Control panel?

[surefire82]

This might be a really noob thing to ask but what does the control panel do other then make your xbox look really cool? What would you use the USB ports for?

http://www.teamxecuter.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=113

 

[Modling]

you can put keyboard and mouse through the USB ports in the front of the control panel.

 

[halo24uk04]

the usb's piggback off the 3+4 control ports

 

[EMAXX620]

the usb's piggback off the 3+4 control ports

that means if u are using the 3 and 4 controler ports, the 2 usb ports wont do anything right?

 

[hitechoutlaw]

the usb's piggback off the 3+4 control ports

that means if u are using the 3 and 4 controler ports, the 2 usb ports wont do anything right?

i was wondering the same thing

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

This seems most likely - but the situation seems quite rare - when would you need to use all 4 ports for controllers AND the usb ports....probably never really...

 

[NeOnRaBbIt]

the stuff on the left side of the panel is used for switch fuctions to change banks and such. And i think the xecuter logo at the bottom changes colors depending on mod status like the regular switch does but im not sure on that one.

 

[halo24uk04]

if the usb ports are taking power from the 3+4 controller ports then i'm pretty sure that u can use the controll ports & usb at the same time

 

[halomaster7777]

Yeah, usually when you "piggyback" off of something the piggy works with the piggybacker. Like when you give someone a piggyback ride you still work don't you?

 

[rasgal]

if the usb ports are taking power from the 3+4 controller ports then i'm pretty sure that u can use the controll ports & usb at the same time

If i understand correctly. You say that you can use both controllerports 3 & 4 while at the same time using the extra usbports?

if this is what you saying, i disagree.

why?

1 st. :Because i doubt MS put 2 extra non used USB ports in the XBOX just for fun.
2 nd. : It's more likely there is an cable splitter that actually makes one of the USB ports connceted with ex. Controller port 4 and the other vise versa or something like that. (parallel connection)

but you could always use the usbports to get some voltage to external USB lamps or mobile charger... blah blah blah..

I could be wrong though, you never know the work og M$

 

[halo24uk04]

No

i meant the opposite to what you think i meant

 

[whypush]

USB can "piggyback." Look at any iMac. Ok, so don't do it on purpose, but if you happen to catch one out of corner of your eye, note that the mouse plugs into the keyboard, and so can other devices. There's a hard limit on USB 1.0, but each device get's it's own "signature" at initialization.

So, theoretically, if T-X did it right, both would work.

However, no MS game would have more than four controllers of any type functional at the same time, and mostly the xbox linux programs are what you'd want a keyboard and/or mouse for. Like web surfing, or entering commands, instead of hunting through an onscreen keyboard.

Other than that, you might still be able to use it at the same time for a memory card save, and maybe eventually a USB hard drive, but they're usually slow and internal drives are so cheap why bother?

 

[Tokra]

If there is the equiv of a passive USB hub built into the USB port extension, then they could be used at the same time (I doubt this as it would be too expensive for little use it would get in real world), if they are just hard wired across controller ports 3 & 4 (more likely) then it will be either the controller port OR the USB port at one time. Wonder if there is any builtin protection to stop noob's using both concurrently and blowing up thier USB devices or controllers :wink:

 

[whypush]

Wonder if there is any builtin protection to stop noob's using both concurrently and blowing up thier USB devices or controllers

Does anything get done for noobs on here? The X3 didn't even come with instructions packed. Noobs had to hunt and peck to figure it out for the first two weeks, all the while getting slammed for posting questions.

I don't think it would damage the devices. They just won't work. Half the power, crossed signals, etc.

 

[halomaster7777]

We can't hold ppls hands around here, if you skrew up it's your fault for no doing the research.

 

[rasgal]

If there is the equiv of a passive USB hub built into the USB port extension, then they could be used at the same time (I doubt this as it would be too expensive for little use it would get in real world), if they are just hard wired across controller ports 3 & 4 (more likely) then it will be either the controller port OR the USB port at one time. Wonder if there is any builtin protection to stop noob's using both concurrently and blowing up thier USB devices or controllers :wink:

guess you are right about that passive USB hub, the possibility slipped my mind :shock:

 

[whypush]

Yeah, god forbid they actually printed instructions and INCLUDED them...

 

[TheBurk]

Whens my X3 Control Panel coming out!?!?!?!, I know where you live Xecuter (I knows some people who knows some peoples)... Dont make me knock on your front door and ask you... I'll bring the girlfriend we could make a day out of it a little bit of movie some dinner then ice cream

why is it when i type the word "ice" it comes out rice

ice ice baby

try it!

 

[TheBurk]

"I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM" :shock:

 

[TheBurk]

MAKE IT STOP!!!! PLEASE!!!! I want my mommy