Dualshock 2 Pinout help

[darcsyde]

I found this site: socomcontrol.com and I would like to relocate the buttons (R3, L3, and the circle button) as this guy did for Socom 2 and was wondering if anyone could help me figure out where to solder the wires for each button (3 of them) I'm going to use small momentary push buttons as he did.

Here's two pics to show you what I mean





Thanks for any help!

[NFG]

Use your multimeter to trace the lines from button to connector.  It'll take about 30 seconds.   If you don't have a multimeter, go buy one.  They're about $5 and up.

[darcsyde]

I have a multimeter, how should I go about it? Does the controller need to be plugged in and one probe grounded somewhere then touch the red probe around until I find an increase in voltage? I want to disable the original L3 and R3 buttons and use my push button momentary buttons instead of the originals, but the circle button I don't wanna disable I just want to add a relocated button

[Segasonicfan]

you're making things too complicated.  it's actually very simple.  the R3 and L3 buttons are both controller by tactical momentary pushbuttons.  If you take out your controller PCB (disconnect it from the floppy one) and look under the analog sticks you'll notice the buttons.  Theres 2 for R3 and 2 for L3.  I'm not sure if the traces are the same for both buttons on the L3 (or R3) but they most likely are.  cut the traces (I would stick with the ones that are't ground) and wire straight from the button.  Sony does put that white crap all over the PCB, just scrape it away carefully with an exac-o knife.  

as for the circle button, youll have to take out the floppy PCB and follow the traces from it.  One trace is ground (i think its the outside one) and the other is the one you want.  Follow it to the connector and stick a wire there and the other to ground input (or wherever the other trace leads to on the connector).

Hope that helps!

and Lawrence, a multimeter isn't too useful on the Dual Shock controller because ($@#*&@) Sony uses these stupid floppy PCBs like the ones in keyboards, so it's hard to get readings out of em.

-Segasonicfan

[darcsyde]

Alright thanks I'll give it a try.

[darcsyde]

I figured out the circle button. And for L3 and R3 I found a much easier alternative. I snipped off the posts that push in the switches and then wired my relocated L3 and R3 buttons to replace the originals. What a pain it is to follow those tiny traces all over the place (it's like a maze!) a multimeter makes it much easier but you have to go through each pin till you find the one your looking for.

Anyways thanks guys for your help!