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Ultimarc: New dual analog/digital interface, A-PAC.
krick:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on March 19, 2005, 05:05:23 am ---It was windows 98SE, which is still very common among cabs and cabinet builders. I can't test it on XP because I don't have any identical USB equipment anymore.
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From what I've seen, you can avoid the swapping problem by:
1) using a motherboard with more than 1 pair of ports, and
2) plugging devices with identical IDs into different port pairs.
Each pair of USB ports on a motherboard is tied to a single USB controller that shows up in device manager. Most current motherboards have 8 ports. 2 pairs on the back panel, and two pairs accessible via motherboard headers for front panel USB or extra ports on a bracket. 4 pairs = 4 controllers.
Items should only be able to swap when they are both attached to the same controller (plugged into the same port pair).
Kremmit:
I'm waiting on the 8-axis version, too.
Flinkly:
yeah, with the eight axis thing, i'm not looking to use them all right now, but if i'm to buy an a-pac, it better have eight axis. now i understand why the buttons are there on the first versions, but still, i could use more axis more than i could use more buttons. by the time i get my swappable panel cab built, my possible button count will be through the roof. of course i'll never use more than two players worth of buttons, but that's just me.
i'm just looking to get the extra axis cause you never know when your gonna need them. i might want to add more pedals for two player driving.
and as to the controller itself, lets say all my arcade equipment has 5k pots. if i set everything up in mame right, can i hot swap controllers? say a swap between a 270 degree wheel and a star wars yoke? or just flat out attaching a star wars yoke where nothing was attached before? i'm sorry if this has already been asked, but i have read this whole thread, just not recently.
Kremmit:
8 axes really isn't all that many; it's what you'll need to emulate 2 players worth of gamepads with dual analog joys. (PS2, Xbox)
Flinkly:
well, enough for two pot based 270 wheels and four potted pedals for gas and brake. this is the most i could see myself using...
if i'm right, that's 6 axes. i'd never see myself using two yokes. i guess i'm saying it's enough for me. so how about my hot swappable question?
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