49 Way joysticks with Jamma adaptor

[atomikbohm]

I've recently purchased a NFL Blitz cab with a Jamma harness.  Can a J-Pac controller handle Happ 49 way joysticks?  If so will the J-pac allow use of the 49 ways in console emus?  Or will I need GGG's GP Wiz 49s?

thanks for the help

[NoOne=NBA=]

You will need to get an adapter.
The GGG one is the most popular.
Another option is the AKI 3.0 from Dave @ bspeclabs.com.
With that one you can choose between analog controls and a 49-way.

You need the adapter because the signals from the 49-way are digital, and must be converted to analog to be useful to most software.

[atomikbohm]

Does the GGG on (GP Wiz 49) allow a 49 way to be used as an analog stick too?

I thought the AKI 3.0 lacks the ability to use a 49 way stick as a 4way, 8 way, 4 way diag, or either direction 2 ways.  I'm hopeing to use my 49 ways as all of the above (includeing analog).  And as Randy T is still working on a newer version of the GP Wiz 49 I was hopeing a J pac would bridge the gap.  Looks like I'm going to have to be patient. 

[NoOne=NBA=]

I don't think the AKI is mappable.
AFAIK, the 49-way can't be used as a true analog with any of the converters.
The result of trying is that you end up with a stick that will jump to 49 distinct locations within the analog spectrum.

For a game like Star Wars, this means that you can't smoothly move your crosshairs to barely off-center.
You will jump from zero to a spot equal to 1/3 of the way out on an analog.
Then you will stay there until you jump to a spot 2/3 of the way out, and finally to all the way out.
While this doesn't make the game completely unplayable, it is frustrating.

Some games that originally used analog controls will play well with a 49-way though.
Road Runner jumps to mind.
It originally used an analog (hall effect) joystick, but had three distinct speeds in the game.
This equates well to a 49-way map.