I-PAC 2 And Wiring Kit

Based on my experience i would recommend this board but i also had a few problems with it which were very time consuming. Pros: - Very easy to wire, all inputs are specified on the board. Peel the wire and screw it in - GND is at both sides but they're communicated so you only need a point from the daisy chain for all players and buttons - getting the pre-crimped wires and daisy chain for ground is a must unless you wanna spend hours crimping wires. It makes your life easy! - fast response from joystick and switches if connected to Raspberry Pi, not noticeable time delay. - it works very well with Mame Cons: - The board is meant to be pre-programmed by default but it may not be. My Up, down, left right were swapped so i tried to reprogram the board with no success so i end up wiring the up from the joystick with the down on the board, left with right, etc. - It didn't work with Windows 7. This could be due to having the correct driver installed instead of the windows default one. The Ultimarc website instructions are atrocious and all over the place with drivers, firmware and programming instructions in different sections which made it very hard to find. - WinIPAC V2 Configuration Utility did not work for me. The software did not recognised the firmware version and there was a constant error if I tried to reconfigure any buttons. This worked very well with the Mac version (i was lucky i had both Mac and Windows) and could program the shift "extra" ouputs through Macros Things to consider: If connected to Raspberry Pi, I would configure Emulation Station through a keyboard with the EXACT correspondent keys that you have the Joysticks and buttons associated with as per default table from the arcadeworlduk website i.e. SW1 = L-ctrl, SW2 = L-Alt and so on Player 2 may need to be configured for some game systems but google is your friend ;-)

I am very impressed by the fast (DPD) delivery to Germany; one day earlier than announced; safe packaging; Quality of the products (IPac, Buttons, Sticks) much higher than expected ! The IPAC2 (FS32) works "out of the box" with the Raspberry 3 (for a Bartop Project) - A mighty THANK YOU, Arcadeworld Team ! - I am sure I will come again :-)

Excellent quality and fast shipments.

what can i say, a great little board that gives my Mame arcade stick all the buttons i could ever want. It was very easy to wire up and to look very neat inside my arcade stick. On my stick the bottem piece is perspecs so it looks very nice with the green light lit up. I will be honest and say i had a little trouble setting up the board, but that was nothing to do with the board at all, just my lack of knowedge about t. but a simple phone call these guy's had me up and running in no time. A very simple software download to config the board from this site was all that was required. I will be definitely getting another for my 2 player Mame cab. Thanks Andy for all your help

Absolutely perfect.

We purchased 8 ipacs to allow us to control several PC's using arcade push buttons mounted into desks at work for controlling various computer systems, everything was delivered quickly, well packaged and we had everything up and running within 15 minutes, once we had programmed the first iPac with the control scheme we needed it was really quick and easy (about 30 seconds) to program each of the remaining ones. Fantastic service and would definitely recommend to anyone looking to either do a Mame style arcade machine or like us use them for simple software interaction.

This is well worth the money as it provides all that you need. The only things I would warn readers about are: * the daisy chain wiring for the ground connections needs to be separated into two pieces (or use two of them) since the Player 1 and 2 controls need to be connected to their respective ground connections on the PCB (i.e. do not connect Player 2 control grounds to the ground on the Player 1 side of the PCB). * there are no instructions so you will need to read up on the Internet or call Arcade world to understand which pins to connect to on the buttons and joysticks.

The customer support from Arcade World UK helped me identify whether this kit was right for my cabinet, and quickly explained the process of installing it. This kit is as close to "plug and play" as you can possibly get. With just one screwdriver and a £5 wire stripper, I was able to hook everything up to my arcade control panel in under 15 minutes.

Perfect product, packaging and customer support Thx