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Smeghead

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another 'shift functions dont work' question
« on: May 27, 2010, 11:07:34 pm »
another 'shift functions dont work' question

they have worked fine since the moment i first plugged it in which was about 3 days ago, games been playing fine, all ipac functions working great
i tried to program  button for player 2 coin and now none of the shift functions work
why is this such a common problem???????

in winipac ALL the inputs show up even combinations
in notepad everything i try shows up perfectly as it should

but NONE of the shift functions work?????!????????!!!!!

in winipac it shows me YES I AM pressing player one button + button a which should be same as '5' on the KB (insert coin)

but NONE of the shift functions work?????!????????!!!!!

Turned it off, on, off, on unplugged plugged restored defaults 10000 times

but NONE of the shift functions work?????!????????!!!!!

:( help

the green light in the middle is constantly on as it always has been

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Re: another 'shift functions dont work' question
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2010, 12:14:36 am »
well i dont how it happened but i finally read the right thread

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=97178.0

this was exactly my problem, did what Andy suggested and all is well

how the hell it got that way?

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Re: another 'shift functions dont work' question
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2010, 04:54:38 pm »
Note that the WinIPAC program does not read out the config from the board.

So if the shift connection is showing incorrectly in WinIPAC this is not the board having changed itself. Its WinIPAC which has been reconfigured accidentally then programmed this incorrect config into the board.

Andy