Xbox Controller on USB

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:26 pm

Since the Xbox Controller ports are basically USB Ports in Disguise, is it possible to splice a Xbox Controller and the Male ended USB cord together and download the Correct drivers and use it on my Computer?

Post by **Sparkfist** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:22 pm

Jongamer wrote:Since the Xbox Controller ports are basically USB Ports in Disguise, is it possible to splice a Xbox Controller and the Male ended USB cord together and download the Correct drivers and use it on my Computer?

Yeah, actually just a few minutes ago my instructor mentioned that he did just that, when I noticed that there was a linux kernel driver for the thing. I would suggest getting a connection testing tool (multimeter) and use that to be use the cables are connected to the right ones on the USB. I fiddled around with doing that once and couldn't figure out what wires went where for the USB end.

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:33 pm

I have a xbox to USB converter taht I made in a few hours, it works awsome... but I lost the drivers

Post by **Sparkfist** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:09 pm

Try this site. I've got a driver for using the Xbox headset on my computer (note; needs AR memory card adapter), and works great.

Nucklez · Post by **Nucklez** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:45 pm

The wire colors actually match up, with one left over that doesn't have to connect to anything. I've had one running on a laptop for quite some time now. I'm using the xbcd drivers that was mentioned in the last post.

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:29 pm

Yeah I made a connector myself as well. It's an excellent controller for using on a PC. Better than most gamepads made specifically for PC and extremely simple to do. I use it for N64 emulators and stuff to great effect.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:34 pm

This sounds like something I might want to do. Which XBOX wires do you connect to which USB wires?

Post by **Sparkfist** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:59 pm

daguuy wrote:This sounds like something I might want to do. Which XBOX wires do you connect to which USB wires?

http://xbox-scene.com/articles/xbox-usb-xbox-cable.php

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:01 pm

I just Finished Makeing one, and it works great, I just need to find games that Support Rumble on computer. Im gonna try Halo Trial now with it.

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:10 pm

Yes it works like a Dream with Halo, all I CAN'T get it to do is Use Rumble with halo, and I had to remap some buttons because they dont allow you to overlap 2 COntrolles on the same button. so all I didnt was switch the Switch gun Button to the Back button.

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:27 pm

I've found, when using the Xbox controller, that sometimes, with certain emulators and games, they won't always register all the buttons. That's when I use a program like Joy2Key to map the buttons to keys on the keyboard. Takes away a bit of the headache, and only take a couple minutes to set up.

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