No time for putting it to actual use with an emulator, but it's a new toy so I have to open it and see how it works.
The bar is about 8.5" long. It comes with a stand that's about 3/4" tall. I'm not sure if it's necessary or not.
So far I'm Impressed.
I plugged the bar in and drivers loaded instantly.
I don't own a Wii and am not used to syncing controllers.
It took me a few tries to get it synced, but that could have had something to do with my inexperience.
Once synced, it automatically resynced after turning the gun on and off as well as unplugging and replugging the DolphinBar.
Once synced, aiming the gun moves the mouse pointer.
I do not see a way to calibrate anything outside of the emulator.
The Walther P99 Wii controller I'm using was released before wii plus controllers came out.
I don't think it's quite as accurate as an AIM-Trak, but it's not too far off.
I can't really comment too much on this until I have a chance to calibrate it in an emulator.
I do not see any way to remap the keys it posts.
There are charts in the manual explaining which keys post for which wii remote button.
There are two switches on the back. One for ON/OFF. The other is for whether you're placing it above or below the monitor.
There are 4 modes. These can be changed using the button on the device or by pressing HOME+DPad Direction. (HOME+Dpad down also switches to a sub-mode on mode 1, so not exactly sure how that works)
Changing modes breaks the USB connection and the PC redetects it, but the link with the gun is maintained.
Mode 1: Keyboard & Mouse Mode -
Supports ONE wii controller. Does not support nunchuck or classic controller. Includes a second "multimedia status" sub-mode accessed by pressing HOME+DOWN
This second sub-mode posts as keyboard multimedia keys.
Mode 2: Keyboard & Mouse Game Mode -
Supports ONE wii controller+Nunchuck
Mode 3: Game Controller Mode - Supports up to 4 Wii controllers+Nunchuck or Classic controller
4 controllers show up in windows devices regardless of how many controllers are paired.
I originally was disapointed that aiming the gun didn't control an analog joystick. After reading
the instructions more carefully, I see that it will indeed behave that way if a nunchuck is connected.
It may be possible that this is another sub-mode that could be accessed without the nunchuck, but
the instructions don't read that way. I believe this is important if we want support for 2 guns.
See attached instructions. EDIT: After messing with it some more, I see no way for the aiming to show
up as an analog axis unless a nunchuck is connected. So you're going to need nunchucks connected if
using 2 guns.
Mode 4: Wii Emulator Mode: Supports up to 4 wiimotes. Supports TR Wiimmotes and newst Dolphin 4.0-2241 after installing latest firmware.
This is all the description it gives.
Overall this does seem to solve the issue of consistent pairing. It seems I'll be able to leave the bar inside the cab and turn on the gun when I want to use it.
I'm not sure how it's going to work with 2 controllers. A friend who moved away has my 2nd gun. It will be a while before I can get it back.
This is the only Wii controller I have to test with....but I like it.