Controller reset button project....

[pythonjosh]

I just picked up a V9 today and I already had the DVD remote for it. So here's my plans.
I have a Logitech Cordless Action controller. I'm going to put the reset button in the controller. First I'm gonna cut out a place to mount the IR LED in the front part of the controller. Also be cutting a part out of the original IR protector screen from the remote to use on the controller, to make it look cleaner.
Then I'm going to cut out the clear blue Logitech logo on the top of the controller, place the button under it, then reinstall the plastic logo.
My goal is to have the Logitech logo be the reset button.
I have opened up the DVD remote and this is where I'm not too experienced. From what I recognize, I'm seeing the IR LED transmitter, a rounded blue transistor?, a capacitor, and a 20 leg chip with this on the top: "D67A, 899, 438k". And I see 2 definite fuses/resisitors that have "IR8" and "221?" on them. And then there's a possible mini transistor with "BF" on it. There's 3 legs on it so I 'think' it's a transistor.
But what I want to do is not to cut anything on the remote pcb, but to be able to duplicate the signal created by the reset button. I know I need to get my hands on a multimeter for this project too. If anyone has any information that would be useful, I'd be greatly appreciated. What do you guys think?

[pythonjosh]

I've been googling for the past couple hours trying to dig up more technical/eletrical information on the DVD Remote with absolutely no luck.
I've also been reading up on IR circuits on www.howstuffworks.com and I'm pretty sure I'll be needing the little chip on the remote. Was hoping I could buy a chip from like Radio Hack or somewhere, but now it doesn't quite seem possible. Don't really want to hack up the remote tho, but if that's what it comes down to................

[Breath of Fire]

Does the offical PS2 Remote have a reset button?

[pythonjosh]

Yes, but the reset button only works for V9+ models, the ones with the built in IR reciever.
The model number of the remote I am using is SCPH-10420 also.
The v1-v8 can't be reset by remote because it's connected thru a controller port, and also a diff SCPH#.
Another idea crossed my mind today. To add the eject button to this project. Since I don't use the vibration on wireless controllers, I can turn the vibration button into the eject button for the DVD tray. Again, if anyone has any technical information pertaining to this project, I want to know as much as possible as not much info is available on the Remote control.

[Torch]

y dont u use a Palm and NoviiRemote to capture the IR signal from the DVD remote..it will save the signal info as a file...

maybe u can analyze the file to find out the signal that you have to reimplement using the chip...

[pythonjosh]

y dont u use a Palm and NoviiRemote to capture the IR signal from the DVD remote..it will save the signal info as a file...
maybe u can analyze the file to find out the signal that you have to reimplement using the chip...

That's a ways past my abilities. I don't know how to do any of that stuff. I am pretty good at soldering tho, that's the best of my electrical component abilities.

[Torch]

then i dont think theres any way to extract the reset signal from the remote...
unless its an industry standard IC they're using...

[pythonjosh]

with my limites abilities, I'm just gonna cut off the top part of the circuit board that has the reset button and the led, etc. There is a capacitor on the other side of the board on the bottom and I've got to figure out which circuits are needed and which aren't. I areally haven't progressed at all on this project, but I still believe I can do it, sometime

[urbigbro]

I think a much more doable solution would be to integrate a small IR learning watch into the controller. Casio makes this one:
http://www.i4u.com/section-viewarticle-110.html

If you removed the housing, and LCD, you may be able to fit it into the controller and it would work. I'm not so sure that once you remove that many connections (buttons) from the circuit board, that the remote will work anymore.

So you could teach the watch the power and reset buttons, disassemble it, then attach inside the controller. Conversely, you could just wear the watch

[urbigbro]

I just found a wireless controller that has built in IR remote control functions. It is a game elements Model #GGE633, Wireless 2 control pad. Only the wireless 2 model has the dvd remote built in. Most online descriptions say it has turbo, but it doesn't.

I just bought this for $20 at my local fry's. The good news is that it has a RESET button, making it invaluable for HD Loader or HDL. The buttons and analog sticks don't suck either. The d-pad is not as sensitive as logitechs either. Their is no rumble either. The controller seems sturdy although bigger than the logitech (which works for my bigger hands).

If anything you could possibly take out and use the internal module in the logitech. I'll take it apart to see if it is easily removable.

Edit: It is part of the controller board so removing it would probably break the controller and IR functions.

Here's a link to a site that has it for sale, with pics.
http://www.fotoconnection.com/viewit...le#spec_detail