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IPAC 2 - weird input failures
« on: June 04, 2019, 04:04:08 pm »
Have the USB version of the IPAC 2, and I'm having some weird issues from time to time.

---yes I've followed the troubleshooting guide---
---IPAC was donated from another co-worker and is a few years old.  it's possible it just needs cleaning.---

1st issue - controls worked great during testing and regular play, then all of a sudden, the left direction on P1 stopped working.  solid green light on the IPAC.  I opened up the IPAC program and it confirmed the up direction wasn't working.  I replaced the wire, cherry switch, and quick disconnect...no dice.  changed the terminal for the 1up input to 1A, and it worked fine.  i thought i was good to go.

2nd issue - randomly one day, left on player 2 quit working.  i did the same thing as above, and changed the inputs, etc and it worked for a while.

3rd issue - now up on player 1 isn't working again.

i've uninstalled the device in device manager, rebooted, etc.  do i just have a bum IPAC, or does it need to have some contact cleaner applied to it?  or could it be a USB power setting (Windows 10 fully patched)?

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Re: IPAC 2 - weird input failures
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2019, 09:43:45 am »
disregard - contacts were corroded after sitting in a garage for 2 years.  finally put a flashlight on it and saw the disaster.  sprayed contact cleaner, good as new.

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Re: IPAC 2 - weird input failures
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2019, 02:33:00 pm »
Great news.. Love the Ipac2, just learned the other day I could power a 5v light using connections in the expansion area.. :-)

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