Quick question on trackball for 60 in 1

[JDFan]

I have one of this type of trackball :



And was wondering if anyone knows what direction it should be mounted in ( ie. do the wires coming out face Up, Down, Left or Right ) - I guess I could hook it all up and find out but was thinking someone here might already know !

[PL1]

Not sure about the pinout for that trackball, but here's the pinout for a 60-in-1 trackball.  (Hat tip to Drnick)

As long as you get the 5v and ground right, mixing up the other wires won't damage the board or trackball circuits.




Scott

[JDFan]

Thanks for that but have it already - mainly was just wanting to mount it in the CP and since it is already in a harness did want to have to remove and turn it after installing ( since it only has 2 mounting holes instead of 4 turning it 90 degrees would mean a couple extra holes in the MDF ) - Your post did give me another option for checking it though as I can look at the wiring colors and see which is going to the X and Y axis. Just surprised they don't mark it with the default direction to mount it - but guess they figure you can always rearrange the wiring harness or rotate the thing if it winds up being wrong. 

[JDFan]

In case anyone else wants to know - I went ahead and wired things up today to test and the trackball pictured is wired so that the up direction is where the wires come out of the base - So when mounting in the cab the wiring connector should go toward the screen.