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arzoo:
My 4-Player/2-Deck/Franken-Panel has been in development for months now and I
DaveMMR:
Sigh Arzoo... now someone else knows my pain.  We should start a LedWiz support group.  "I would have had the cab done already but I wanted the buttons to light up...." 

Don't get me wrong, I love the product.  I played around with it, did a few tests and it works just the way I expected it to.  Once everything is ironed out, I will not regret the money I spent on 2 LedWizes and a heap of RGB/Electric Ice buttons.  Just the one big omission that kind of nagged me was the lack of multi-unit support right out of the gate, which doesn't seem unreasonable considering RGB LEDs take three inputs and many people would undoubtably want to rig up the whole shabang with multi-colored blinkies (plus those who like turning their cabs into Christmas trees). 

EDIT:  In all fairness, I was aware of this limitation before I ordered them, but figured PowerMame would help me out.  Unfortunately, there was talk of the project ending, so a lot of us are scrambling for more options.

By the way, it's not only for looks.  Quite a few games had color specific buttons (e.g. Mouse Trap, Name That Tune, etc.) that makes the game a lot easier to play.

What I could suggest to you now is the same think I'm planning to do.  Wire up the buttons you want in attract mode in device number 1 and the rest in number 2.  There are other work arounds as well, but I think multi-device software (outside Powermame) won't be too far off.... I hope.

MYX:
I only bought 1 LED Wiz when I bought my GGG stuff. when I bought it I sent Randy a note stating that I would buy another one if he put together some software that allowed for 2 Wizs to be programmed. I think that many folks would buy several if this were the case. I mean heck, I bought 2 49 ways and 2 49Wiz boards, I am willing to spend the $$$ is the support is there from the manufacturer. He has been quiet for a little while. Hopefully he is working of a miracle software piece.
RandyT:

The updated KeyWiz software is just about ready.  Multi-unit LED-Wiz support is next on the agenda.

I'll make the resident software and the OCX support it first (the playback side) and release things as they are stable.  Making the animation editor support  multiple boards is really the thing that is most daunting on the project, and will follow once the basic tools are ready.

RandyT
Timoe:
Thank you thank you. :notworthy:


let me go check my account balance
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