Ipac2 configuration

[trellos]

Hello ,iam having trouble setting up my ipac 2 with Launchbox via retroarch is there a guide or something?

i have a 2 joystick 7 button per side configuration an 2 player start buttons and 4 option buttons

thank you

[trellos]

Is someone here who uses ipac 2 ,to help me with button mapping please

[trellos]

Anyone???

[DOS76]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/

Maybe someone over here can help you better I know some users have those but I don't know how often they frequent the forums here.

[neohusky]

I have an ipac2 on my arcade cabinet and using Bigbox. I'm pretty much using it just with mame at the moment, but, can't image button mapping to be that different in retroarch.

What specifically are you having issues with? I'd be happy to try and help.

[trellos]

Thank you very much,I can't figure out which buttons to assign in order to match my NES and SNES button configuration ,I press F1 in retroarch but I don't know which button to assign .

 

[syntax_X]

You should learn how to remap your Ipac on-the-fly per emulator to make the most of it.
This way when ever you choose an emulator it will 

If you need an example of something you can add to the autohotkey script for each emulator let me know.

[Fablog]

I think what you need is here: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration
I used the images there to understand how to configure every console with my Ipac.

[trellos]

19 hours ago, syntax_X said:

You should learn how to remap your Ipac on-the-fly per emulator to make the most of it.
This way when ever you choose an emulator it will 

If you need an example of something you can add to the autohotkey script for each emulator let me know.

How i remap ipac2 on the fly? and how i add the autohotkey script?

Edited May 18, 2017 by trellos

[syntax_X]

Where to add the autohotkey script. 

With the Ipac, you need to make .ipc config files for each setup using the Ipac utility.

I tried using short file paths but that didn't work so I put my Ipac programming utility in its own folder , put all my .ipc configs in there and point each AHK script to the appropriate mapping, then on exit point it to a mapping that works well for BigBox.
It all works so fast you'll never even notice it.

Here is an example of one of my emulator AHK scripts.  *** NOTE*** I think I'm using one of the earlier I-pacs, some things may of changed in the newer version but I doubt it.

This is for Kega Fusion. ** Note the remapping of the keyboard key PAUSE. I-pac cannot emulate the PAUSE key present on some keyboards so remapping is required.

 

Run C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC\WinIPAC.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC\SEGA.ipc

P::SendInput, {Pause}

; This section closes Kega when pressing Escape
$Esc::
{
 Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}}
Run C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC\WinIPAC.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC\BigBox.ipc
}

 

My main use of the ipac is controlling all the emulator functions like turbo, rewind, save state, load state. Helps when one emulator asks for F1 save state and another asks for F8.

Then you get the ones that ask for F1+(save state slot) like MAME. Heres how you tackle Mame to save and load with 1 button each

 

Run C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC\WinIPAC.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC\MAME.ipc

; This section closes MAME when pressing Escape
$Esc::
{
 Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}}
Run C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC\WinIPAC.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC\BigBox.ipc
}

; Load State
x::
If GetKeyState("x")
{
   SetKeyDelay, -1, 110
   Send {F7 up}{Shift up}
   Sleep 100
   Send {F7}
   Sleep 100
   Send {s}
}
Return

; Save State
c::
If GetKeyState("c")
{
   SetKeyDelay, -1, 110
   Send +{F7}
   Sleep 50
   Send {s}
}
Return

Edited May 18, 2017 by syntax_X

[trellos]

It's difficult for me to understand this,is there any other way ?

[syntax_X]

I think with your I-pac you can set it to work as 2 controllers. Id just do that and map Retro arch to the buttons you want.

Set the bindings for player 1 and 2 in the main part of retroarch, then if you need anything changed in each core press F1 while the core is active, edit and save.

[trellos]

Thank you ,I'll give it a try.

[trellos]

Can somebody give me an example of the bindings I have 2 controllers with 7 button each ,player one, player two buttons and four other buttons for exit etc.

Edited May 20, 2017 by trellos

[trellos]

i cant understand which button is which in retropad and in ipac 2 ,and i dont know which i need to change

[Fablog]

I have an Ipac too and with the link I gave you it should be easyer to understand how it works. Each joypad image show you where are all the controls (a,b,x, etc) for each system. In retroarch go in the Input section and bind your buttons with each control and save your configuration.

For example, the Sega Genesis use a max of 6 buttons. Following the link I gave you, you'll see that you should bind those controls with your buttons:
L, X, R
Y, B, A

IMHO, no need to use AHK for that because the binding is done in Retroarch directly.

If you want a different configuration for another system you will have to create a config for each system.

[trellos]

I don't understand which buttons to bind in retroarch,left shoulder,right shoulder ,left trigger etc. while my controller 

has a  2joysticks and 7 buttons for each player and player 1 ,player 2 buttons and four buttons for exit ,select etc.