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Shatterhand · 19 August 2016, 04:57

I just tried plugging the cable and shortening the directions/fire pin of the DB9 connectors with their grounds.

The joytest detects movement, but its everything wrong. There are 2 different joysticks being detected on different pins of the same connector.

Still it makes no sense that the joystick has zero response.

EDIT: Well, went ahead and tested every pin of my parallel port, everything works as the scheme on the PDF file

I guess there's something wrong with the cable, but the continuity tests are all correct.

19 August 2016, 04:57	#9
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	I just tried plugging the cable and shortening the directions/fire pin of the DB9 connectors with their grounds. The joytest detects movement, but its everything wrong. There are 2 different joysticks being detected on different pins of the same connector. Still it makes no sense that the joystick has zero response. EDIT: Well, went ahead and tested every pin of my parallel port, everything works as the scheme on the PDF file I guess there's something wrong with the cable, but the continuity tests are all correct. Last edited by Shatterhand; 19 August 2016 at 05:15.