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Attempted to get a PSX controller to work with the gamecon.c parallel port joystick driver.

Wired up connector as stated in src/linux/Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt:

<verbatim>
2.3 Sony Playstation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  The PSX controller is supported by the gamecon.c. Pinout of the PSX
controller (compatible with DirectPadPro):

  +---------+---------+---------+
9 | o  o  o | o  o  o | o  o  o | 1               parallel
   \________|_________|________/                  port pins
    |  |      |  |  |   |
    |  |      |  |  |   +-------->  Clock    ---  (4)
    |  |      |  |  +------------>  Select   ---  (3)
    |  |      |  +--------------->  Power    ---  (5-9)
    |  |      +------------------>  Ground   ---  (18-25)
    |  +------------------------->  Command  ---  (2)
    +---------------------------->  Data     ---  (one of 10,11,12,13,15)

  The driver supports these controllers:

 * Standard PSX Pad
 * NegCon PSX Pad
 * Analog PSX Pad (red mode)
 * Analog PSX Pad (green mode)
 * PSX Rumble Pad
 * PSX DDR Pad
</verbatim>

Initially had trouble getting it working, but found out that in order to laod the gamecon driver you have to unload the lp driver and load the joydev driver, eg:

<pre>
> modprobe -r lp
> modprobe joydev
> modprobe map=0,7,0,0,0,0
</pre>

This tells gamecon to use the first parallel port, a ~PlayStation controller for the first controller and nothing for the rest (the last 4 zeroes are not really necessary).

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Last edited on Monday, October 10, 2005 1:57:50 pm by CraigBox

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