ipac

[chauchi007]

Hi everyone
having problem with ipac with mame set everything up was working fine a few days later turned my arcade on opend mame now for some reason joysticks and buttons are all messed up eg. when i hit right on joystick it exits game is there a way to reset ipac?

[Dekieon]

It could be the IPAC programming, or it could be what is assigned in MAME.
Hard to pinpoint what the issue is without more info. So here are some questions for you...

1) Is every control exit the game, or just when you hit right on the joystick? What do the other controls do?

2) Are you using the standard MAME keysets, or did you program custom sets?

3) Is this the IPAC VE? The VE doesn't keep the custom programming stored on the IPAC, so if you turn of the machine you loose your custom programming, and it has to be reloaded.

4) Load up a text editor like notepad and see what you get when you use the controls? Do they correspond to what is setup in MAME?

[chauchi007]

Thanks for the reply,its only when i push the joystick to the right it exits all other controlls and buttons not working now eg 1coin 1 start and num 2 joystick nothing at all and yes using standard key sets in mame but for some reason they all changed when i try to set them back i get to programing joystick 1 i can get up to work down to work left to work when i hit right it exits?Im not sure what VE is kinda new to this.also went in note pad getting weird stuff eg.up is p down is , dont know what else to do very frustrated.

[charliepr]

Try using the winipac program to reset your ipac if using windows. Program and more info can be found here:

Code: [Select]

http://www.ultimarc.com/download.html
Hope you get it going.

[Dekieon]

Hmmm, sounds strange. 'p' is the default key in MAME for pause.
yes try resetting everything with the software as chauchi007 suggested.

If that doesn't fix it, and you have a keyboard connected the system, then try disconnecting it to see if that makes a difference.


Just an FYI...IPAC VE is just another version of the IPAC. VE just means value edition (which is the cheapest version), and it doesn't use EEPROM to store the setting like the other IPAC's do.

[chauchi007]

Thanks for both replies downloaded and installed ipac tool in windows 7 goto reset ipac starts to reset after 3bars of reseting tells me reset failed reconect ipac i reconnect and same thing any ideas?

[AndyWarne]

It would be best to test the I-PAC outside of MAME in case the MAME configuration is messed up. Can you test using the keyboard test from www.passmark.com which has a 30 day trial.

If you let me know the results by email to andy@ultimarc.com I will be able to help.

Andy

[MTPPC]

Maybe the shift button is stuck. The only problem I ever had with my j-pacs was when a button failed stuck closed.