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Hadeys:
Hey everybody...
Spent the whole weekend fiddling with my new ServoStiks.  I set them up to auto switch using LEDBlinky and Hyperspin, but I've been getting some really strange behaviors from them.  The sticks seem to be very fickle, sometimes they change orientation correctly (IE if they are on 4 way, they switch to 8 way when pacman is selected) but sometimes the opposite happens (IE if they are on 4 way, when pacman is selected they change to 8 way).  Also, occasionally I will select a game when the sticks should switch orientation but instead nothing happens.  Has anybody had issues with using LEDBlinky and ServoStiks? Or maybe is there anybody who has NOT has issues with them?

Really appreciate any input...
Thanks,
Daniel
05SRT4:
Is it only certain games that its doing it on?

Are you manually moving the arm back and then trying again?

Have you checked to make sure that the arm is moving freely and is not getting stuck by anything?

Are you using the correct control.ini based on your MAME version? (not sure if that matters though)

I just installed everything and it has worked great since. I am hoping its just a software configuration issue.



Hadeys:

--- Quote from: 05SRT4 on March 25, 2014, 10:01:04 am ---Is it only certain games that its doing it on?

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So after messing with it further, the problem only seems to occur when you select the same 8 way game twice.  So, if you select NBA Jam with the sticks in 8 way mode, everything works fine, but if you exit the game and select it again, the sticks change to 4 way and everything freezes up  ???.  From that point they will no longer switch modes for that game until another game orients the stick in the opposite direction (whatever that might be).  The problem does not occur when the same thing is done with a 4 way game.


--- Quote from: 05SRT4 on March 25, 2014, 10:01:04 am ---Are you manually moving the arm back and then trying again?

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No, I haven't touched the arm at all.  I've just been trying to track down what has been causing this weird behavior.



--- Quote from: 05SRT4 on March 25, 2014, 10:01:04 am ---Have you checked to make sure that the arm is moving freely and is not getting stuck by anything?

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Yes, everything appears to be moving fine.  It certainly doesn't seem like a mechanical problem by any stretch.


--- Quote from: 05SRT4 on March 25, 2014, 10:01:04 am ---Are you using the correct control.ini based on your MAME version? (not sure if that matters though)

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No, I was under the impression that the 141 control.ini was the newest available version, so that is the one that I have been using.

Glad that you're not experiencing the same problems, I'm going to check which version of Mame I am currently running and see if I can hunt down the correct control.ini file if there is one to be had and I'll let you know if I get any results...

Any other suggestions?
05SRT4:
When you start Hyper-spin whats the default position 4 or 8 way?

05SRT4:
So I started my Bartop with the servo stick installed. By default the stick is in 4 way while in windows and when in Hyperspin. When I load NBA Jam it switches to 8 way and when I exit it switches back. When I select the same game it still switches to 8 and then back when I exit.

When looking at the servo arm in the default 4 way position the arm is facing away from the servo motor and when I open a 8 way game the arm swings toward the joystick then ends facing the servo motor.

You mentioned that everything freezes up when you try it again? Is this MAME that freezes or your PC?

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