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Title: Shift key not working (I-PAC) (Any Ideas??)
Post by: Jabba on December 12, 2004, 05:02:56 pm

Hi all. Unfortunately the Shift key appears not to be working on my I-PAC. After I performed the following procedure (from Ultimarc site)...

"Run any text-display program such as Notepad, or if you are in DOS type "COPY CON" to turn off the command prompt. With a keyboard plugged into the pass-through port, press CTRL-ALT-P (press and hold each key in this order). You will go into programming mode. If the MAME/ALT jumper is set to MAME you will go right into test mode. If not, you will see a menu. Enter "T" for test mode. The offending stuck input(s) will be displayed on the screen."

I found the offending switch. The debug program came back and said..

1 sw 8 = v

Nothing is connected to P1 sw 8. Also, in Winpac, the 8 button is lit like it is being pressed. Anyone know what the v stands for? Could this indicate a problem with the board itself? If so, anything I can do to fix it or am I s.o.l?

Thanks for you help..

Title: Re: Shift key not working (I-PAC) (Any Ideas??)
Post by: currygoat11 on December 12, 2004, 11:18:19 pm

1 sw 8 = v means that the 8th button for player 1 is mapped to the 'v' character.  If you use Ctrl-Alt-P to show the current config, the shifted config shows as the 2nd element after the '='. Here's my config: hope this helps

 *** i-pac interactive programming and test mode ***

    t for button test mode
    l to list current config
    r to reset eeprom to mame defaults
    e to save and exit
    a to abort
    or press switch you want to program

    2 up    = r         
    2 right = g         
    2 sw 1  = a         
    2 left  = d         
    2 sw 3  = q         
    2 down  = f         
    2 sw 5  =           
    2 sw 2  = s         
    1 right = rght   entr
    2 sw 4  =           
    1 left  = left   tab
    start 1 = 1      1   * shift *
    1 up    = up     pgup
    1 down  = down   pgdn
    1 sw 1  = lctl   5   
    coin 2  = 6         
    1 sw 2  = lalt   6   
    coin 1  = 5         
    1 sw 3  = spce   p   
    start 2 = 2      esc
    1 sw 4  =           
    1 sw 8  =           
    1 sw 5  =           
    2 sw 7  =           
    1 sw 6  =           
    2 sw 8  =           
    1 sw 7  =           
    2 sw 6  =           
done
    press next switch or e to exit

Title: Re: Shift key not working (I-PAC) (Any Ideas??)
Post by: Tiger-Heli on December 13, 2004, 08:51:33 am

Quote from: Jabba on December 12, 2004, 05:02:56 pm

Nothing is connected to P1 sw 8. Also, in Winpac, the 8 button is lit like it is being pressed. Anyone know what the v stands for? Could this indicate a problem with the board itself? If so, anything I can do to fix it or am I s.o.l?

Thanks for you help..

Somehow P1sw8 is showing grounded.  Look for wires connected to it (accidentally) .   Also, this switch is common with the LED lights, so check the LED wiring or header.

If you can't figure it out, E-mail Andy at Ultimarc and I'm sure he will make it right.

Title: Re: Shift key not working (I-PAC) (Any Ideas??)
Post by: Jabba on December 13, 2004, 11:01:44 am

Hmmm, thanks for the reply guys...

currygoat11: Your display looks a little different than mine. I do not have the option to reset the EPROM. Maybe that would do the trick. I'll try downloading the latest version of Winpac...

Tiger-Heli: I checked and absolutely nothing is toughing the P1sw8. This leads me to believe a short somewhere. I think I'll e-mail Andy. Maybe he will have a suggestion.

Thanks for the help so far guys...