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Oscar Controls Spinner Issue
NoOne=NBA=:
SEEING the mouse, and having the mouse WORK, are two different things.
My first suspect would be a loose wire on the header, but it'll be almost impossible to troubleshoot without a multi-meter.
Try reseating all the wires on the cables themselves.
Try to lightly wiggle the headers on the mouse hack, to see if they are loose, and not getting a good signal through.
look for broken traces on the mouse hack PCB.
arcadeboy0000:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 21, 2005, 07:58:58 am ---Does it even move the cursor in Windows?
Do the optics on the PCB line up with the encoder wheel?
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It does not move the cursor in windows even though it is recognized as a mouse device.
I have realigned the PCB a couple of times, but I am pretty sure its lined up correctly. The design of the wheel makes it almost impossible for the spokes of the wheel to not pass through correctly.
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on June 21, 2005, 09:36:49 am ---SEEING the mouse, and having the mouse WORK, are two different things.
My first suspect would be a loose wire on the header, but it'll be almost impossible to troubleshoot without a multi-meter.
Try reseating all the wires on the cables themselves.
Try to lightly wiggle the headers on the mouse hack, to see if they are loose, and not getting a good signal through.
look for broken traces on the mouse hack PCB.
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Thanks for the suggestions, i'll be doing this in a little. Will report back later on today. Ill be picking up a multimeter later today too. Any suggestions on a useful one that wont run me too much over $50ish? (link me to a good one from radio shack so I can go pick it up!)
Lilwolf:
btw, you should be able to test the optics by just spinning the wheel through it (without the spinner attached).
RacerX:
Be sure to let Kelsey know what's going on. He will make things right for you as soon as he has time. He's always gone above and beyond for me.
NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: arcadeboy0000 on June 21, 2005, 11:50:54 am ---Any suggestions on a useful one that wont run me too much over $50ish? (link me to a good one from radio shack so I can go pick it up!)
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I'm not a good one to ask.
Mine's about 20 years old, and is analog.
Basically, any digital multimeter that has a diode setting, and a continuity setting, would be fine.
You don't really need anything super fancy for arcade work.
You'll be reading AC/DC voltages, and continuity, more than anything.
You want to know that whatever you're working on is getting proper voltage, and that the buttons/etc... are opening/closing properly.