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Kevinem82:

I'm new to this site and have gotten tons of great info and tips from members on here.

Ok so my question is, got a USB Trackball from Happ Controls, plug it in to my PC thinking the trackball will become the mouse...nuh uh. You know know when you plug in a usb cable you get a sound notification, well I'm not getting that, so I'm not sure if there is a driver or what I'm not doing.

All I want to do with the trackball is play games. I don't need left click, right click or center click....or do I. Does it have to be grounded....what am I doing wrong, I thought it was just plug it in and it acts as a mouse

mgb:

In windows the trackball should just automatically work.
To get it working in Mame, you have to go into your mame.ini and enable the mouse with a 1.

if you don't see a mame.ini file in your mame folder, you will need to create it by running the mame command line on command prompt and typing
mame -cc

BobA:

You should get a device notification from windows when you plug in a USB trackball.  The USB plug provides the power, ground and all the signals.  If windows does not recognize it u may have a problem.  Check that the USB cable connection at the board is good. If it is try it in another USB port and even a port on another computer.


mgb:

Yes trying a different usb port makes good sense too.
I was just working with an older PC the other day, I plugged a usb mouse into one of the rear ports and it didn't work.
I plugged it into the front port and it worked.

also if you can, verify that the little plugs are in tight at the trackball.

Kevinem82:

yeah I got this from tornado terrys on ebay, I tried on my old vista every usb port...no luck. Then tried it on a brand new windows 8....no luck  :banghead:

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