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Silver:
RandyT - thanks for printing pics of the camera. Any chance you could read off the info on the chip on the back (and any on the pcb, if there is any).

I suspect the camera chosen is a balance of price/performance. It would be intersting to know the exact specs of the camera used, and how swappable it may or may not be. I consider $29.95 pretty cheap for whole package. Also I have access to a few ccd style mini-cameras and might take a look.......

patrickmaher:
Are there any import type fees when ordering from Play Asia to the US? I'm going to be ordering 4 guns.

MKChamp:
I realized if you want to play games like T2 or RevolutionX with 2 players and you dont want to use analogue+ or advancemame, just put the switch in the middle(the switch on the gun for normal/auto/etc.). Since these games you basically hold the trigger down the entire time anyway, it makes it "track".

Also, anyone else having the gun 'lost power' while playing? Every now and then it just stops working. I have to hold the start/select and recalibrat it and then it start working again. I don't know is this is due to the recoil/gun taking too much power from the pc or what. Any ideas?

RandyT:

--- Quote from: MKChamp on February 06, 2006, 07:36:58 pm ---Also, anyone else having the gun 'lost power' while playing? Every now and then it just stops working. I have to hold the start/select and recalibrat it and then it start working again. I don't know is this is due to the recoil/gun taking too much power from the pc or what. Any ideas?

--- End quote ---

I think I recall seeing that the recoil is rated at 600ma and "everything else" was rated at 600ma. Both of these are really pushing the USB limit of 500ma per port. Technically, the port should be able to deliver more, but that it all they are required to source. Depending on the implementation on your motherboard/add-on card, this may be over the limit and be causing the bus to reset.

RandyT

NIVO:
quote "Dear Steve,

Q ) These guns you sell seem to use a different technology. Can you explain
roughly how they work? How accurate they are?

A : There are 5 sets of infrared LEDs on the two LED stand, which would be
place beside the screen. There is a mini camera at the gun. When you shoot,
the camera would recognize the co-responding distance of the 5 sets of
infrared LEDs, and the LCD TopGun system would then calculate the position
where you are aiming at. As this technology is total independent of what
screens you are using, therefore the LCD TopGun system could support every
types of screens. The accuracy of the LCD TopGun is 1024 X 768 pixel, which
is much higher then that of the traditional CRT light gun (around 3xx X 2xx
pixel).

Best Regards
Melody"

ok now for my thoughts on this:
obviously the leds are relative to how it determines your shot. So how about taking the led boards out of the stands? You would more than likely need to legthen the wires that join them together for your larger screen areas. Let me try and explain through a diagram. As your display gets larger, in theory wouldnt you want to tend to move the leds out the farthest reaches of each corner?

image 1 shows a 19" with the led stands on either side. image 2 shows a much larger display with the leds boards lengthed to accomodate the larger display, therefore canvasing entire area for tracking.

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