IPAC4 controller not working properly?

[Jessariah]

Hi All!

I have a custom built controller with a 56-pin IPAC4 card in it (I did not build it, and the person who did is not very communicative).

Here's what's going on:

The computer reads a "second keyboard," in the device manager, but when I open up Notepad, nothing registers when I press any of the buttons or move the joysticks.

The WinIPac V2 configuration software starts out in keyboard mode, but if I select a pin and change it from "Disabled" to "Switch," the app closes and the computer makes the connect/disconnect alert sound. When I open the app again, it will allow me to make a change to the pin assignment, but the controller is now in Dinput mode. If I force reconfigure, the sound happens again and the app closes. Open back up, and it is in keyboard mode, and so on. So, basically, I can't change anything in "keyboard mode."

So, I'm not sure what the problem is or what is going on. The spinner works just fine. The trackball registers, but only on the X axis.

I'm a complete noob at MAME, etc., and all of the searching I've done doesn't seem to answer any questions.

I don't think it should matter, but I do have an xbox controller set up with Xpadder, and that works fine (I'm using Hyperspin on a dedicated external drive).

Any help would be appreciated. I am even willing to pay someone for their time to help me figure this out.

Thanks!

[Mike A]

If the guy you bought it from is not communicative, contest the charge with your credit card company. That will wake him up.

[Jessariah]

I appreciate that, but "setting up" was not part of the contract - because I didn't think it was going to be such an issue (and I really didn't think about that as a problem).