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IPAC problems/?'s
aj6500:
Ok, I bought an IPAC (brand new, ps/2 style) for my jukebox controls. Last night I finally got around to attempting the install. I have a keypad w/11 buttons wired to it. I've checked every connection, and all are good, no shorts.
So I hook it up to my ps/2 port and turn on the computer. As it's booting it beeps a few times randomly. The pc boots and I load wordpad just to push buttons and see the cursor move. Nothing happens. All 13 buttons, nothing. Left and right, nothing.
I thought the Ipac just replaced the ps/2 keyboard and would not need any drivers. So anyway I try instaling the Ipac drivers just in case, and I can't get it to sucsessfully load. At 57% it freezes while copying a DLL file. It does this every time.
What do I do here? Are the drivers required or not, is something else going wrong? I don't need to run power to this thing do I?
All in all I'm pretty frustrated and dissapointed. I was planning on having the whole thing buttoned up for the final time last night.
BTW: it's an athalon 900 mhz and --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type-- this I was using usb mouse and keyboard if that matters.
BobA:
--- Quote from: aj6500 on May 24, 2003, 03:01:38 am ---Ok, I bought an IPAC (brand new, ps/2 style) for my jukebox controls. Last night I finally got around to attempting the install. I have a keypad w/11 buttons wired to it. I've checked every connection, and all are good, no shorts.
So I hook it up to my ps/2 port and turn on the computer. As it's booting it beeps a few times randomly. The pc boots and I load wordpad just to push buttons and see the cursor move. Nothing happens. All 13 buttons, nothing. Left and right, nothing.
I thought the Ipac just replaced the ps/2 keyboard and would not need any drivers. So anyway I try instaling the Ipac drivers just in case, and I can't get it to sucsessfully load. At 57% it freezes while copying a DLL file. It does this every time.
What do I do here? Are the drivers required or not, is something else going wrong? I don't need to run power to this thing do I?
All in all I'm pretty frustrated and dissapointed. I was planning on having the whole thing buttoned up for the final time last night.
BTW: it's an athalon 900 mhz and --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type-- this I was using usb mouse and keyboard if that matters.
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I see that you are using a usb mouse and keyboard. Is that also a USB keyboard? Just asking because the IPAC troubleshooting util that is built in will not work with a USB KB.
Direct quote for ultimarc site:
Prerequisites: You must have a PS/2 keyboard plugged into the pass-through connector. A USB keyboard will not work. If using the I-PAC in USB mode, you will still need to plug a PS/2 keyboard into the pass-through
BobA
HeadRusch:
Usually when a computer beeps at bootup more than once or twice, it could indicate a problem....some motherboards do intermittent beeps to announce a hardware problelm.
In your case, the beeps could be a "Keyboard not detected" message...but thats just a guess....also if a keyboard isn't detected, most computers will not continue to boot...you said yours does..hmmm.
Either way we need more info.
1) If you plug a regular keyboard into the computer, will it boot?
2) IF so, if you plug that keyboard into the ipac, and the ipac into the computer...will it boot and will the keyboard still work? (forget your controls at this point).
3) You also say you cannot get the ipac programming utility to UNINSTALL? (did I read that right?)
aj6500:
I don't have a keyboard hooked into the Ipac. I thought the ipac was supposed to replace keyboard. I don't know if I even have a ps/2 style keyboard floating around.
The install utility is not working. It loads to 57%, then freezes. I left it for an hour, didn't recover and continue. I tried installing it several times, same results.
So the ? is, do I need a keyboard along with the Ipac, using the ps/2 style, are the drivers necessary?
AndyWarne:
Wow! Masses of confusion here!
Firstly, the I-PAC does not need any drivers at all. There are none.
Second, Works fine on Athlon
Third, it does not need any keyboard plugged into the pass-through connector, this is optional (except for running the test utility but he was not asking about this)
I can think of many reasons why it is not working, the most common is using the "NC" terminals on the switches instead of "NO".
But why post this here? I can help with this by email right away if you drop me a mail. I would even phone to help if it was necessary.
I will email you anyway to get things moving if I can find your address.
Andy