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FIXED! (New Happ arcade trackball quickly stops working in Y-axis direction)
ubiquityman:
Keep in mind, $15+shipping would let you get away from the "hack", although it's still uncertain if that is the root of your troubles.
drventure:
It sounds like you've already taken the hub out of the equation, but I had a PILE of trouble with my spinner and 2 trackballs until I replaced my UNPOWERED hub with a good POWERED hub.
That is what solved the probs for me.
There just wasn't enough juice on an unpowered hub for all the devices.
ubiquityman:
I'm powering a UHID, 2x U360s from a hub.
The UHID drives 2 spinners and a Happ trackball and 1 LED (plus a whole lot of switches).
I've not seen any problems with this setup. The hub does support externally powering but worked fine without it.
I will be adding 4 more LEDs per CP, but my guess is that these devices don't draw much current, although it's easy enough to measure.
unclet:
Well the only reason I am not buying an Optiwiz yet is that I cannot explain why the trackball mouse hack works on my other main computer all night long. I woke up this morning the and trackball works fine.
Also, my USB Hub I was using was a "powered" hub. Although since the hub is not connected to the PC anymore this cannot be the source of my problem.
I guess I will eventually just buy an Optiwiz. If that does not work then I will buy (or find) a new power supply with more wattage than I currently have.
I have no other ideas.
PS: If I buy an Opti-wiz no-solder version for $15.00+$7.60 ($22.60) then will the Opti-Wiz come with holes to allow AWG 18-21 sized wire to fit and be soldered? Is there anything else to making the Opti-wiz work?
ubiquityman:
According to the website, if you order the "solder" version, it doesn't have headers.
You should be able to solder 20awg wire directly to it.