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I'm new here so I'll share a little about me and I ask a few ?'s about large CPs

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angryred:


--- Quote from: drventure on February 17, 2010, 03:02:43 pm ---Welcome!

Yeah, the only snafu I've run into with USB devices is if you unplug them and reboot, but don't plug them back into the EXACT SAME ports you had them in before. If you do that, windows will tend to want to remap them all, causing all your mame config to have to be redone  :(

I've had similar probs plugging and unplugging devices while windows is running.

But if you can lock the cab down, the mapping does seem to persist properly between reboots.

So it's not a huge problem.

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I've avoided remap problems by having all my USB controls plugged into 2 daisy chain hubs, which are in turn hooked into a single USB port on the MB via an extension cord. I wrote the port assignments on the hubs with a Sharpie. The hubs are accessible behind the coin door. If I need to pull the whole panel, I just disconnect the PS2 mouse and keyboard, and pull the one USB plug from the extension.

If I have to pull one of the USB devices from the hubs for whatever reason, I just make sure the machine's off, and to plug it back into its labeled slot when I'm done.

eds1275:

Thanks guys, this really helps a lot. I plan on having my CP have USB ports on it [not like I'll be taking it anywhere, but for convenience's sake]. I'll be drawing up plans soon and I'll post them.  Damn this is exciting. Every couple of weeks when I see major improvement in my renos I get so excited because "when I'm done building my recording studio I can start on my arcade machine!". Boy do I ever have my priorities backwards lol.

RobbyMac:

cardboard is your friend, so recycle, reuse, and build a mockup with it :D
Seriously, it will help you in determining the ever so familiar questions for button spacing, size, space between players, etc...

Paul Olson:


--- Quote from: angryred on February 17, 2010, 03:07:55 pm ---I have a U-Trak trackball hooked up via a USB Opti-Pac, and my spinner is a mouse hack hooked up via the PS2 port.

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Just out of curiosity, why didn't you hook up the spinner to the optipac as well?

angryred:


--- Quote from: Paul Olson on February 18, 2010, 02:14:49 am ---
--- Quote from: angryred on February 17, 2010, 03:07:55 pm ---I have a U-Trak trackball hooked up via a USB Opti-Pac, and my spinner is a mouse hack hooked up via the PS2 port.

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Just out of curiosity, why didn't you hook up the spinner to the optipac as well?

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I built my first spinner before I had the U-Trak or OptiPac. Since it worked fine on the PS2 port, I've never bothered to change it.  I've actually rebuilt the spinner twice since then, and it just never occurred to me to try it through the OptiPac.

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