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| hoffy84:
Hello all, I have a Happ trackball and a tornado spinner on my cp. Both are connected USB directly into the computer. (no encoder in the middle). The spinner has the x axis, which is fine, but the trackball only has the y axis. I am not concerned about it working on any emulators (yet), but just on my desktop: I want to use the trackball as a mouse to be able to navigate and click files without having to use my keyboard. I have been searching the forums for a couple nights now, and I have seen lots of questions like this, but the TB/spinners of others are usually hooked up to an encoder, and the user is trying to figure out how to get it working in Mame. I just want TB to work like a mouse on my Windows XP desktop. Is there a setting somewhere I am not looking? Tried going into control panel>mouse settings, but didn't see anything relevant there. Any ideas? -Thanks |
| BobA:
Have your trackball use the x and y axis like a mouse and put your spinner on the z axis so there is no interference. |
| PL1:
If you use the z-axis for the spinner, you'll need to apply a patch to MAME and recompile like TopJimmyCooks mentions here. If not, one transition on the spinner wiil move you 4 steps due to how Windows handles z-axis inputs. Scott |
| equlizer:
Im in the same boat. I would love for someone to re compile mame for me (i would paypal them) I know forsure windows doesnt see it :( I might just install a DPDT switch and mount it on the side or something. |
| Dawgz Rule:
The Happ USB trackball should work fine out of the box in Windows, your front end, and Mame. I would suggest you disconnect all of the devices and then remove them from the hardware settings in windows. Reconnect the trackball and let windows rediscover. Verify that it works. If it doesn't I would tend to believe there is an issue with the trackball itself. Afterwards, connect the spinner and verify that it moves the mouse across one axis. Windows can accomodate multiple mice without issue and it is perfectly acceptable to have the trackball on x and y and also have the spinner on one or the other. Once this is done, your front end should also recognize the trackball as a mouse. The only issue I have seen with Mame is that some trackball games required me set one or the other axis with the trackball. Once set it was good to go. Odds are you will never be using the spinner and the trackball at the same time so it shouldn't present an issue. I am using both a Happ trackball and Tornado spinner (both USB) and they were pretty much plug and play. |
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