Need Xbox 360 Chatpad driver

Anonymous
2008-12-29T11:52:11+00:00

Hi,

one year ago i buy a Xbox 360 Controller Made by Microsoft Corporation and a Chatpad for it. on the box was info about use for Windows-based PCs but until now no driver... so i am here to ask for some help. For now i can turn the backlight on sending

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x1f 0x02 # Init (without this, no led wil work)

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x8 0x02 # capslock

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x9 0x02 # square

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0xa 0x02 # circle

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0xb 0x02 # people

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0xc 0x02 # backlight

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x11 0x02 # capslock

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x12 0x02 # square

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x13 0x02 # square and capslock

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x14 0x02 # circle

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x15 0x02 # capslock and circle

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x16 0x02 # circle, square

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x17 0x02 # circle, square, capslock

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x1b 0x02 # makes led go on on keypress

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x1e 0x02 # Init2 >>> Ep6: [5] { 0xf0, 0x03, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01 }

ctrl 0x41 0x0 0x1f 0x02 # Init (without this, no led wil work)

i also have acess to USB protocol analyzer (but it is not mine... sorry) to have the info that travell between the controller and the Xbox

also we can recive one key press but after it is dead.... and i dont know why... a lot of people are working on it but microsoft made it so at leas you can help us to try make a driver...

2nd byte flags:

shift/capslock = 0x01

square = 0x02

circle = 0x04

people = 0x08

3rd byte keycodes:

1 = 0x17

2 = 0x16

3 = 0x15

4 = 0x14

5 = 0x13

6 = 0x12

7 = 0x11

8 = 0x67

9 = 0x66

0 = 0x65

q = 0x27

w = 0x26

e = 0x25

r = 0x24

t = 0x23

y = 0x22

u = 0x21

i = 0x76

o = 0x75

p = 0x64

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-09-03T02:28:00+00:00

    If anyone is interested in adding XBox 360 chatpad support to there XNA Game Studio games for Windows or Xbox 360, it is actually very simple, here is a blog post about it. http://hexdollgames.co.cc/?p=40#comment-7

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-09-03T02:21:31+00:00

    XNA Game Studio 3.1 is a library for C# to create Windows, Zune, or Xbox games. It is not as you state to make games for Xbox on Windows, that is just one of three options. In the upcoming XNA Game Studio 4 it will be for Windows, Xbox and Windows Phone 4. There is no annual subscription. It is completely free. The only thing you would need to pay for is if you want to market your game for the Xbox, then it would cost you money depending if you went monthly, or annual. It is not always helpful to give inaccurate information. A Game such as Dishwasher the Dead Samurai was made in XNA Game Studio, a very popular and well made game. Please at least do a little research before stating 'facts'. Thank you.

    Cool story bro.  Thanks for making an account just to give us this 'useful', off topic post.  This thread is about a driver for the chatpad.  XNA is only mentioned at all because this is the only work around. But besides that, The XNA studio may be free, but to run the required code on the xbox360 requires a PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP, which is not free.  I believe you should do a little MORE research before posting. start here- http://creators.xna.com/en-US/membership

    read the part about creating games for 360...or simply google "XNA run on xbox" should be the first result.. "four-month Premium membership (49 in US Dollars) or annual (99 in US Dollars) membership."

    Thank you

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-09-03T01:36:39+00:00

    XNA Game Studio 3.1 is a library for C# to create Windows, Zune, or Xbox games. It is not as you state to make games for Xbox on Windows, that is just one of three options. In the upcoming XNA Game Studio 4 it will be for Windows, Xbox and Windows Phone 4. There is no annual subscription. It is completely free. The only thing you would need to pay for is if you want to market your game for the Xbox, then it would cost you money depending if you went monthly, or annual. It is not always helpful to give inaccurate information. A Game such as Dishwasher the Dead Samurai was made in XNA Game Studio, a very popular and well made game. Please at least do a little research before stating 'facts'. Thank you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-08-26T00:59:12+00:00

    I would like to know if you could make an executable driver for this, I have a chatpad and wished for it to work even a little.

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  5. Anonymous
    2010-07-30T10:52:21+00:00

    I'm a bit confused as why this type of post is coming from a Microsoft employee.  Are you familiar with the "Games for Windows" initiative? Do you know that to get a Games for Windows logo, a many types of games are encouraged/required to support the Xbox 360 Controller? Did you know that when I plug a headset into my Xbox 360 controller, it is recognized as a microphone by my PC?  Why is the chatpad any different support wise on the PC than a microphone?

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