[Ozzie Regalado]

[quote=1775]Ok, a few more ideas:

– Orientation of the adapter itself: The pin header has to point to the inside of the RPi.

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THIS… THIS RIGHT HERE IS WAS THE GOLDEN ANSWER. I knew I was doing something stupid. I had the damn thing installed backwards. I guess I hadn’t exactly seen a full on picture of the Adapter installed. Most images are of the wiring diagram, or have the SNES ports covering the actual adapter itself. thank you SO much for helping me out. Everything seems to be in working order now. I’m in the middle of finals right now, but I’d gladly post suggestions for your website and Ill be sure to post pictures of my Portable RetroPie project as soon as I get the chance.

Once again, thanks a lot.

[Ozzie Regalado]

Thank you very much for the response! Unfortunately, after following all of your instructs step by step, I still seem to be having no success. I installed a fresh copy of the latest image. In setup, I selected “5 – Start SNESDev on boot?” and chose the second selection (polling pads and button). Then i rebooted the system. When emulationstation boots up, still no response from buttons on controller. also nothing happens when I press the button on the adapter, which has me worried that the adapter could possibly be broken?

I’m attaching a few pictures of my wiring to make sure my setup is okay. the first picture is the inside of the male plug on the SNES controller extension cables that i opened to figure out where the wires went.( Ground – Black, Data – Red, Latch – Yellow, Clock – Orange, VCC -Brown) the second photo is how I have my wiring done for player 1, which I believe I’ve spliced to the bottom row of the 2X5 plug

[Ozzie Regalado]

Okay here’s an update. I managed to get a few authentic SNES controllers and I’m still not getting any response from the controllers. If i try and use retroarch joyconfig, it just says “Configuring binds for player #1 on joypad #0. A button (right)” and then nothing happens and I have to press ctrl+c to close the program. SNESDev still also get stuck on initializing controllers when I try and run it as well. I have to ctrl+c out of SNESDev in order to do anything. When i check the Adapter with a multi-meter, it seems to be receiving power and the voltage seems to change when I press the buttons on the pads too. I dont really know the specifics on the adapter, so im not sure whats exactly supposed to show up when I put it up to a multi-meter.

I feel like im doing something obviously stupid, but I just can’t figure out what it is. I’m DESPERATE for help here. If you’re reading this and you have even the slightest idea as to whats going on, please PLEASE let me know.

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