Its Here: Ultimarc AimTrak Light Gun Module

[bkenobi]

Buy a second AimTrak (or set) for the kids.  Set it up to be the same as the first set.  Then, if some short person comes over, give them the sticky one 

[Ginsu Victim]

And what do you do when this guy wants to play?

[smalltownguy]

I can't believe this thread is over 5 pages long and no one has even physically SEEN the AimTrak yet. 

[Ginsu Victim]

Mine is on the way. Left Heathrow a few hours ago.

[Hoopz]

Mine is on the way. Left Heathrow a few hours ago.

Ditto.  I'm pretty anxious....

[syph007]

Same here.. I keep checking the tracking page hoping it will magically say its here.

[Dartful Dodger]

I can't believe this thread is over 5 pages long and no one has even physically SEEN the AimTrak yet. 

People are also selling off their TopGuns before this thing has been field tested.
A lot of people are excited over this, including me.

Speaking of TopGuns, this reminds me of the TopGuns thread that turned into a book with all its pages that only had one or two useful posts in it.

When someone gets one of these working they should start a new no nonsense thread about it, so we don't have to skip through a dozen pages just to figure out how to use it.

[Ginsu Victim]

I'll definitely post a new thread in the review section once I've had a chance to really dig in, but until then, I'll post first impressions in here.

[NIVO]

And what do you do when this guy wants to play?

set out some 40's, hide the valuables.

[severdhed]

Come on...the suspense is killing me.  did any of you get your aimtrak yet? 

[romshark]

Mine aready made it to  a nearby city and is listed as "with delivery courier". I should have it today. 
I imagine many people will have it today or tommorow.

[Hoopz]

I got mine about an hour ago.  Won't be able to set it up today though.   

Great service as usual from Andy.   

[Ginsu Victim]

Mine is "with delivery courier"

[RayB]

WOW, how did I miss this thread for 7 days??
Good job Andy. No... GREAT job. Above and beyond what people wanted. (They wanted a light gun, you gave them 200% more than that!).

PS, I didnt read more than page 1 and 2. Did anyone mention the idea of making your own "Power Glove" with this?  

[Ginsu Victim]

Did anyone mention the idea of making your own "Power Glove" with this?  

It's so bad.....



..this idea of yours.

[drventure]

I want to go to there....

 

[Ginsu Victim]

I want to go to there....

 

Yours would look like this, though:

[drventure]

 

And I'd have to use these for my head tracking gear

[Ginsu Victim]

It's here!

I'll play around with it tonight.

(Man....I'll have to read up on this thing. Not sure how all this hooks up...)

[drventure]

Very cool
Keep us updated. I'm REALLY wanting to put a couple of those into some steampunked nerf guns or blunderbusses.

Still looking for a good battery powered wireless USB sender. Got several emails out anyway, just waiting to hear back.

[chrisdfw]

I have questions for the lightgun fans here.

What are the best 2 player co-op light gun games available that will work with this? 

Are there any that support 3 or 4 players at the same time?

Would they work well using a projector and playing on a 6 foot diagnal screen?

Thanks for any suggestions!   

[drventure]

Seeing as how this was just released, it's likely no one will have any definitive answers for at least a few weeks (though it sounds like several people already have the units, so maybe we'll hear feedback sooner).

I'm guessing that at larger screen sizes, you might need to play with the IR light bar a bit to get the extra size covered, but the tech is very much like the WIImote, and that works fine with large screens.

From this thread though, there are LOTS of people here about to seriously play around with these devices!

[Ginsu Victim]

I just don't quite understand the wire harness it comes with. There are two connectors for the trigger and it says it supports a second button on the harness, but if one is trigger, then the other has to be ground. Can anyone enlighten me?

[romshark]

Mine just arrived. Gonna try it out now!

[Ginsu Victim]

When it rains, it pours!

[l2i]

I had sent Andy a email early this week asking about if this would work with my 100inch projector set up and if there would be a problem with the power being sent to the leds. this is what he said:

This should work. If necessary you could power the LED PCB from an
alternative 5 volt source. It does not have to be USB. I will add the
instructions on how to do that to the website info in the next few days.

Andy

So until someone tests this out its looking pretty promising!!!

[Hoopz]

I just don't quite understand the wire harness it comes with. There are two connectors for the trigger and it says it supports a second button on the harness, but if one is trigger, then the other has to be ground. Can anyone enlighten me?

From looking at the diagram on Andy's site, you should take one of the connectors and attach it to the trigger/com pins.  Here's the info from the page:

The gun trigger should be wired to the trigger connector harness. This harness has another connection for any other button (eg Reload).The pinout is shown below. The trigger switch is connected to the TRIGGER and COM pins. Note both the COM pins are connected together and interchangeable.
A connecting harness is supplied, which has 0.25in quick-disconnects but your gun trigger switch may have different connectors and might require the wires to be soldered.
The trigger connector can be conected to a second button, if required. All buttons can be configured as left or right mouse, or any gamepad button.

Did you think that you connect one QD to the trigger and the other to the ground? 

[Ginsu Victim]

I'm trying to understand what AUX and COM are, and how I need to go about running ground for all the connections (P1-P5). Also wondering which direction this harness goes on.

[Hoopz]

I'm trying to understand what AUX and COM are, and how I need to go about running ground for all the connections (P1-P5). Also wondering which direction this harness goes on.

Com is short for common so that's ground.  The Aux is the second button and it has it's one ground pin also.  So looking at the unit with the USB connector facing you, the two pins on the right are for the trigger/ground and the pins on the left are for the second button and it's ground. 

[northerngames]

I just don't quite understand the wire harness it comes with. There are two connectors for the trigger and it says it supports a second button on the harness, but if one is trigger, then the other has to be ground. Can anyone enlighten me?

by looking at the site it seem the bottom two pins are shared com / ground

the top two pins are seperate.

you get one harness with 2 lead and a female molex with 2 hole's

is that correct?

I am not sure without actual pics of the harness up close.

if that were the case then the harness is only for the trigger itself and the other pin is there to be used as another button wich makes the 6th pin that others were lost on perhap's.

I am guessing a 2nd harness would be needed for the aux pin though  

if that is the case though find a old pc case and take the case's power or reset harness out of it  

EDIT: I tried to post this a few time's but others were posting already so it may have been answered already 

[romshark]

Messed around with it for a little bit, then made a review. Here Things seem good so far.

Also, Andy, when does the Configuration software come out? I don't see the link on the product page.

[Ginsu Victim]

Okay, so the harness is setup only for the trigger and it blocks the other pins if you install it on all the pins. I'll have to shift it off the right side, then use a connector from an old PC case I have for the other. That or insert wires with the crimps on them (I have a few here) into the harness and install as usual.

Thanks for clearing up the AUX/COM issue. I thought COM meant ground, I just wasn't 100% sure.

[AndyWarne]

Messed around with it for a little bit, then made a review. Here Things seem good so far.

Also, Andy, when does the Configuration software come out? I don't see the link on the product page.

Forgot about the app! I have uploaded it to www.ultimarc.com/aimtrak.zip

I was not sure how many people would be using the AUX pin for a second button, but we will get this connection added to the harnesses.

[Ginsu Victim]

Thanks Andy. Hopefully that'll squash any future confusion.

[RayB]

I have another idea!! Head-mounted aiming!   

[KonkeyKong]

Headmounting might not be so crazy.  At this price-point you might want to advertise on some disability sites/forums.  You can't hardly purchase an "computer accessability device" for less than $200-$300. 

[AndyWarne]

Yes there are probably plenty of other applications for this including non-game related. There are a couple of the "assistive technology" people looking at it.

There are other possibilities using the device in reverse too, as only one single LED is needed to operate in a non-calibrated application, the LED could be the moving part and the sensor static. The mouse would react to the XY movement of the LED.

Any ideas welcome...

[northerngames]

yeah some head mounted bobble headed centipede action please upload the video   

[Ginsu Victim]

Well that sucks....

The Justifier's barrel (which is round) is 1.9mm and the AimTrak won't fit because of the upper corners of the sensor. I hope a small amount of dremel work will make enough room without accidentally going all the way through.

Works (tight fit)

[Hoopz]

Well that sucks....

The Justifier's barrel (which is round) is 1.9mm and the AimTrak won't fit because of the upper corners of the sensor. I hope a small amount of dremel work will make enough room without accidentally going all the way through.

That's too bad.  We need a list of guns that it works in and those that it doesn't.  This helps others though it doesn't help you feel better.