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Trackball - Big Middle and Big Right button illuminations (swapped)

newbie337 — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:17:08 +0000

Issue: Pressing Big Middle button lights up the Big Right button (and vice versa).
Trackball device has cool feature that the lights for the big buttons can be: Always on, On when pressed, or Off. This is accomplished on the LCD menu screen: Press small black button, Scroll trackball down to "Button Settings", Press Big Right button (red) and scroll trackball down to -- Lights -- section where Big Middle, Big Right, and Big Left illumination settings can be changed using the Big Right (red) button.
When the "Big Middle" setting is changed to "Always On" or "Press", the Big Right (red) button illuminates. Conversely, when the "Big Right" setting is changed to "Always On" or "Press", the Big Middle (green) button illuminates.

RE: iCode - paddle configuration on Atari 7800 - Fire1 or paddle button - missing in action

boanergos — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:50:09 +0000

I’ve made a bit more progress. On MiSTer, I enabled the input tester and discovered that both ‘Paddle 1 Button’ and ‘Paddle 2 Button’ correspond to the B button. This explains why, when on the Atari 7800 button configuration you set ‘Paddle 2 Button’ as fire button 2, the Paddle 2 Button itself doesn’t actually respond. I used the configuration described in the link in the first post. How can I separate the inputs for the two paddle buttons?

Thanks to everyone, and have a good day.

Marco

iCode - paddle configuration on Atari 7800 - Fire1 or paddle button - missing in action

boanergos — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:30:27 +0000

I have an iCode Duo Ultimate H1 Universal USB Adapter. As soon as I got it, I followed the setup instructions (though I can’t quite remember whether they were in a video or the documentation) and managed to configure two paddles perfectly on an Atari 7800 for Warlords. At some point, I made some changes – probably the wrong ones – and had to redo the setup.
Here’s the link to the document:
https://www.icode.com/how-to-set-up-4-player-paddles-on-mister-fpga-with-the-icode-duo-ultimate/

I’m about to go through the configuration process again as instructed. Everything’s going well; I skip ‘fire1’ and click on ‘fire2’ as the second button. When I get to ‘Paddle button’, I click the fire button on the first paddle, but it doesn’t respond to commands. I’ve tried switching off, switching back on, saving… you name it. Can anyone explain why the paddle button isn’t being assigned, even though I’ve left it unassigned as per the instructions?

Kind regards.

RE: Power connection on Digital Dual-RAM MiSTer FPGA

Ali Jani — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:20:45 +0000

Connect the single barrel side of the y adapter to your power adapter. The 2 wired side of the y adapter connect to your Mister (one the middle barrel connection, and the other the USB power port below it)

Power connection on Digital Dual-RAM MiSTer FPGA

znajem — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:09:01 +0000

I just received the fully built Digital Dual-RAM MiSTer. The power connection on my unit doesn't seem to match the included documentation.

The documentation reads a Y-splitter with two male barrel plugs, one for the DE10-Nano and one for the USB hub. However, the Y-splitter supplied with mine has one male barrel plug and one USB plug.

Also, the ports on my case aren't labeled, and the picture in the documentation appears to show a different case/configuration from the unit I received.

Could you please clarify exactly how the supplied Y-splitter should be connected to this version of the MiSTer? I don't want to risk powering the wrong port.

Thanks!

Ps. There's a USB dongle in one of the 6 USB ports on the side, what's that?

RE: iCode Duo Ultimate in Retroarch

Aaron Moore — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:13:48 +0000

Hello. I need help to get the stick to work please. I am running Stella in Retroarch on Windows 11, and I have an Icode Duo Ultimate with an original Atari CX40 joystick. Thank you in advance for your help!

RE: Is a PDF of the manual of the Duo Ultimate H1 Quick Reference Guide available or a higher quality image of the Advanced Display Elements chart?

Ali Jani — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:16:14 +0000

Hi. Here is the link to the Duo Ultimate H1 manual.

Is a PDF of the manual of the Duo Ultimate H1 Quick Reference Guide available or a higher quality image of the Advanced Display Elements chart?

icodeucode — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:05:39 +0000

The included printed manual is largely fine but the dot pitch of the chart is too low to be legible. Is a higher quality PDF and/or an image of this chart available? Thanks

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RE: Set up iCode Arcade Spinner Ultimate USB in Win 11

Ali Jani — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:47:58 +0000

Win 11 is usually automatic so some other driver must be conflicting with the spinner. Try switching the spinner USB emulation mode to a different mode. Usually the default is set to Standard, so try Legacy and then Classic. Go to the menu and down to usb settings and then usb emulation and you will see it. once you change it, it will restart and windows will see it as a completely different device so hopefully that will take care of it.

Set up iCode Arcade Spinner Ultimate USB in Win 11

mindexplo — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:28:34 +0000

I wanted to install the iCode Arcade Spinner Ultimate USB Gaming Controller on my Win 11 PC by plugging in the USB connector. I can see the controller under Input devices. However when I go to set up USB game controllers and click on properties I get a message: "Game Controller Error : Your Game Controller is not connected correctly. Please verify that it is plugged into your computer" . I have verified my Windows install and have tried different USB ports. Updated the firmware to version 3.3.But always the same result. I have tried the controller on my old Win 10 PC and there it works with no issues.

Now, I did test the controller in a few games on Steam, and it seems to be working as it should. I just find it strange that I can't go to the Properties of the game controller in Win11?