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KeyWiz: Can't change default configuration (ROM)?
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JDFan:

--- Quote from: rytz on November 20, 2013, 12:12:29 pm ---I assumed this was possible to to what I have read here:
http://www.groovygamegear.com/PDF/KeyWiz_Uploader3_Docs_and_EULA.pdf

Page 4 under "Default Set".

--- End quote ---

On page 5 of the linked under startup options :


--- Quote ---V-EEPROM aka the "Virtual EEPROM Feature" - This option allows your KeyWiz to act
exactly as though it used onboard EEPROM storage for the codeset when used in conjunction
with the KeyWiz Uploader 3 software. That is to say that every time you upload a set of data to
the KeyWiz, it is remembered by the system. The next time the system is started, the same data is
uploaded so the unit is always configured as you last left it, even between re-boots of the system.
This option can be selected at any time.
--- End quote ---

That is the startup option you want to set it to not the Default startup setting. By setting it to EEPROM instead of DEFAULT it will automatically reupload the previous settings like you are wanting !!
BlackGreen:
It appears that it is not possible to change the "power-on" configuration of the KeyWiz Max?  Special windows software will always be required to change the key mappings?  Can someone explain the difference between V-EEPROM and "Default Set" please?

Also from Randy via E-Mail:
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The KeyWiz does not have EEPROM configuration storage.  It must be configured at boot time, which is what the windows application does automatically.

Redefinition of the outputs is only required under very rare circumstances, as MAME, as well as the vast majority of other applications, can be configured easily to whatever you like.  Do the games/applications you are using not allow for control configuration?

Randy
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How does a non-Windows user get persistent configuration changes then?

JDFan> I have tried both the "Default Set" and V-EEPROM uploads.  Once the device loses power, all changes are gone and it reverts to the "stock" key mapping configuration.

Also, if this is really the case, does the I-PAC allow for changing the ROM configuration or any other similar devices?

Thanks.
severdhed:
ipac saves its config on power loss, keywiz does not....that's all there is to it
JDFan:

--- Quote ---Can someone explain the difference between V-EEPROM and "Default Set" please?
--- End quote ---
V-EEPROM will store the uploaded custom settings in a windows environment software program so that when the system loses power the settings are stored and retreived from the HDD when power is restored -- Default set loads the default settings when power is restored rather than custom settings. But it seems the V-EEPROM only works in windows so since you are not using windows it is not retreiving those settings for you.


On the Ipac :

--- Quote ---Key code Flash ROM  storage. Retains custom settings after power off/on (excluding I-PAC VE)
--- End quote ---

so yes the Ipac (other than the Value Edition) has flash rom onboard that stores the settings even without any power  -- the Keywiz on the other hand actually uses software (Virtual) emulation  rather than hardware to store the info and the program they use seems to only be windows based so if you are not running windows it will not be stored and reloaded.

BlackGreen:
Thanks for the info and replies.  Truly unfortunate.  Going to buy an I-PAC.
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