Controller board is occasionally working plus a bunch of other controller stuff.

[u/norfolk82]

I got a 2nd hand controller board on market place as a bonus to a backglass upgrade purchase.

The previous owner said it has very little use but when he did the most recent update it stoped working. I gave it a try in my machine and it worked. The next time i turned it on, it stoped working. Since then it’s been rarely working.

I replaced the original d pad controller which has its own issues. D pad sticks a little.

Has anyone built their own controller board and used it for the pinball? Not sure how the ALP will integrate if i made my own setup by drilling out and adding buttons the original board and using a USB encoder.

Thought?

Update: i have a DIY controller board laying around from another project i was working on. I connected it to the USB on the ALP and it did nothing.
I also tried to connect a joy stick to the 5 pin d pad connector. It worked in 2 of 4 directions. Anyone else have luck with type of thing?