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wbassett:


--- Quote from: goLive2 ---Find a flat surface near the PC to place the Stix™ Base.

Make sure there are no obstructions blocking the path between the controller and the Base.

Turn your Stix™ on by pressing the power button located on top of the controller. The LED lights will illuminate when the controller is on.

      Note: Your Stix™ will go into sleep mode after 15 minutes. If this happens, just press the power button to turn it back on.

To install the software, connect the Stix™ Base to the USB port on your PC. The GoLive2 Stix™ page will launch automatically. Download and install the software on the page. (Tou will need a GoLive2 account to download the software.)

      Note: If the web site does not launch when you connect the Stix™ Base to your PC, try unpluggin and reconnecting the USB cable.

After the Stix™ controller is connected and turned on, it will automatically sync with the base. The base will detect up to two Stix™ controllers in the area and assign each either Player 1 or Player 2. Synchronization is complete when the LED lights stop blinking.

      Note: The set up and installation steps listed here apply to both the Stix™ 200 and Stix™ 400 systems
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Okay, still not a ton of information but it's starting to sound like it's definitely not quite exactly like the Wii mote.

I didn't see anything mention any LED sensor bars for tracking.  


--- Quote ---Make sure there are no obstructions blocking the path between the controller and the Base.
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Line of sight, so it's not Bluetooth, or RF tech.  It sounds more like it's IR tech.


It kinda looks like it has a 'trigger' but nothing on the site mentions anything about the buttons.  I found a link to the manuals in pdf, but the links don't work.


Timstuff:

Unless it has an IR camera, it's probably a useless piece of junk for the average BYOACer. The IR camera is what makes the Wiimote such a marvel to lightgun enthusiasts, and if this thing only copies the motion sensors (and not the IR camera / sensor bar), then as a lightgun it's not good for anything.

TPB:


--- Quote from: Timstuff on July 03, 2008, 03:53:02 am ---
Unless it has an IR camera, it's probably a useless piece of junk for the average BYOACer.


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Timstuff,

I think you're on the money.

There's no mention in the Stix setup instructions of any Sensor Bar.

It's a nice gimmick, but won't be useful as as lightgun.


The three viable options remain :

**  LCD Topgun, versions I & II;

**  WiiMote (if anyone ever successfully writes a low-level mouse driver, or analogue joystick driver, for it);

**  This interface for Happ lightguns (if it passes the evaluation tests, that are currently being conducted by Happ) :

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=81154.0



mark shaker:

I've used a Think Optics "WaveIt" remote for as my media center remote control for months. It does have a sensor bar.  It's fast and accurate. But, I've never tried any games.

http://www.thinkoptics.com/WavitHome.html

   - Mark

wbassett:


--- Quote from: Timstuff on July 03, 2008, 03:53:02 am ---Unless it has an IR camera, it's probably a useless piece of junk for the average BYOACer. The IR camera is what makes the Wiimote such a marvel to lightgun enthusiasts, and if this thing only copies the motion sensors (and not the IR camera / sensor bar), then as a lightgun it's not good for anything.

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I agree, without the camera and any LED sensors for tracking, it would probably function like a Gyration Air Mouse, and I have one of those and tried it and for a light gun application it's useless.

If that's what this basically is, then the Gyration setup is actually better for an air mouse, at least in my opinion.  It will be interesting to see exactly what this thing is and what it can do.

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