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redpiper1:

Thanks for the info...I have been in contact with Andy and he was interested in my issue because the "red ball" in the IR signal test part of the utility was  moving in the opposite direction of where I was moving the gun....I do have the PCB installed correctly "right side up" so he didnt know why that was happening...He did offer to call me but with them being in the UK and me in the states the time differnece wouldnt work out...I'm guessing my cell phone bill would be HUGE also...I'm trying to get a video together for him but I just cant seem to get the camera to focus on the screen while I'm holding the gun at the same time...I also have an act labs gun for my cab with a CRT monitor and thought it was very accurate, just cant stand the flashing...Im running this out to my 46" flat screen LCD and wondering if its an issue with that or my OS...I'm just really bummed that this thing isnt calibrating and about to ask for a refund or put the gun on Ebay and give up the idea of a light gun until I get my cab back in the house and running again...

ZeroPoint:

About the calibration problem:

I am pretty (100%) sure that your problem is caused by incorrect led installation. If you have problems with the bottom calibration point, the camera doesn´t see the single led on the right properly. The leds MUST point towards the camera (as described on the Ultimarc website) and if you have installed them in a bezel I would recommend a minimum of 2.5 mm (1/10 inch) of the leds sticking out.

About the red dot:

The red dots moves in the opposite direction because the sensor view show what the camera sees.  :dizzy: This is the way it is supposed to be.

The aimtrak is a very good (most probably the best) gun system for the PC right now so I hope you get them working right.

AndyWarne:

Just to add: I have replied to all the questions sent by email by the OP. I did not state that the dot moving in the opposite direction was incorrect, this is, as the poster above correctly states, is because it is the view as seen by the sensor.

So there does appear to be some misunderstandings here. The comment I made was concerned with the fact I was worried that the OP could not sucessfully calibrate even with the additional diagnostic tool of the sensor image view. I am awaiting the OP to get back to me by email so we can continue the troubleshooting process.

Andy

northerngames:

yeah that is another thing make sure the leds are pointing directly were you stand at and also make sure there is no bright lights on in the back ground during calibration setup.

if you already had bent the leds to face you check the solder joints to make sure none of the led legs have a crack in their solder joints.

redpiper1:

Andy,
Thanks for getting back...Just so there is no misunderstanding I didnt mean to imply that the module is junk...I'm sure it's not. It's just not working...I'm the guy that's been emailing you about the problems I've been having with the unit and was not told in the email that that's the way the red ball is supposed to work..I was not told that that this is normal...I was told that you were particularly interested in my issue as this is a test of that addition to the utility...It may be an issue that I have not bent the LED's to face the gun but what I have done this past weekend is with every attempt at calibration I would place a thin wedge behind the bar to slowly point the bar toward the camera...I have looked at the website info about the lightgun module several times just to make sure I wasn't missing something. I have seen the section on bending the LED's to face the gun but I wasn't going to attempt to do that until I was sure of where the bar should be placed...I have started with the LED's facing straight out and added wedges behind the bar until they were practically facing straight down and nothing..I'm still getting either continuous cycling of the pointer or continuous pointer running to the bottom of the screen and the pointer only running top to bottom on the left side of the screen...I have to unplug the the gun to get it from being stuck on the left side...I have checked several times to make sure the LED's are working with my digital camera...I even just for the heck of it tested my gun with a USB Wii sensor and was able to get the pointer to jump all over the screen..I know a Wii sensor will not work with the PCB but it showed me that it wont stay on the left side if I am able to calibrate it...One answer I never got in email was is it normal the the three little diodes to the right of the bar are getting extremely hot ? I read snippet on some obscure posting on another forum is the LED sensors can get "confused" if there is too much heat coming out of the top of the monitor...I have tried to locate that post again but just cant find it...That was the same forum that I read that there were issues with XP but again, I cant find that forum. If I remeber correctly those posts were made in 2009.
Thanks

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