maethorechannen Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 I'm in the middle of a small project to repair a spares or repair Duke and I'm thinking of converting it over to a USB connection (as one of the problems is a frayed cable) and everything I've read says that I don't need the red wire that's in the original cable. Obviously you couldn't get it to work with USB if you did, but I'm curious as to what it's used for if I don't need it. So far I've seen it called "Video Sync", +12V and VCC, but that doesn't tell me why it's there. Except maybe for "Video Sync", but why would a controller need video sync? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) The controller wire colors designations are: Red = +5Vdc White = USB Data- Green = USB Data+ Yellow = Video Sync Black = Ground Video sync (yellow wire) is for a light gun, not used by a standard controller. A light gun controller or standard controller have to connect to the console. One port handles both by including it. -- KaosEngineer Edited August 22, 2018 by KaosEngineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maethorechannen Posted August 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Light Gun. That makes sense, Cheers for the info. Not sure how I mixed up red and yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
306XBOX Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 We don't discriminate here. The colour blind are always welcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukson Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 On 22.08.2018 at 5:41 PM, KaosEngineer said: Video sync (yellow wire) is for a light gun, not used by a standard controller. If yellow wire is broken on my consoles they don't recognize the device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 4 hours ago, Lukson said: If yellow wire is broken on my consoles they don't recognize the device. I don't understand that as the yellow wire is used for the controller remote power on/off mod. The yellow wire is disconnected inside the console and re-routed to the power button control line to ground it via a button installed in the controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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