1.Take the SD card out of the memory card ( sd2psx is not a usb sd card reader for pc)
2.put the civ on the SD card
(Important note you don't put the civ bin where you put the firmware. So if you're holding down a button and tossing the civ been over that way that's why it won't work)
3. Power...
Thats why i posted my driver packages on archive.org , I get a warning for the above SDK pack for the driver and I get a virus warning for the tool itself.
These are all signed pre-made driver packs:
Libusbk: for anthony and coh-gui and a few others
Libusb: ps3-mca-tool and som ps2 memory...
Hirose is a staple here in the us for old arcade guys like me , if you have the time patience and soldering skills like I do go hirose you won't regret it
I buy mine from https://www.ebay.com/itm/192497131511?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=8xJ_42EbQ_2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=SFADmiI5TXS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Binding is the same whether you're using a real dongle or Open source hardware and it is been posted how to bind a real dongle below
https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/wlaunchelf-mechaemu-access-your-coh-h10020-security-dongles-from-retail-hardware.31828/post-453277
And at the end of this...
Grab a SD2PSX or PSXMemcardGen2 and load it with the files ( https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/pre-built-for-beta12-for-use-with-sd2psx-psxmemcardgen2.32720/ ) that I put in the pre-built in the 246/256 section of the forum, it's probably the best way to do this at this point.
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