ipac questions....config

[hulkster]

ive wired everything up to the ipac, and im in the config stage so i guess this is software related.  anyway, im having trouble getting my buttons to work. everything is wired to the place i want it to be wired, and most of the buttons blink when i push them in the ipac gui.  here are my problems....

1)the start buttons for player 1 and 2 blink in the ipac gui, but dont work in mamewah, or games.  the coin buttons work but not the start buttons.

2)the buttons that i want to be mapped for a certain action...the ones closest to the joystick arent responding in the games.  for instance....i have a 6 button layout for player 1 and 2, but when i play a game like Ninja Turtles, the attack and jump buttons are the buttons farthest away from the joystick!  

3)a couple of buttons on each player dont blink in the gui, but they act as a "lock" for certain other buttons.  like when i press button 2 it doesnt blink, but after pushing it, and then pushing button 1...button one doesnt blink, as if pushing button 2 locked it from working.  however, when i push button 2 again, and then try button 1 again...it works.  i dont understand why this is happening.  

tese are the main issues right now, i hope someone will be kind enough to help me!

[cdbrown]

First thing I did when I had trouble with buttons not working was to check all the connections for active wire and ground wire to the microswitches and to the ipac.  I found on of my ground wires had come loose and all player 4 controls wouldn't work.  Also found 2 loose active wire crimps which may have caused some problems.

1)open notepad and press the start1 and start2 - this should put a 1 and 2 on the screen if it's wired to the right spots on the ipac
also when in a game open up the config menu (press tab) and check whether the game has start1 = 1 & start2 = 2

2)did you wire up the buttons from the closest to the joystick on the bottom row as P1Button1, the one to the right as P1Button2, the top row would be P1Button4 and so on.  Sounds like you have the outside ones wired up first.  You can use ipac tool to reconfigure these.

3)not sure about this one - perhaps email andy warne for his help

Good luck
-cdbrown

[Unkis17]

Depending if you received an I-PAC that was manufactured after Apr 15, 2002.  You can use the test mode of the I-PAC and it will tell you what is shorted!  As well as read if a key is being pressed what it is programmed as.  To get into test mode you must have a PS2 keyboard hooked up to the KBD port on the I-PAC, even if you are using it as USB.

1.  Open Notepad
2.  Using the PS2 Keyboard press and hold in this order:
  Ctrl + Alt + P
The I-PAC will go into test mode.  It will let you program if the jumper is set to ALT otherwise only test.  The shorted keys will be listed right away, otherwise every key you press should show up when pressed and what it is programed as.  If the key doesn't show up, chances are it isn't receiving power.  You can check this by using a Mult-Meter or Ohm meter.  Use Voltage DC setting.  Put the black probe one of the grounding screws on the Terminal block of the I-PAC.  Put the red probe on the terminal block of the button you are checking.  It should read ~5 volts.  Mine read 4.8 just about all the time.
  If you get nothing you can then switch the Ohm meter to continutity checking, usually a symbol of three arced waves.  You can check this by touching the two probes together, it will make a beep noise.  This means you have completed a circuit.  Try the circuit from one end of the button to the other of the terminal block of that button.  No noise = no circuit, thus you didn't crimp correctly.

If this doesn't help keep on posting,  I'll see what i can help with.

[hulkster]

i went into the chatroom and howard helped me..as well as mrsalty, so thanks anyway guys!