Dreamcast stick to PS2 ?!

[phobos]

Hi folks !
Well, I'm planning to convert my Dreamcast Arcade Stick to PS2/PSX
First I'd like to know If this is possible at all..
and maybe someone does have some instructions for me...
something like DC-to-PC-manuals as well as a PSX-to-PC-manual would be fine, too !
thanks in advance    

[Antiriad2097]

Its an old post, but I'm looking for the same info. Got me a PS pad to DC adapter, but want a DC pad to PS1 one. Really don't want to gut a DC Arcade stick to do it, rather hack a few pads about so I can unplug when needed.

[phobos]

I already finished my controller-modding and it works pretty well !
The DC stick is just awesome  B)
As far as I know it is not possible to convert a normal DC pad because of it's complicated curcuit board and the analog shoulder buttons.
Such a standart DC stick is digital only, so this is much easier.
If you need some links or further information here's my icq 143630160

[Antiriad2097]

Sorry, no IM software installed so no ICQ.

I'd be interested in hearing what you did if you'd care to post here.

I've had a further thought on this since last night too. How about using the DC itself as a converter? Plenty of routines around to read a pad (including analogue) so that's easy. Then a small serial device from the DC serial port to the PS1 pad port (or a hacked pad).

DC could read the pad, squirt a signal down the serial port to PS1 and the PS1 gets the signal it wants.

Anyone think that would work? I'm not sure of the tech involved at the serial end, what the response time would be etc, its just a random idea I had.

[Aidan]

The thing is the PS1 pulls the info from the controller, rather than waiting for the controller to send the information to it. It's a bidirectional synchronous serial protocol, so you'd need to build some hardware to interface the DC with the PS1.

It's not a case of connecting the DC's serial port to the PS1's controller input.

It would probably be possible to do with a microcontroller, but I don't have any idea of the DC's protocol for handling a controller!

[Antiriad2097]

So in theory it might work

Not well informed enough on electronics to do that side of things. I could read a diagram and build it if someone designed it, could probably also knock up the DC software if needed, but I suspect I'm getting out of my depth here. Thought it might inspire someone to investigate the possibility further though. The DC protocols aren't really the tricky part of this - there are now some stable and well supported free dev tools around that make coding relatively easy.

I don't think the fact the PS1 pulls info is a big problem. The DC serial interface is also a 2 way system so in theory they could talk to one another quite easily.

[Ultimate Dev'r]

But imagine how gameplay would be; your controller's hooked up to the DC, it's connected to the PS2 controller port, you run software on the DC, you boot up the PS2, load your game.....that would just take way too long to set up for a single game. A microcontroller sounds like a good idea, so you're probably better off making a converter from DC to PS2.