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Hawkypro:
I use the Ipac ve  and its built like a rock. The PCB is of great quality. I have used this for a year without a problem. I have not used the keywiz so i cant comment on it.
RandyT:

--- Quote from: rdowdy95 on February 03, 2007, 01:46:35 pm ---I-PAC retains it's programming after power off. Beware! Not all keyboard encoders do this!


Does KeyWiz do this?

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Hardware retention of programming is only beneficial under very specific circumstances.  The plain fact is that most users don't ever bother programming their encoders.  They just use the defaults and tweak MAME (or other app) to match.

In any event, the V2.0 software makes it fast and simple for anyone to use the VEEPROM feature of the KeyWiz so that it acts exactly like hardware code retention once the OS boots.

There are also a couple of other "memory" features in the software that take advantage of the fact that the uploaded codeset isn't persistent.

RandyT
Havok:
I have a Keywiz, and since I wanted to program a few buttons extra, I run the loader software on bootup. Once the programming is complete (a few seconds) it then fires off AtomicFE. Works flawlessly, and from power off to being in the front end is 32 seconds. I could probably trim that down further, but my machine runs Windows XP Pro with ALL services enabled, as this is internet connected and I run PC games as well (from the front end).
rdowdy95:
So Havok and Randy you are saying do the VEEPROM style.  Load the shortcut and the /commands after the .exe shortcut to load the software so it gets the buttons all configed, then that software can also load say like Mamewah automatically after it is done setting up the buttons and stuff?
RandyT:

--- Quote from: rdowdy95 on February 03, 2007, 03:41:49 pm ---So Havok and Randy you are saying do the VEEPROM style.  Load the shortcut and the /commands after the .exe shortcut to load the software so it gets the buttons all configed, then that software can also load say like Mamewah automatically after it is done setting up the buttons and stuff?

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You don't need to do any command line stuff with the new software.  Just configure your profile(s) the way you want, and when you hit save you'll have the option of associating an executable (front end, game, whatever).  Then select that profile (codeset, keymap, whatever you wish to call it)  as the default.  From that moment on, every time you boot your system, that profile will be automatically uploaded to the KeyWiz and the application associated with it will launch.

RandyT

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