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| hulkster:
i know the ground wire is supposed to connect to a ground point, but does that matter what kind of ground point it is? the reason that im asking is that ive seen some peoples ground point like, far away from the trackball. right now, i have it just attached to one of the screws that the mounting plate has on the underside of the cp. i just looped that little green wire around (its a happ 3" trackball by the way) the screw and put the nut over it. is this right or should i move the ground wire somewhere else? |
| Chris:
If the plate itself isn't grounded, that isn't going to help. Eventually the ground should end up at the ground terminal of your power connection. |
| hulkster:
--- Quote from: Chris on May 25, 2004, 12:58:06 pm ---If the plate itself isn't grounded, that isn't going to help. Eventually the ground should end up at the ground terminal of your power connection. --- End quote --- so i can put the ground to my optipac? but i thought the ground was like two wires or something, can i stick both of those in the ground connection? |
| drunkatuw:
If you're using an mouse hack (like oscars) then all the electronics are grounded through the mouse (this would be the same for the minipac). I'm assuming the optipac is the same (never used it myself). So I hooked up the oscar mouse harness to the two circuit boards and just left the big green wire dangling, as far as I know, it's not attached to anything on the inside anyways. |
| mp2526:
--- Quote from: drunkatuw on May 25, 2004, 02:07:47 pm ---So I hooked up the oscar mouse harness to the two circuit boards and just left the big green wire dangling, as far as I know, it's not attached to anything on the inside anyways. --- End quote --- The big green wires are not for grounding the trackball electrically, but rather used to dissipate any static electricity build up from moving the ball around on the rollers. The wires should be connected to a little copper strip that is usually rubber cemented under one of the bearings attached to each axis roller. Some people hook these up, some don't. |
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