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Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: Col.Havoc on December 12, 2002, 12:50:00 PM
Ok, I got a couple of questions about this now.

One, if I were to use a third party controller, (ex, interact) is the soldering diagrams the same? I want to add a few to mine now.
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: bradrellinger on December 12, 2002, 01:58:00 PM
question:

im considering giving this a try tonight, is there any application i can test this with when im done? im running Evolution-X 2812 with bios evox 2.5. thanks

b
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: Pheonix on December 18, 2002, 11:08:00 AM
me bought, usb extension $4, xbox extender came with this generic controller for $20, so free.
== Xbox->USB  &&  USB->Xbox,

the driver doesn't work so well for my PC but the keyboard on xbox is pretty nice.
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: Cornholio on December 18, 2002, 12:48:00 PM
QUOTE (Col.Havoc @ Dec 13 2002, 11:29 AM)
And what about the third party controller thing?

                                    Works fine. Basically, any controller that has memory card slots has to work, otherwise it wouldn't work properly for it's intended purpose.

So go buy yourself a cheap, shitty controller, and turn it into something useful wink.gif
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: BenJeremy on December 30, 2002, 10:41:00 AM
QUOTE (johnodon @ Dec 30 2002, 11:39 AM)
Not sure if this is possible at this point, but has anyone tried playing something like Halo with the keyboard/mouse combo?  Are the keys/buttons mapable for gameplay?

John

No.

The keyboard is only supported by debug libraries, and M$ will not allow games to be released with these libraries (when developing software, as I have, it even tells you they are unsupported).

There is no mouse support at all in the Xbox BIOS or libraries. Adding such support would require new code to be written.
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: dkoikadabra on October 30, 2002, 01:55:00 AM
Alright, if I remember correctly, the XBox controller acts as a USB Hub, and, if that is correct, I am lead to the assumption that the two memory card slots on a controller are standard USB ports with a non-standard fitter (like the plugs for the XBox controller themselves). Does this mean you could theoretically hack apart a controller and hook two USB devices up to the same port (by using the hacked up controller as a 2-port 'hub')?
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: dkoikadabra on October 30, 2002, 07:04:00 PM
Do both work at once? Did you test it out with a keyboard/mouse or something?
If it did work, why don't you throw up a tut on it? I'd like to know what wires go where and whatnot. =-)
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: cykiller on October 31, 2002, 02:53:00 AM
damn that's pretty kool, where did the usb female's come from?? mobo or from pc hardware store?? biggrin.gif

muhaha.gif
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: Frenetic on October 31, 2002, 06:47:00 AM
This maybe off topic but I beleive I have seen the following at lik-sang;

MS Xbox USB adapter cable for USB devices


Our USB adapter for Xbox(female) allows you to hook up virtually any USB hardware to the MS Xbox controller ports. Ever wondered how to use Linux on the Xbox? Now here's the answer. It features a standard USB type A female socket (identical to the ones your PC is offering). Use more cables to connect more devices to your liking - up to 4 devices can be hooked up to the 4 controller slots, using USB hubs will allow you to hook up many more devices. Please check if the desired hardware is supported by the software. The cable length is approx. 1m, this allows you also to hook up devices that have very short USB cables and operate it from a reasonable distance.

Price: 12.90 USD  (~8.42 GBP)
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: Frenetic on October 31, 2002, 09:17:00 AM
Hahaha True Dat

I am such a cheap bastard that I bough

a brand new Xbox
High Def pack
Matrix Modchip
80 Gig Western Digial HD
Pioneer A04 DVD-Burner
61" widescreen hdtv
Sony receiver (4 optical in-6.1 DTS blah blah) surround sound speakres (1000 Watt in total)

Damnit, where did I think I was going to save money again????

heheheh
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: mzenone on October 31, 2002, 09:41:00 AM
does this mean i can wire two usb female sets of wires going into one xbox controller port? thanx
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: cykiller on October 31, 2002, 09:51:00 AM
im not cheap at all just like the fact that u can still use your controller and have 2 usb female at the same time!! biggrin.gif

that was pretty kool, and it looks fun, especially when u have done everything else!! wink.gif

muhaha.gif
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: WPELLE on October 31, 2002, 12:47:00 PM
Another advantage of using this method is that you first get the whole length of the xbox controller cable plus the length of the peripheral you plug in.
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: Scan-C on October 31, 2002, 02:35:00 PM
yeah right.the keyboard was always to short and now its perfect and sometimes even to long biggrin.gif
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: Jsmith on November 08, 2002, 11:10:00 PM
Do these USB ports have any use outside of running Linux on the old box?
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: dkoikadabra on November 09, 2002, 12:26:00 AM
Hook up two HDDs (1-5GB is enough, I suppose) as savecards..... maybe even play some DivX, MP3, or emulation stuff on it (I know games don't run off HDDs as mem cards as 1.1 is too slow)?
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: pekn on November 11, 2002, 12:55:00 AM
Will a usb keyboard connected to this hub work in the xbox emulators? Like in UAE-X the amiga emulator, alot of games need to use a keyboard, will this one work?

/Peter
Title: Xbox Controller Acts As A Usb Hub?
Post by: dmitri on November 20, 2002, 11:26:00 AM
Another way is buying an extension USB cable and an extension xbox controller cable and cut both in a half

I guess that means the routing hardware for the 2 usb connections is in the xbox and not the controller...?