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rick6668:
I've tried 3 times to program my IPAC, but each time it doesn't work. I am using the IPACUTIL programming tool in windows98.

I'd like the shift key to be different than Player1 start. I have 2 buttons on my control panel that light up and I'd like to use the left one as the shift key. When I program this as the shift key and then the right one as the combination to ESC. (Pressing the left one, holding and pressing the right would ESC.) I also programmed shift + Player1 start as coin1 and shift + Player2 start as coin 2. When I get done and reboot, I lose all functionality of the 2 keys that light up, and have no way of entering a coin, or escaping. Even when I go to notepad, these keys do nothing.

I did move the jumper to ALT prior to doing all this each time, but it wont work. I've managed to get it back to the default settings each time by deleting the config file, moving the jumper back and running the programming tool again and a new config file is created for the default setup.

ANY IDEAS?? ANYONE???

Thanks,
Rick

JustMichael:
If the programming software didn't report an error then it most likely programmed the I-PAC just fine.  I would suggest checking your wiring.

rick6668:
Thanks, but when I have the jumper set to MAME the buttons work fine.  So the wiring is not a problem...

Any other ideas..??  

Thenasty:
I think your problem is that when you re-program the IPAC (jumpers in ALT) you can;t return the jumper back to MAME and expect to get the re-program result. You have to leave ht ejumper to ALT to get the result you wanted. You can't change the MAME default program. Try it. Leave the jumper to ALT, re-program what you want, and leave it to ALT and see that should work...

metzer2:
Unfortunately, I'm seeing a similar issue, if not the same, under Win98 as well.

I set the jumper to ALT, program the i-pac the way I want it, receive a SUCCESS message, and use it as I programmed during that Win98 session.  As soon as I reboot, however, the settings are lost on the i-pac.  

The way I've gotten around it is to run a batch file in my startup menu that runs the command ipacutil ipacutil.cfg /B.  This way, it gets configured every time I launch into Win98.  I wish I didn't have to do this, however.

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