DC wireless controller mod

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DC wireless controller mod

Post by Nemesis »

So i came up with a way to do it,

use a wireless ps2 controller as a master, and the dc controller board minus the maple bus...pretty much doing the same thing that you would with the other controller mods (like NES-DC, but with the dc con. as a slave, instead of the other way around)... Then you get the ps2 > dc controller adapter and that's that...

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the only problem is that i can't figure out how i would connect the joystick of the wireless controller to the HEDs (i belive they are magnetic switches) of the DC controller

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anyone have any suggestions?
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Post by ILAMtitan »

do you have any larger pictures?
From what i read, not see, it looks like it wont work. But i would like to see your diagram before i make any solid judgments.
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Post by Nemesis »

yah, my photo-hoster downsizes it, i'll see if i can get it bigger....

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i did this in like 5 minutes, so it's crappy

everything else will work, it's just the joystick issue
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Post by semicolo »

How will your wireless ps2 controller be handling the maple bus protocol ??
Maple isn't just plain old synchronous serial transmission like playstation protocol.
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Post by ptr.exe »

I found that if you ground the pin diagonally opposite then it is like having the analgoue full to that direction, I don't know if this helps you but I used it when I modded a SNES controller for DreamSNES and needed the select button to work.

I've been wanting to try to make a stock DC controller wireless for a while, at first I thought it was simply building a circuit to send a serial signal via IR, however I soon realised this is definately not an easy mod.
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Post by lynx44 »

Its a good idea, but have you ever tried using a PS2 wireless controller on the DC with the converter? I've never heard anyone confirm that it works, and I know it doesn't work with my Logitec PS2 controllers and the original Total Control. Or do you know that and plan to fix that?

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Post by Nemesis »

semicolo wrote:How will your wireless ps2 controller be handling the maple bus protocol ??
Maple isn't just plain old synchronous serial transmission like playstation protocol.
The maple bus is being removed...


to lynx44: that's what i'm doing, logitech wireless controller and the adapter, look at the diagram....
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Post by Nemesis »

Here is the updated HED pinout diagram w/the info that ptr.exe gave us

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I have an idea as to how they might function, there may be a second ground pin, and when the stick is not all the way in one direction (when it is just being pushed very slightly) either the "full" pin or the other unknown pin is grounded with this second ground....just an idea, i'll have to test it...
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Post by ILAMtitan »

It may sound all good and well, but the PS2 and the dream cast controler communicate with their respective consoles with diffrent propritary communication protcals; you cant just solder the ps2 receiver to the controler board in the DC. You have a "controler adapter" in your picture, which is probably your colution to the problem, any information on it?
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Post by Nemesis »

ILAMtitan wrote:It may sound all good and well, but the PS2 and the dream cast controler communicate with their respective consoles with diffrent propritary communication protcals; you cant just solder the ps2 receiver to the controler board in the DC.
...DUH...

ILAMtitan wrote:You have a "controler adapter" in your picture, which is probably your colution to the problem, any information on it?
Total control plus form lik-sang.com this allows me to do the other portion of my mod too....(rumble-reactant LEDs...)
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