforts.
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