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Mag-Stik & Happ 49 way versus UltraStik 360
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: BrianP on September 04, 2008, 12:20:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on September 04, 2008, 12:11:58 pm ---
--- Quote ---I forgot about things like coin, start, etc. Looks like the harness for an iPac is a good idea....
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You don't NEED to buy the harness if you're going with an iPac. You would just use standard wires to hook up the buttons to it. The harness is only if:
* You want to skip the iPac and attach your buttons to stick as "gamepad buttons" (Input Mode)
* You want to attach the stick itself to the iPac the same way you would a standard 8-way to produce "keystrokes"(Output Mode)
With the latter option, you lose the built-in mapping functionality.
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Ahh, I am getting it now. So the idea would be to use the USB line for the U360s and joy2key for any emulators that can't use a USB joystick. Then (because I want more admin buttons) use an iPac to wire the buttons.......
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You can, but remember the Input Mode has a built in Shift Function so you can eschew the Optipac and shift any other action button with Button 8 for secondary functions. (Which I prefer since it hides the more damaging admin buttons (e.g. ALT) from curious players and gives the panel a cleaner look. YMMV)
Personally, I need to use Joy2Key very infrequently. Maybe only for Daphne. Then again, I only have a handful of emulators. But it works flawlessly.
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on September 04, 2008, 12:22:41 pm ---
--- Quote ---You don't NEED to buy the harness if you're going with an iPac. You would just use standard wires to hook up the buttons to it.
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Unless he means the minipac, which you pretty much require the wire harness that it uses.
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Yes, but it's not the same as the harness for the U360. Just to avoid confusion, the U360 harness was what I was referring to.
TheShanMan:
--- Quote from: BrianP on September 04, 2008, 12:10:52 pm ---Combine with a spinner (Ultimarc SpinStik?) which can be wired into the iPac. Then just figure out the mouse and mouse buttons and I think I an set.
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A spinner will NOT hook up to an ipac. Minipac or optipac, but not ipac.
BrianP:
--- Quote from: TheShanMan on September 04, 2008, 01:06:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: BrianP on September 04, 2008, 12:10:52 pm ---Combine with a spinner (Ultimarc SpinStik?) which can be wired into the iPac. Then just figure out the mouse and mouse buttons and I think I an set.
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A spinner will NOT hook up to an ipac. Minipac or optipac, but not ipac.
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I misread the Ultimarc web page. it does say OptiPac, not iPac. Oops. Thanks for the correction.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on September 04, 2008, 12:30:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on September 04, 2008, 12:22:41 pm ---
--- Quote ---You don't NEED to buy the harness if you're going with an iPac. You would just use standard wires to hook up the buttons to it.
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Unless he means the minipac, which you pretty much require the wire harness that it uses.
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Yes, but it's not the same as the harness for the U360. Just to avoid confusion, the U360 harness was what I was referring to.
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Right, which is why I said "the wire harness that IT uses"
arzoo:
Wow, I already use an iPac and 2 u360's (USB) and you guys have me confused with all this input/output/opti/mini/shift stuff! :dizzy: ;D
But I think BrianP is correct with his understanding here...
--- Quote from: BrianP on September 04, 2008, 12:20:49 pm ---Ahh, I am getting it now. So the idea would be to use the USB line for the U360s and joy2key for any emulators that can't use a USB joystick. Then (because I want more admin buttons) use an iPac to wire the buttons.......
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