Aimtrak not shooting in Mame

[DCsegaDH]

I looked and searched all the information on here, I can get the Aimtrak cursor working in Mame games, but I can't get the trigger to shoot. I checked all my connections, their all connected right. I got the software configured right and the cursor is aimed right, just not the trigger.

I went into the Mame ini information,changed lightgun to 1,etc. I went into the menu by using tab and tried to configure the trigger and still nothing, the trigger is hooked up to a normal microswitch: NO- postive and COM- negative.

Is my Aimtrak LED PCB suppose to light up because mine doesn't. I seen one guy had one on Youtube that lit up. Ive been trying everything to get this working and Ive been working on it since yesterday, Its one of most frustrating things Ive worked on  

I'm using Mame 135, just the normal command-line version.

Can anyone please help me?

[DCsegaDH]

Here is a copy of my Mame Ini:
#
# CORE INPUT OPTIONS
#
coin_lockout              1
ctrlr                     
mouse                     1
joystick                  1
lightgun                  1
multikeyboard             0
multimouse                0
steadykey                 0
offscreen_reload          1
joystick_map              auto
joystick_deadzone         0.3
joystick_saturation       0.85

#
# CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS
#
paddle_device             keyboard
adstick_device            keyboard
pedal_device              keyboard
dial_device               keyboard
trackball_device          keyboard
lightgun_device           mouse
positional_device         keyboard
mouse_device              mouse

[northerngames]

use the aimtrak program and make it as device 1 then set the trigger as mouse left then the send button on the program.

go into emu press tab and the under button 1 press enter on the keyboard then when it is ready to assighn a new button now use the trigger & also make sure your pointing it at the screen when you pull the trigger.

[DCsegaDH]

I have it shooting now, but the aim is way off. It does not calibrate correctly in the Aimtrak software, I shoot in the same spot but it doesn't hit.

edit: I have the games calibrated in Mame just fine, but I still have a problem getting it calibrated in the Aimtrak software, I will try to figure this out tomorrow.

[northerngames]

make sure your leds are pointing at the gun

make sure your aimtrak pcb eye can see your leds and clear the upper lip of the gun barrel

then you just shoot each arrow when it stops in the left corner right corner and center bottom.

if it does not register still try standing closer/further

still no go make sure your lighting around you is not too bright

also some may need to be manually calibrated through the F2 service menu

[DCsegaDH]

Thanks man, I got it working.

[Drakin]

make sure your leds are pointing at the gun

make sure your aimtrak pcb eye can see your leds and clear the upper lip of the gun barrel

then you just shoot each arrow when it stops in the left corner right corner and center bottom.

if it does not register still try standing closer/further

still no go make sure your lighting around you is not too bright

also some may need to be manually calibrated through the F2 service menu

Awsome, Northerngames...if ya don't mind I think I'll use this as a sig.

Well too large for here...I'll use it on HYperspin.

[northerngames]

sure no problem as many questions as this unit is getting I am tempted to write a wiki tutorial to help the others.

[Drakin]

That would be awsome!