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ZeroPoint:
The new MiniPac looks promising. Does it now have additional 4 inputs (32) ?
What I really miss is a way to program any input as left, right and middle mouse button, button scroll up (z) and button scroll down (z) instead of being stuck with the two dedicated inputs. This would bring more comfort to playing.
There should also been a way to instantly reprogram the quadrature inputs as x, y or z mouse axis with an reverse option. A way to program the mouse (x,y and z) speed would come in handy.
Instead of integrating these functions into WinIPAC it would be better with a dedicated WiniPAC Mini software that could save these additional functions for instant reprogramming. (left, middle, right, scroll up, scroll down and quadrature axis, direction and speed).
Andy -> :dizzy: (Oh, no !!! Another feature request...)
AndyWarne:
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Andy, there is one conceivable problem for me that I can spot straight away and I also have additional questions:
1) You say there is a PS/2 option but it only appears as a clickable option on the website when buying the board on it's own; there is no option for PS/2 on the 'standard board with joystick harness' like there was previously. As you know, we prefer to use the PS/2 connection if possible (only using the necessary USB version when having the Opti-harness) so the PS/2 option being absent from the 'standard board with harness' complicates the ordering process for us. Can you please add the PS/2 option to this category?
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OK I fixed that one in the store.
--- Quote from: Turnarcades on July 06, 2009, 05:40:33 pm ---
2) As this is now the U-HID board, could you now consider adding a 4-player harness to the mix? We always used 2 mini-pacs when making a 4-player panel for wiring simplicity rather than the I-Pac4 so it would now be great if this board supports 4 players if we could get a 4-player harness for it - preferably with longer wires - or an option on the order page to adda second, longer-wired 2-player harness to supplement the included 2-player harness.
3) Could this in theory now support the same as the original mini-pac plus two extra players? ie. The original mini-pac could support 2 players+trackball+spinner - can this now support 4 players+trackball+spinner, and are there harnesses available to do this? our average 4-player machine includes all these, so if we could get one small interface with ready-made looms to connect all these controls to it that would be brilliant.
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I will think about the best way to implement 4 players. The U-HID modular harnesses also fit this board so that is a option for harnesses but will need the necessary firmware of course.
AndyWarne:
--- Quote from: ZeroPoint on July 07, 2009, 11:34:58 am ---
The new MiniPac looks promising. Does it now have additional 4 inputs (32) ?
What I really miss is a way to program any input as left, right and middle mouse button, button scroll up (z) and button scroll down (z) instead of being stuck with the two dedicated inputs. This would bring more comfort to playing.
There should also been a way to instantly reprogram the quadrature inputs as x, y or z mouse axis with an reverse option. A way to program the mouse (x,y and z) speed would come in handy.
Instead of integrating these functions into WinIPAC it would be better with a dedicated WiniPAC Mini software that could save these additional functions for instant reprogramming. (left, middle, right, scroll up, scroll down and quadrature axis, direction and speed).
Andy -> :dizzy: (Oh, no !!! Another feature request...)
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All these features are available on the U-HID board which is the high-end "does everything" option.
AndyWarne:
--- Quote from: dirkomatic on July 07, 2009, 09:37:48 am ---
--- Quote from: AndyWarne on July 04, 2009, 04:04:04 pm ---A-PAC:
This is now a new board. No longer needs any external capacitors and handles all pot values. Appears to the PC as two game controllers, as did the previous version. Now 12-bit analog resolution.
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Is this the U-HID Nano or is there a new A-PAC? I'm a little confused by the web sites.
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The new board is this one: http://www.ultimarc.com/a-pac1.html
I will tidy up the links as soon as poss.
Andy
Turnarcades:
--- Quote ---Quote from: Turnarcades on Yesterday at 21:40:33
Andy, there is one conceivable problem for me that I can spot straight away and I also have additional questions:
1) You say there is a PS/2 option but it only appears as a clickable option on the website when buying the board on it's own; there is no option for PS/2 on the 'standard board with joystick harness' like there was previously. As you know, we prefer to use the PS/2 connection if possible (only using the necessary USB version when having the Opti-harness) so the PS/2 option being absent from the 'standard board with harness' complicates the ordering process for us. Can you please add the PS/2 option to this category?
OK I fixed that one in the store.
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Thanks for that, though the downside now is the PS/2 option is more expensive than the USB option, rather than the other way round. Plus I've just realised there is no keyboard pass-through like there was previously, only an optional extra. Bummer. This means that until a simple 4-player harness is created, using two of these devices for a 4-player panel means using 2 USB ports, rather than having them run in serial like could be done previously. It will require the additional pass-through connector and the optional PS/2 connector being purchased, forcing the price up.
If this is indeed the case, maybe this information should now be clarified on the Mini-Pac info page, or some kind of instructional diagram put up in the support section to illustrate the arrangement?
So far this change reads as not being for the better as far as being a builder is concerned as it puts the cost of a 4-player panel up by around £10 and compromises the PC connectivity options.