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Raspberry pi ( Retropi OS ) with I-pac keyboard emulator problems

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ArcticCowboy:
So, I'm working on my arcade cabinet, and I'm finally getting to the point where I need to worry about the software aspect of the project.

I'm using a raspberry pi and a I-Pac keyboard emulator and the raspberry pi is running the retropi OS. All of the buttons on my control panel are wired up and I've tested them and they do work, corresponding to different keys on the keyboard.

I've been able to get some sNES roms to work with a wired xbox 360 controller, but I cannot seem to get the buttons on the control panel to work with the roms. This may be a simple problem to fix, but seeing as I don't know much at all about linux, I'm completely lost. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

General_Faliure:
I think for an i-pac your emulator should be set up to use the keyboard as controller as the i-pac is a keyboard encoder.
I use a minipac which works fine in linux.
Maybe you should use a faster X86 mainboard for your cab, because the R-pi may be a bit underpowered for newer games.
I want to use mine in a mini cabinet, if i ever find the time.

nitrogen_widget:
Hi,
I've got a PI also and plan on doing the same thing if I can get the software sorted out.

The General is correct.
Need to set up the ipac as a keyboard on the PI.

I don't have one but it's what i've read on the many forums.
i'm probably going the hacked gamepad route for my controls.

The PI with mame4all works pretty good on the classics i've loaded up on it.
Even have one of those 2 3/4 lighted up PS-2 trackballs working for those games.

ArcticCowboy:
Right now I'm not too worried about getting the right games to work on the pi. I'm trying to figure out how to get my control panel to work with the retropi emulator

jimmy2x2x:
OT (sorry) is the pi capable of running most 2 and 4 way MAME classics to a good standard without dropped frames etc (thinking galaga, frogger, galaxian, pacman etc)

Thanks

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