X360 Medusa Unit ... Kiosk Control Unit

here are some pix of the complete kit i just got:

 

Yeah this was used at like gamestop and other places for people to test games and this unit would control the amount of time they could play.

 

Also limited what they could do on the Xbox 360, like not quit games.

 

Awesome. 12 Experience Disks? Why would 1 shop need that many?

 

? These are 12 different versions giving 12 different experiences

 

Ah lol.

 

Can this be used to play homebrew or similar? sorry for the mega noobish question as i've never heard or seen this before

 

very nice thanks for sharing

 

no.. this is a control kit that works inside a x360 demonstration kiosk that limits time for playing ... controlling the x360 to prevent goint to the menu and so on ....

 

Nice piece of kit!

 

Oh nvm then, thanks btw

 

Didn't these also have a way of localizing the kiosk?
For example, wasn't there a configuration that would display, say, gamestop content or walmart content?
If someone messed with this unit, wouldn't it be possible to display walmart branded content on a toys r us kiosk?

 

yes i think so ... check the unit ... the dip switches saying LOCATION

Edit: i have the set of instructions now

Updated 06/28/06 KEY: 0=DOWN 1=UP

Region Retailer Code
North America DEFAULT (English) 01000000
North America DEFAULT (Spanish) 01000001
North America No MU 01000010
North America BestBuy 01001000
North America BestBuy spanish 01001001
North America Wal-Mart 01001011
North America Wal-Mart spanish 01001100
North America Gamestop (EB) 01001110
North America Gamestop (EB) spaish 01001111
North America Game Crazy 01011110
North America Circuit City 01010001
North America Circuit City spanish 01010010
North America Target 01010100
North America Target spanish 01010101
North America Toys R Us 01010111
North America Toys R Us spanish 01011000
North America Comp USA 01011010
North America Comp USA spanish 01011011

 

Can these be used on a retail 360? Like can they be connected to them in any way? Also, what are those discs dated as?

 

yes connects to a retail x360

V1.0 is dated 2005, v2.4 is dated 2007

 

Haha, that's brilliant. Thanks for the codes.

 

Plan on selling any of those discs? Also, how do these connect to the 360? Does it change the behavior when you boot it?

 

I recently acquired a bare medusa unit which luckily came with the loopback A/V cable. Mine seems to be a little different from vectrex_rox's but is the same version. It's lacking the back sticker and has a non-resettable fuse. The fuse seems to be factory installed.

The box seems to be mostly powered by a PIC16F747-I/PT. There appears to be an internal debugging port at J5 connected to the debugging pins of the PIC. I'm not sure if it's active. There's also a programming port (RJ25 connector) accessible from the cover of the unit. A USB hub chip CY7C65640-LFXC takes care of the USB connectors for I/O, controllers, and the memory card. There's also an ATMEL518 microcontroller near the USB hub connected to it. Perhaps that controls the timer functionality?

I traced out the loopback A/V cable which connects the medusa unit to an xbox. It appears to be a straight-through cable. Pin 1 connects to pin 1, pin 2 to pin 2, etc. Even the outside metal bit of the A/V plugs are connected together.

Does anyone know what is needed to power these units in terms of voltage and plug polarity? vectrex_rox, would you mind taking a photo of any stickers that appear on the power brick which came with yours?

Each image is linked to a high resolution copy.

 

I'm not going to lie, those are some beautiful pictures, aspect.

-Doom

 

here you are: