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My I-Pac Value edition broke :( (looking for suggestions)

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gurnie:

After having the Ipac Value edition for about 2 years, for some odd reason it doesn't work correctly (basically 2 inputs in the physical chip no longer register their inputs.  Both buttons are on the player 1 buttons).  So I am looking for a replacement I-pac, and suggestions based on my set-up.

Basically I am using an old "hotrod se" control panel who's input chip also broke (believe it or not).  I seem to be having bad luck with these things given the cabinet has never been fully finished!  I could understand if it broke because people were slamming their fists down on the panel, but this is not the case.

So I have the hotrod, the set-up is 2 eight way joysticks, 7 buttons per player, 2 buttons on each side (i guess for pinball games, i see these inputs as optional) and a player 1 and 2 button.

i want something that I'm not going to have to worry about in terms of doing a lot of programing or playing with settings.  I want to avoid any issues with sticky keys (which even thought it was switched off it still poped up and maybe thats because i used the ipac ve with usb.  would using PS2 change this?). I want to avoid any issues with the shift key activating unwanted buttons being pushed (there will be adults playing this unit not children).   

I guess why i picked the ipac ve was because everything was plug and play, which i really enjoyed, but eventually I might want to add a trackball (unless it can't be used as a mouse).

anyways, open to suggestions.  pardon the rambling, i am in a different time zone than I am accustomed to.

PS: are 7 buttons really necessary?  I like playing street fighter games and such, but maybe I can deal with having a dysfunctional button (i just took the two nonworking buttons and wired them to player one "fire" button).  for most games i would think this is unnecessary. 

superbovine:

This may not help at all, but my Ipac started doing similar things, a bunch of inputs gone, wouldn't do anything, etc, a couple messed up keys.  Couldn't reprogram them at all.  I did the reset through the onboard diagnostics job and all was well again.


gurnie:

If you don't mind, can you you point me in the right direction for the diagnostic program?  I don't believe I have the CD anymore (I have to look around when I get home, but is there an online source?)

edit:
http://www.ultimarc.com/download.html
I found that link, but which program do you use?  I have winXP.

Thanks for your help super!

superbovine:

The software was useless for me (couldn't assign keys etc, it just ignored it), the embedded config was all that worked.
Looking for it now.....




http://www.ultimarc.com/interact.html

follow those instructions, you may find the keymap dump to be quite amusing if it's the same as mine.  Use the R command to reset to factory specs.


gurnie:

I'm unsure if this will work for the ipac VE, but what program is it using to "program" the inputs, WinIPAC Interactive Panel Designer?

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