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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: davepl on January 06, 2016, 09:13:26 pm
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I have an Optipac and wired it to an original Tempest spinner as follows (viewed from underneath, looking at the connector):
SIG1 NEG POS SIG2
When I plug the Optipac in it shows up as two mice in the Device Manager, which is good. But I don't know how to proceed to find out if the spinner is working. If I run
mame64.exe -mouse tempest
...then the desktop mouse moves the player but not the spinner. I don't know if turning the spinner should be moving the mouse around.
Is there a test app? Everything on the Ultimarc website seems to be for the iPac and larger boards, nothing for the Optipac, but they -show- a small app that I can't find.
If anyone could tell me "Now that you've plugged it in, and it's wired, to make sure it works at all, just...." (ie: how does that sentence end?)
Many thanks!
Dave
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I found many threads with people having the same problem. Ultimately, I solved it as follows:
- Download the Optipac utility at the bottom of the Optipac webpage (it's unintentionally well hidden, but it's there)
- Run it
- Check the boxes for P1 Spinner X and Y (or wherever you have the Tempest spinner connected)
- Click "SEND" to update the Optipac
This solved it for me, and it's now working properly. Would likely have solved it for the others asking too, but I never saw resolutions to those threads...
PS: I hope I only get it because I'm new, but the Captcha to post each time is brutal...