Four Wudude
Student
I'm looking for advice. I have a Vewlix L and a New Net City that I'm trying to add USB controller support to. I already have USB extension cables and even a subpanel on my Vewlix which adds USB ports. I just need to figure out how to interface with JVS.
My initial plan was to use the MultiJVS IO board for this. It has DB15 controller ports, and I already have Undamned USB Decoders that I can use with it. I found out the hard way, however, that the pinout on the UD converter doesn't match up with the default controller mapping on the MultiJVS IO board. There is a way to fix the button mapping by putting a custom profile on a microSD card, but this also changes the button mapping for the buttons on the cabinet's control panel. Additionally, the button remap feature built into the UD converters (where you hold 3 buttons when plugging in a controller) doesn't work. So unless I can fix both of these issues, the MultiJVS won't work for me in this application.
Does anyone know of a better solution? The only other solution I've seen is in this video of someone in 2019 using a Molex style splitter and UD Converter Plus adapters to add USB controller support to a Versus City. I might try this for my New Net City, but this method wouldn't work for a Vewlix cabinet as far as I know. I figure in 2026, someone out there has come up with a more elegant solution for JVS cabs. I would appreciate any help.
My initial plan was to use the MultiJVS IO board for this. It has DB15 controller ports, and I already have Undamned USB Decoders that I can use with it. I found out the hard way, however, that the pinout on the UD converter doesn't match up with the default controller mapping on the MultiJVS IO board. There is a way to fix the button mapping by putting a custom profile on a microSD card, but this also changes the button mapping for the buttons on the cabinet's control panel. Additionally, the button remap feature built into the UD converters (where you hold 3 buttons when plugging in a controller) doesn't work. So unless I can fix both of these issues, the MultiJVS won't work for me in this application.
Does anyone know of a better solution? The only other solution I've seen is in this video of someone in 2019 using a Molex style splitter and UD Converter Plus adapters to add USB controller support to a Versus City. I might try this for my New Net City, but this method wouldn't work for a Vewlix cabinet as far as I know. I figure in 2026, someone out there has come up with a more elegant solution for JVS cabs. I would appreciate any help.
