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Zebra:
Out of curiosity, does anyone know enough about IR guns to say if it is possible to add more sensors to an Aimtrak?

I.e., could you wire a bunch of extra LED boards into the main sensor and position them all around the screen like in Arcade cabs, or.... would you need to rewrite the drivers to make it recognize a greater number of sensors and sensors positioned on the Y axis?

It doesn't seem to require different drivers when you use the super long IR bar.

Titchgamer:

--- Quote from: Zebra on February 16, 2019, 03:03:08 pm ---Out of curiosity, does anyone know enough about IR guns to say if it is possible to add more sensors to an Aimtrak?

I.e., could you wire a bunch of extra LED boards into the main sensor and position them all around the screen like in Arcade cabs, or.... would you need to rewrite the drivers to make it recognize a greater number of sensors and sensors positioned on the Y axis?

It doesn't seem to require different drivers when you use the super long IR bar.

--- End quote ---

The AT sensor is angled upwards not straight so It wouldn’t help if they were bellow the screen.

BadMouth:

--- Quote from: Zebra on February 16, 2019, 03:03:08 pm ---Out of curiosity, does anyone know enough about IR guns to say if it is possible to add more sensors to an Aimtrak?

I.e., could you wire a bunch of extra LED boards into the main sensor and position them all around the screen like in Arcade cabs, or.... would you need to rewrite the drivers to make it recognize a greater number of sensors and sensors positioned on the Y axis?

It doesn't seem to require different drivers when you use the super long IR bar.

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Andy from Ultimarc has commented that he sells a commercial version with more IR LEDs. IIRC it was 4 LEDs and the normal aim-traks with different firmware. So it is possible. What wasn't said was how much it costs to get that other firmware and how good the results are.

Zebra:

--- Quote from: BadMouth on February 16, 2019, 05:25:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zebra on February 16, 2019, 03:03:08 pm ---Out of curiosity, does anyone know enough about IR guns to say if it is possible to add more sensors to an Aimtrak?

I.e., could you wire a bunch of extra LED boards into the main sensor and position them all around the screen like in Arcade cabs, or.... would you need to rewrite the drivers to make it recognize a greater number of sensors and sensors positioned on the Y axis?

It doesn't seem to require different drivers when you use the super long IR bar.

--- End quote ---
Andy from Ultimarc has commented that he sells a commercial version with more IR LEDs. IIRC it was 4 LEDs and the normal aim-traks with different firmware. So it is possible. What wasn't said was how much it costs to get that other firmware and how good the results are.

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You sure he wasn't talking about their "super wide" IR bars?

It's hard to believe that he has a better product available but he doesn't offer it for sale or any info on it on his site... who would he be selling these commercial versions to? I am fairly sure that no arcade game makers are using Aimtraks in their cabs. If not for arcades, what commercial use could there be?

Zebra:
Watching this review of the Topgun 3, it looks like it works fairly well on the PS2 and Xbox with games that were designed for real light guns. It's the PC performance that seems to let them down:

As they have a Guncon 2 mode, I wonder if they would work better with the Wingun (Guncon 2 windows drivers)?

I'm just glad I stocked up on CRT monitors. I don't have the patience to deal with all the IR gun issues. Even the very best arcade CCD gun is no match for official Guncon 2.

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