I-PAC 2 supported?

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AmintaMister
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I-PAC 2 supported?

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Hi! I was thinking of buying an I-PAC 2 (and to attach to it obviously two joys and one trackball and buttons), is it supported by Mister?

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Re: I-PAC 2 supported?

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Yes, although my 2005 version needed to be replaced to work without crashing, I am quite happy now with how well it works.
Here is a helpful thread for iPAC
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=448

Also made it on the MisterAddons latency charts in case you're wondering about performance:

https://rpubs.com/misteraddons/inputlatency
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Re: I-PAC 2 supported?

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Krieger wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:26 pm Yes, although my 2005 version needed to be replaced to work without crashing, I am quite happy now with how well it works.
Here is a helpful thread for iPAC
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=448

Also made it on the MisterAddons latency charts in case you're wondering about performance:

https://rpubs.com/misteraddons/inputlatency
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Re: I-PAC 2 supported?

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I retired my IPAC and opted for a DAEMONBITE, you reprogram an ardruino pro mini (they are 10 bucks) and you can get 2 (one for each player).
Mister will want to see each player as its own hardware id, so while you could connect both players to a single IPAC as they (most) function as a keyboard encoder. Mister is more friendly with joysticks IMO.

Latency is also amazing on them.

For the trackballs (spinners), most I have seen already have their own optical encoder in them and they are simply recognized as USB mice.

Here is what I bought for the Daemonbite
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BJNV1J3/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZMP7YNS/

Arcade joysticks and daisy chain wire for ground from.
https://arcadeshock.com/

Link to daemonbite github
https://github.com/MickGyver/DaemonBite-Arcade-Encoder
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