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daveg2000:

Im planning a panel that will need about 52 buttons on it.

I have a older 28-input IPac already in a different machine.

Do I have to go out and by a IPac4? (w/56 inputs)

Or can I get away with buying another IPac2 or a KeyWiz
and use them together in the new control panel?

Silver:

Hmmm not sure - if you have a PS2 ipac I'm sure you could add an extra USB ipac/keywiz - although you would have to reprogram all the inputs on the second one so they don't clash with the first.

You can't have 2 ps/2 ones that I am aware of. I would guess 2xusb ipacs would work but I would email Andy at Ultimarc to check.

cholin:

Best thing to do with any Ultimarc product is to simply email Andy.  He will most likely answer your question before the lot of us here go try it.

Grasshopper:

You can definitely daisy-chain two (and perhaps more) Ipacs together in ps/2 mode. However, I'm not sure whether you would pay a price for this arrangement in terms of performance. I think it's unlikely but it might be worth checking with Ultimarc first.

cholin:

It seems logical because you need to think of how the input works.  When you connect a keyboard, it does not pass through the encoder at all, so its just a direct connection to the PC because the keyboard is already encoded.  Therefore, if you connect another iPac through the KBD port, it wont be double encoded, which is good :)  Seems logical that you can.

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