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struby:

ok, so I got a Betson Imperial Trackball, did the mouse hack, looked this up:


--- Quote from: Rod1968 on October 19, 2002, 01:44:18 pm ---I just got my Optipac the other day
and hooked my betson to it.

Here you go:
Yellow = X1
Green = X2
Brown = Y1
Blue = Y2

Rodney

--- End quote ---

, but I can't get my y axis to work, x works fine, everything looks to be soldered ok, y is the one where I have my red wire in the middle of the two axis wires, that is the only difference I see, but it won't register movement on the y axis, doesn't even wiggle up and down, any help would be appretiated, thanks.

struby:

I let it sit for like 10 mins, plugged it in, got some backwards y movement, which stopped after like 5 seconds, the movement was iffy.

struby:

I switched x and why on the molex connector, now it goes up and down when the trackaball is moved side to side, but now there is no left and right movement, what does this mean.

quarterback:


--- Quote from: struby on April 12, 2006, 07:24:07 pm ---I let it sit for like 10 mins, plugged it in, got some backwards y movement, which stopped after like 5 seconds, the movement was iffy.
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The first thing I'd try would be to just flip the X and Y axis wires on your 6-pin connection.   I don't remember which pins are which, but This should narrow down where the problem is.

By seeing if the problem 'moves' from the X-axis to the Y-axis, you should know if it's a problem with the mouse hack or the ball.   

For the purposes of this test, I'll assume you're looking at a mouse cursor and we're talking about the mouse cursor's X and Y axis of movement. 

Currently you can get the mouse cursor to move right-and-left but not up-and-down, correct?  Well, if you flip the wires, you'll either be able to get the mouse to move the other direction on screen or not.

- If the mouse cursor now moves up-and-down but NOT right-and-left, then it's a problem with the ball (or a connection somewhere)
- If the mouse curosr continues to only move right-and-left and not up-and-down, then it's a problem with the mouse (or a connection somewhere)

If you're talking about the BALL'S x-axis and y-axis, the conclusion should be the opposite.


Let me know how that works out.
qb

struby:

the ball's movement is basically only registered when the ball is moved on the x-axis, whether the x-axis on the ball is hooked up to the mouses x or y, whichever the x on the ball is hooked up to works fine, whichever the y on the ball is hooked up to doesn't register.

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