arcadeos + jpac + arcade monitor

[ushkar]

hi, i have a question about my configuration
I use arcadeos together with a j-pac to connect a (hantarex) arcade moniror.
if i change the value "incabinet" to 0, it works fine on a vga monitor as test
if i change the value "incabinet" to 1, i see nothing on my arcade screen. only rubbish.  Also both lights (yellow and green) on the p-pac stay dimmed.

am i missing something?

PS i receive different kind of 'rubbish' on the screen, but none of it is readable or viewable
PPS : the screen works well with an original romboard, so that c&n't be the problem...

thanks in advance

[Thenasty]

make sure the Monitor is 15khz.

[ushkar]

it's a standard arcade cabinet. Is there any way i can test or see if the monitor is 15 Khz ?

UPDATE: my monitor is a hantarex mtc9000

[ushkar]

update :
arcoadeos works on the montior. my (stupid?) fault : apparently, on the j-pac, both devices must be plugged in (joysticks and monitor)

now the problem is shifted to playing games : i use vsyncmame (dmamepp) because it's the only version who supports my onboard soundcard. 
if i put monitor = arcade, nothing happens. one light of my j-pac burns, but not both...

anyone experience with the combination vsyncmame - arcade monitor?

thanks in advance

[tikbalang]

translated portion of vsyncmame readme:

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[svga15driver]
svgadrvmonitorname = standard/arcade15/arcade24/arcade31 /
                     arcade1524/arcade152431/arcade2431/tv15
        "-monitor arcade" in the use of SVGA15KHzDRIVER VSyncMAME instructions of the
        This in-svgadrvmonitorname to specify the type of monitor.
        general standard PC monitor (H: 31KHz ~)
        Arcade arcade15 15KHz monitor available
        Arcade arcade24 24KHz monitor available
        Arcade arcade31 31KHz monitor available
        arcade1524 15KHz, 24KHz arcade monitor available
        arcade2431 24KHz, 31KHz arcade monitor available
        arcade152431 15KHz, 24KHz, 31KHz arcade monitor available
        15KHz, such as home tv15 TV monitor (224 lines of vertical resolution
                     Use. )

ntsconly = no (default: nontsconly)
        arcade15, arcade1524, arcade152431, tv15 at the time specified, 15KHz to a group of
        Included on the resolution, NTSC standards H: 15.75KHz V: 59.94Hz very close to
        Use only the resolution of whether to specify.

special15khz = no (default: nospecial15khz)
        Arcade 15KHz monitor the use of the available time, the standard H: 15.75KHz from
        Resolution is far off (example: 384x256 H: 16.39KHz V: 55Hz) to use
        Are allowed.

interlace = yes (default: interlace)
        The use of interlaced / non-use services.

svga15exres1024 = yes (default: svga15exres)
        SVGA15KHzDRIVER VSyncMAME of the original resolution to specify the VESA.
        svga15exres 1024x768
        nosvga15exres 640x480

pcmonitorlow__h_khz = 0
pcmonitorhigh_h_khz = 0
pcmonitorlow__v_hz = 0
pcmonitorhigh_v_hz = 0
        (default: 0)
        "-monitor arcade", "-svgadrvmonitorname standard" specified,
        SVGA15KHzDRIVER VSyncMAME in the ordinary PC monitor you need to use the
        The minimum horizontal frequency of monitoring - maximum, minimum vertical frequency - to specify a maximum.
        the value specified in-fps refresh rate to match, so
        In order to determine the scope of these values is used.

        For example:
        -pcmonitorlow__h_KHz 31
        -pcmonitorhigh_h_KHz 50
        -pcmonitorlow__v_Hz 60
        -pcmonitorhigh_v_Hz 85

usecrtcdatabase = yes
        KONFIGURESHONMENYU screen in a position to fine-tune
        crtc_db.cfg logged in, the next time you start recording the location of view
        Use.



[ushkar]

i think the problem is my video-hardware.

if i run dmamepp with the onboard videocard (Nvidea) i continue receiving video input on my regular screen. (if i do the test with standard dmame and option -monitor arcade, my pc monitor shuts down). i suppose dmemepp doens't send the 15kHz correctly with onboard hardware.

when i try with an old ATI card it won't even start up a game.

i will look for an old but supported PCI card to continue testing...