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Has anyone else cut the connector on their HOTAS X or HOTAS 4? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by overzeetop to c/elitedangerous

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I needed more space between the halves and saw a youtube video where someone has opened one up a there are 15 through wires plus a ground. Digging though my box-o-cables I remembered that I had a bunch of old HD15 VGA cables that would make great extensions so I spliced HD15 ends and tried it out.

Turns out that VGA cables are not 15 lines through, but bond several pins together. Damnit. A true HD15 serial cable is now en route and I'll get to test out my extension...hopefully by this coming weekend.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nice! Let us know how you get on. If you run into trouble, perhaps there's a DIN connector you could try?

[–] overzeetop 2 points 1 year ago

RL is preventing me from playing, but it works 100% using a true HD15 (1:1 serial, not VGA) cable. Full build post TBD.

[–] overzeetop 1 points 1 year ago

As soon as the new cable arrives I’ll post a full write up. The funniest part (to me) is that I almost used a USB C breakout connector but decided against it because I was worried about finding a good/affordable USB-C cable with 1:1 wiring. Got bit in the ass anyway by not hitting my vga cables with a meter, lol.