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Antix:
OK this is my last question, I promise ;)

I have connected up my J-PAC, everything seems to work fine apart from the bottom 3 buttons on the second player. The left most one works but the other two do not. (This is buttons 4,5 and 6)

I tried connecting them up to the connectors on the J-PAC for player 1 4, 5 and 6 and they all work there, I have tried connecting player 1 connectors to the player 2 4,5 and 6 and they dont work there..... (basically anything I plug into the 2SW5 and 2SW6 connectors on the J-PAC dont work)....... does this sound to anyone like I have a faulty J-PAC? I am running advancemame with the default settings for the controls, and I think that this is all OK as the Player 1 controls all work OK.

I really appreciate the help people, I dont really want to have to send the J-PAC back as it takes a while to get there and get back to me here, but will have to if thats what it takes.

I hope that this all made sense :D

If there is anything I missed please ask and I will provide it.
independentthread:
To state the obvious: Yes, it does sound like a faulty board, but it's best to try it out on other programs to make sure that the program isn't the cause.  I've never used a J-pac, I've got my controls hooked up through an X-arcade setup, and I'm having problems with mine that are program related.  It could be the program or the operating system even.  Check all avenues before sending it back.
Antix:
I just spoke to a mate who has the same setup as me. An Arcade cab running Advancemame and J-PAC. He hasnt been able to get 2SW5 and 2SW6 to work either. The only real difference between our setups is that he is running Win98 DOS and I am running windowsXP. So I dont think the OS is a problem.  :)

Does anyone know if you should have to change the button setup in Advancemame for those buttons? They are currently set to auto, just like every other button for player 1 is. Thats really the only other thing I can think of, Apart from us both having faulty J-PAC's (which Im sure isnt the case)
paigeoliver:
um, have you even TRIED to tab from the game to the config and even SEE if those buttons are registering as anything?
Antix:
Well I got a reply back from andy at Ultimarc. (What a helpful chap) He informs me that, by default, Mame doesnt set up these buttons, you actually have to define them manually.

Man I would have thought lots of people here would have had this same problem.

So I need to now work out how to define them in advancemame.... time to read the docs :D
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