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u_rebelscum:


--- Quote from: diggso on July 19, 2009, 07:36:21 pm ---In my particular case I'm using the usb versions of the spin-trak and the u-trak, all by Andy (i.e. Ultimark) so they've all got the Ultimarc encoder boards on them. I didn't think this was a question for Andy really, but maybe he can shed some light...
If anyone else has experience in differentiating the Ultimarc peripherals I'd love to hear it....

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Talk to Andy.  I'm pretty sure that you can change the IDs, as their encoders are variants of the U-HID nano.

jasonbar:

I had a similar problem--is there an easy fix besides a brute force re-assigning of affected games?

According to MAME, my Act-Labs guns were "mouse 2 & mouse 3", while my spinners were "mouse 4 & mouse 5".

I removed the pair of Act-Labs guns & installed a pair of EMS TopGun IIs.

The spinners bumped "up" 2 slots & MAME calls them "mouse 2 & mouse 3" now, so all my spinner games will need remapping to look to mouse 2 & 3 instead of 4 & 5.

Any bulk way to fix this all at once?


Thanks,
-Jason

garwil:

There's an app for USB joysticks that retains the ID number for you. Maybe it'll work for mice (mouses? ;) ).

http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_software/gadgets.htm#JoyIDs_Utility:

Also, CFG Magician can be used to batch edit cfgs for individual games based on input type, maybe that will help?

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88948.0

jasonbar:

Thanks, Garwil.  That joystick ID app seems pretty keen, but I know MAME distinguishes between mice & joysticks.  My old Act-Labs light guns were mice to MAME, as are my 2 spinners.  The absence of the 2 Act-Labs guns (mice) bumped my spinner mouse IDs by 2 spots.


I managed to recover my mouse IDs & don't have to go through every spinner game & reconfigure them.  w00t!

Here's what I did:
1 - shutdown
2 - unplug 2 spinners & plug in 2 guns (LCD TopGun II)
3 - boot
4 - shutdown
5 - plug in 2 spinners
6 - boot

Fixed!  Spinner game that have the default assignments (per my "Input (General)" settings) as well as spinner games that I've over-ridden (Discs of Tron for example), are still good.

I imagine that I probably over-complicated this & put a few too many steps in there, but hey, it works now & if it ain't broke, I ain't gonna mess with it!

Thanks,
-Jason

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