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Trackball question
VespaGuy:
Argh! So frustrating!!
The trackball unit is installed on the diagonal, so the four main directions (up/down/left/right) all spin both axis of the trackball. Spinning the trackball diagonal (down/left) should only affect one axis, and is the direction that continues to give me trouble. As said above, the opposite direction should ALSO be wonky, but it isn't. Strange.
So, I played the game for a few minutes again until the down/left response disappeared. I then opened the panel and swapped the two optical connectors. Now the X and Y axis signals should be reversed. Because of the diagonal orientation however, when I swap the two optical connectors, up and down are reveresed, but left and right still operate normally! ??? I've tried mapping this out in my head, and again on paper, but I'm driving myself batty.
But for now, it doesn't really matter, because every time I swap the connectors the problem disappears completely!! I still have no way of knowing if I'm indirectly jostling something every time I open the panel... Because when I reconnect the optical connectors to their correct position, it works again! It's only after playing for about 5 or 10 minutes that the problem returns.
At this point, I'm beginning to doubt it has anything to do with the trackball itself, and more with the wiring. Since the problem comes and goes, it's going to be a huge pain trying to find out what the cause is.