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Trackball lights up but mouse not moving.
maffewl:
Hey everyone, I'm sure this is a rookie question, but I got the control panel wired up last night and everything is working except the trackball and buttons. It lights up like it supposed to but nothing happens.
I have this trackball - http://www.jammaboards.com/store/2-1-4-ps2-led-illuminating-pc-mame-arcade-trackball-led-trackball.html
The green LED lights up but the mouse is not moving on the screen. It's connected through a PS2 port.
It also has 3 wires (red, yellow, white) and a ground (black). I only need the left and right mouse clicks so which color wires would these be? I guessed the red and white wires.
It also turns red when I press one of the connected buttons but still nothing happens on the screen.
Any help? Thanks in advance!
Hoopz:
Enable Mouse 1 in your mame.ini file. Familiar with that?
maffewl:
Thanks for the reply Hoopz. I'm not really familiar with that. I'm guessing I need to open up the mame.ini file in notepad and change the mouse 1 from a 0 to a 1 to enable it?
Also, the trackball isn't moving the mouse arrow or left/right clicking in windows either?
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: maffewl on November 13, 2012, 11:52:45 am ---Thanks for the reply Hoopz. I'm not really familiar with that. I'm guessing I need to open up the mame.ini file in notepad and change the mouse 1 from a 0 to a 1 to enable it?
Also, the trackball isn't moving the mouse arrow or left/right clicking in windows either?
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For the first question, yes open the Mame.ini file and change it from Mouse 0 to Mouse 1. That will allow Mame to see it.
For the second issue, does it move up and down but not left/right?
maffewl:
Neither... it's as if the computer doesn't recognize it at all. I haven't tried restarting the computer yet with the trackball plugged into the PS2 port. I'll try that when I get home.