Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: c0ldb33r on August 22, 2012, 02:13:46 PM
not possible. Just get a tg16>duo converter cable.
I think it may be possible if you wanted to use a duo tap cord. Its easier just to get the converter.
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: KnightWarrior on August 22, 2012, 02:50:00 PM
Start 5:27 saying you can
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: c0ldb33r on August 22, 2012, 03:16:25 PM
I tried it before and couldn't get it to work. Just try it. If it doesn't work just undo it.
I still recommend the converter cable though so you can easily change between tg16 and duo/pace. Also it adds a few feet to the tiny cable.
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: wilykat on August 22, 2012, 06:11:50 PM
I was able to swap the TG-16 cable and AV 3 button pad cable, no problem there. Most are fine but you may run into an odd 3rd party controller that aren't using the same pinout.
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: tggodfrey on August 22, 2012, 06:28:55 PM
you have to remove the cable pins from the connector housing and reaarange them into the connecto housing of the controller you want to swap the cable into.
Easier to make an adapter IMO.
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: KnightWarrior on August 22, 2012, 07:08:49 PM
Any pics of how to swap cables??
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: Keith Courage on August 23, 2012, 09:17:05 AM
You can only swap cables if you have the newer type of TG 16 pads. The older cables have a different wire configuration. So basically if you open up a pce pad and the wire colors are the same as the TG pad then you can swap them no problem.
However this does not work for a 6 button game pad. There may be a way to swap around the wires but I haven't been able to find any documentation on how to do so for a 6 button pad.
One easy option is to swap the cables on a DUO 5 player tap with a TG16 5 player tap. This will let you use up to 5 pce controllers on your US Turbo grafx including a 6 button game pad.
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: KnightWarrior on August 24, 2012, 07:10:01 AM
I'm going to go the Cable/Modded Duo Route
So there's no way to convert a TG-16 Pad to a Duo Cable if I get a Modded Duo Tap
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: Duo_R on August 24, 2012, 07:14:50 AM
If you can solder it is possible to swap cables and avoid the converter
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: Keith Courage on August 24, 2012, 07:20:59 AM
You can do it with any pad that has the same color wire order for the wire harness inside. If the color order is different then it would not work. Most standard pads can have the cable swapped. Just not the 6 button kind.
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: KnightWarrior on August 24, 2012, 07:46:33 AM
You can do it with any pad that has the same color wire order for the wire harness inside. If the color order is different then it would not work. Most standard pads can have the cable swapped. Just not the 6 button kind.
Did you read my other PM??
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: vestcoat on August 24, 2012, 08:13:49 AM
Nat wrote an excellent guide for using a pad cable to extend a multitap: http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=2893.0
You could put a Turbo Pad cable in a Duo Tap and plug your Ave6 pad into that. If you don't have a Duo Tap, the wiring diagrams may still provide some clues for wiring a TG cable to an Ave6.
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: KnightWarrior on August 24, 2012, 08:59:49 AM
Thanks for the link
I might just get 2 Taps. one for the Modded one and the TG16 Tap
If I ever do get Bomberman, I just use the TG Tap for Bomberman
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: GohanX on August 24, 2012, 09:58:18 AM
Nat wrote an excellent guide for using a pad cable to extend a multitap: http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=2893.0
You could put a Turbo Pad cable in a Duo Tap and plug your Ave6 pad into that. If you don't have a Duo Tap, the wiring diagrams may still provide some clues for wiring a TG cable to an Ave6.
This is exactly what I do, use a PCE Tap with a modified TG16 cable. All of my PCE controllers work just fine, including Ave 3 and 6 pads.
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: thesteve on August 24, 2012, 10:13:55 AM
the 6 is still swappable, just the pinout will be different.
Title: Re: TurboGrafx-16 Pads
Post by: turboswimbz on August 24, 2012, 12:05:49 PM