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Title: Disable Aimtraks when not in use?
Post by: epetti on October 14, 2015, 08:27:17 pm

I have my Aimtraks hanging on hooks on the side of my control panel when not in use. I've noticed that occasionally even though they're pointing at the floor they sometimes cause interference with the mouse pointer and when I'm using a trackball, especially in Windows, it pops to the upper left corner. I can imagine this could also potentially impact trackball or analog joystick games.

Is there a way to programatically disable and enable the aimtraks so that they're essentially turned off or ignored so that I can configure them to only be "on" for gun games?

Title: Re: Disable Aimtraks when not in use?
Post by: MydknyteStyrm on October 19, 2015, 11:20:03 am

I don't know if you can tell a USB to be off, but you could unplug them and plug them in when in use, provided that you have Dr Ventures ControllerRemap set up correctly to have Mame assign the guns correctly.


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Title: Re: Disable Aimtraks when not in use?
Post by: slamminsam on October 19, 2015, 12:21:36 pm

You might want to check out Devcon. It allows you to enable/disable devices via command line.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/311272

Title: Re: Disable Aimtraks when not in use?
Post by: epetti on October 19, 2015, 12:45:29 pm

Ooh. That's basically what I was looking for. I tried repositioning the guns to try to reduce unintended signals, but if that doesn't work I may play around with this.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

Title: Re: Disable Aimtraks when not in use?
Post by: Howard_Casto on October 19, 2015, 03:25:48 pm

Wouldn't this fix the enumeration issue people have been having as well?  If you disable all mice and then re-enable them one at a time it should put them in whatever desired order you want. 

Title: Re: Disable Aimtraks when not in use?
Post by: stigzler on October 19, 2015, 05:54:08 pm

Last release was 2003. And:

"You can use DevCon with Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. You cannot use DevCon with Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition."

Not sure it'd work above XP!

Did like your thinking though Howard_Castro - could have solved a lot of enumeration issues in a lot of emus as long it is fast.

Title: Re: Disable Aimtraks when not in use?
Post by: nexusmtz on October 26, 2015, 03:16:35 am

I use devcon in Windows 7 x64. I believe it comes in the Windows Device Driver Kit (WDDK). I use it to disable/enable my scanner when the computer doesn't react to the buttons.

I'm not sure it'll help with device order. Disabled or not, it still shows in device manager, right where it was.