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RandyT:
BT Update:

I received the TP-Link UB400 units today...Unfortunately, they are exactly the same units internally as the generic CSR 4.0 dongles I have already tested from my collection. I assume the TP-Link units are legit, as I have verified through the documentation that they do indeed use the CSR 4.0 chipset.

Unfortunately, I still see the same odd tilting behavior with the new dongles. :'( But I guess on the bright side, if this does get resolved, I haven't found a BT adapter yet which wouldn't connect up. :)

Fusselkroete: Does your TP-Link UB400 dongle also show up as a "Generic Bluetooth Radio" with Device ID VID_0A12&PID_0001? Just want to make sure I've exhausted all possibilities for error.

Fusselkroete:

--- Quote from: RandyT on November 11, 2022, 06:19:24 pm ---BT Update:

I received the TP-Link UB400 units today...Unfortunately, they are exactly the same units internally as the generic CSR 4.0 dongles I have already tested from my collection. I assume the TP-Link units are legit, as I have verified through the documentation that they do indeed use the CSR 4.0 chipset.

Unfortunately, I still see the same odd tilting behavior with the new dongles. :'( But I guess on the bright side, if this does get resolved, I haven't found a BT adapter yet which wouldn't connect up. :)

Fusselkroete: Does your TP-Link UB400 dongle also show up as a "Generic Bluetooth Radio" with Device ID VID_0A12&PID_0001? Just want to make sure I've exhausted all possibilities for error.

--- End quote ---

Hi i spoke with some user user who used the same dongle and had this CSR driver installed. Windows tend to use the CSR Driver when another dongle installed it. But when you delete the driver than this dongle will be recognized as generic bluetooth dongle under windows and will work fine. i will add that to the troubleshooting guide. i think maybe you can erease this driver DriverStoreExplorer. But on your own risk.

Update:

ok ask him again. he only deleted the driver over windows manager.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Fusselkroete on November 12, 2022, 10:13:38 am ---Hi i spoke with some user user who used the same dongle and had this CSR driver installed. Windows tend to use the CSR Driver when another dongle installed it. But when you delete the driver than this dongle will be recognized as generic bluetooth dongle under windows and will work fine. i will add that to the troubleshooting guide. i think maybe you can erease this driver DriverStoreExplorer. But on your own risk.

Update:

ok ask him again. he only deleted the driver over windows manager.

--- End quote ---

For older operating systems, The TP-Link dongle wants the "Harmony" CSR stuff. None of that was installed. It's just using the standard generic drivers from Microsoft. I suspect you will see the same hardware IDs on your BT adapter.

Unfortunately, no difference in behavior with the UB400 dongle.

BadMouth:
Fusselkroete,

About the offsets for 4:3 vs widescreen games; I planned to bother you after checking to see if there was already a solution people were using for other guns.
There doesn't appear to be.

I know I can manually change the offsets https://geekonarium.de/en/what-is-ir-offset-and-why-do-i-need-it/,
but for an arcade cabinet we like to have this change be automatic.

I know this is a future feature that is planned:
--- Quote from: Fusselkroete on November 13, 2022, 09:45:30 am ---Someday there will be a profile-feature for settings available. This feature can also switch profiles when a specific process runs. Than you can load different offsets for different games.

--- End quote ---

The emulators in our arcade cabinets are launched and controlled via command line. If I could change offsets via command line (small batch file), that is all I would need to accomplish everything.
No need to track which processes are running.

Most games have original service menu calibrations which make the gun work perfectly, but it would be nice to know they will work for even the old oddball games.

RandyT:

Just wanted to give an update. Fusselkoete has been amazingly responsive to my whining ( :laugh2:), and provided me with a test version which no longer exhibits the odd behavior I outlined in earlier posts. I am stunned at just how well this works now! Super Fast and accurate, with no weirdness. It's as close to an actual light gun on a CRT as I have ever experienced on an LCD (plasma in my case) panel, and I have experienced plenty of other attempts to get there. And this one is even wireless!

So, I didn't really need any different BT adapters, but they won't go to waste. I did, however, get some experience testing these. I can say that there's no need to get overly concerned about the adapter type. But I can also say that one should probably avoid the older Broadcom adapters and stick with the cheapo CSR 4.0 type adapters, at least on Win10. I'd even go as far as saying that just about any modern BT implementation already working with Win10, will very likely work with Lichtknarre, so if you have one already built into a recent MB, you should at least try that one first! I tested with an older Broadcom adapter built into my laptop, and while it worked and connected as well as any other, performance was very poor (slow). But I am a happy camper now and feel quite positive about setting up to actually put all of this to use :). Well done Fusselkroete! And thankfully, he's not done with the software. It looks like more positive features are on the way!

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