Quadstick FPS, User Manual

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USB: Emulated Devices
Intro
The primary way the Quadstick works with game consoles and PCs (hosts) is via its USB
interface. The Quadstick emulates, or pretends to be, devices like keyboards, mice & game
controllers. In addition to its normal default PS3 & PC compatible USB configuration, it can
emulate specific devices, like:
1. Dual Shock 3 for the PS3
2. A special emulation to support analog triggers with the X360CE program on Windows.
3. XBox 360 controller (for PCs)
4. Dual Shock 4 for the PS4
5. Nintendo Switch
.The Quadstick is often used with the CronusMax Plus or Brook Accessory Super Converter
USB protocol converters for use with the XBox One/360 or PS4. The Quadstick is directly
compatible with the PS3, PS4, PC or Mac, and the Nintendo Switch.
Human Interface Devices
The Quadstick normally appears on the USB bus to the host PC or console as a Composite
USB Device that consists of Gamepad, Mouse and Keyboard Devices. These devices are
generically called Human Interface Devices (HID). They each have a specific data report they
send to the host over the USB connection. From the perspective of the Quadstick, the data in
these reports are the Outputs to which we connect the Inputs from the joystick or sip/puff
sensors in the configuration spreadsheets.
Flash Drive
When in emulation modes 0, 2 & 4, the Quadstick also appears on the USB bus as a small
removable storage device, a Flash drive. This drive is used to hold the customized
configuration files the user may wish to use for a particular game or for updating the internal
software (firmware) that runs the Quadstick. The flash drive is not available to a PC when the
Quadstick is emulating the DS3, XBox 360, or Nintendo Switch controllers.
Emulation Preference settings
There are currently six USB emulation modes:
0. Composite device with a PS3 compatible game controller, mouse, keyboard and flash
drive.
1. Dual Shock 3 emulation, with access to Gyroscope and Accelerometer outputs.
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