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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.

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