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Act Labs Gun questions(choosing the right gun for my cab)
bent98:
Forgive me if this information was discussed but for some reason the search feature on this forums is not working today.
I am interested in adding light gun support to my cabinet. I know there are many solutions out there ie. (top gun, act labs, ulitmarc). My setup is a bill labs arcade monitor 27" VGA hook up running Win Xp 32.
My cabinet has smoked plexiglass and an artwork bezel around the monitor.
Since I have the artwork bezel arond my monitor I have no way of mounting a sensor bar. It appears the only light gun solution that doesnt require a sensor bar is the Act Labs PC USB.(http://www.act-labs.com/gun1.htm)
How does the Act Labs compare vs other guns systems out there? Will I have any calibration or preformance issues with Act Labs and my 27" arcade monitor and smoked plexi glass? Any issues running two guns at the same time? Is there any better solution out there?
swamprat96:
With smoked glass you have an issue. Only Ultimarc's Aimtrak is capable of dealing with this. Put the sensor bar behind the smoked glass and turn up the gain. Two guns not a problem. Being a brand new product there may be some teething issues but Ultimarc have great support.
Act Lab guns have not been reported well in this forum - tracking issues etc. I also tried Topgun 2 behind smoked glass with no luck. In fact they don't work behind any glass well. They work fine with the bar in front of the glass- only problem is the shooting distance is longer than arcade
bent98:
My problem is I have no place to put the sensor bar. I have artwork bezel around monitor.
swamprat96:
But you have glass above the bezel yes? So if the strip was behind the glass in front of the bezel mounted horizontally it would hardly be visible. Without seeing your cab its hard to predict but on most upright cabs the monitor is right under the marquee - so the top of the bezel is not really that visible?
bent98:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=77634.0
My cabinet is in this thread. Not sure what you mean. Take a look.
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