iPac Key Assignment Question...

[javeryh]

How do I change the key entry for my iPac?  I have 2 buttons on my CP that I want to turn into "Pause" and "Exit to Front End" so I need the button presses to activate the"P" and "Esc" keys on the keyboard.  The other functions defaulted to the buttons I wanted (joysticks up, down, left and right and buttons 1-6, 1P start and insert coin).  How do I set this up?

Thanks!!

[Turnarcades]

You need to install the WiniPac software that came on the disc you should have had with your iPac.

You can drag round the objects you need and re-create your own control panel on-screen, then you assign key-presses to the buttons and hit 'program'. It then saves the configuration to the eeprom on the iPac. Please note though that programmable config is not available on the USB version of the iPac and you have to stick with the default MAME keys, but this shouldn't be too much of a problem as the two functions you need are already programmed to two wires on there. And although you can't program the iPac to set each connection to the button you want, you can still save button configurations as .ipc files on your PC. Then it's just a case of setting up your other emulators to match your keymap.

Go to the Ultimarc website for more support. They give you a colour-code map of each of the wires' default settings, and you can download WiniPac from the website as well.

[Dustin Mustangs]

If you only need to change two key assignments it may be easier to do it through the IPAC's programing mode.  Reboot your computer with your keyboard hooked up to the IPAC's keyboard pass through (if it isn't already), open notepad, hit ctrl-alt-p, and bingo.  It will tell you what to do, but basically you hit the button on your panel you want to change and then the hit the button on your keyboard you want to assign it to.  There is a write up on this feature here:

http://www.ultimarc.com/interact.html

For some reason, this was the only way I could change certain buttons on my minipac.

[javeryh]

If you only need to change two key assignments it may be easier to do it through the IPAC's programing mode.  Reboot your computer with your keyboard hooked up to the IPAC's keyboard pass through (if it isn't already), open notepad, hit ctrl-alt-p, and bingo.  It will tell you what to do, but basically you hit the button on your panel you want to change and then the hit the button on your keyboard you want to assign it to.  There is a write up on this feature here:

http://www.ultimarc.com/interact.html

For some reason, this was the only way I could change certain buttons on my minipac.

This worked perfectly for me.  Thanks!