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omnivorism:

I've ran into a bit of a snag with my mame project.

I've got a dedicated pc working with a front end, 800 console/ arcade games, plus both hi and lo res versions of mugen.

I've got my control panel built with buttons and joysticks in, mostly wired, and a ipac 4 (even though im only using 2 players, it was the one on ebay at the time)

If i use the winipac program, i just get a time out error when i have it set to ps/2.  although oddly enough if i tell it usb, it starts to program, then says drivers loaded, programing failed.

with the older version of winpac it just says "jumpset set to mame"

the joystick is responsive and works correctly, but the buttons are whatever they are default so instead of SW1, SW2, SW3 being like A,S,D like i would like, they are weird defaults like Control C, x or whatever.

I think maybe the problem i am having could be software to hardware compatibility...

I saw something similar on another thread, and someone said maybe its just a missing plug in or dll.

any suggestions?

surface tension:

Is it the older version with a jumper on it, and if so, is it set to MAME?

You probably would have tried this if you have the jumper, but if the above is true, move the jumper and re-program.


omnivorism:

Honestly, im clear on what a jumper is.

But i got the ipac from ebay.  the ports on it, look different from the version on the ultramarc page because they are on opposite ends.



omnivorism:

that was a typo. i meant i am NOT clear on what a jumper is.



surface tension:

A jumper is a shorting link which will short 2 pins together.

I used to own an old ipac2, so if it's the same and my memory serves me correctly...

There are 3 pins to select between USB and PS2 and another 3 pins to select between the generic MAME key config and custom keys. So, select the appropriate interface and custom keys. If your ipac arrived without the jumpers (links), a friend that builds PCs should have some kicking about.

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