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blue:

I started building my CP about 2 years ago, and had to abandon the project to due time and other constraints.

At the time i was thinking of using a mouse hack as the interface for my trackball.
Today i will be going with the Opti-Wiz

BobA:

My Betson trackball had the following wiring

Molex Connector Wiring
 

(blk)        Gnd         1              4              Vdir         (green)

(red)        +5V         2              5              Hclk        (blue)

(yellow)  Vclk        3              6              Hdir        (brn)



Kremmit:

You don't need to put the plug back on.  Here are the colors for a Betson/Imperial trackball.

Red hooks up to +5v
Black hooks up to Ground
Green and Yellow are axis 1*
Blue and Brown are axis 2*

The other two, smaller-guage green leads with the loop at the end are earth ground, and can either be ignored, or wired to a metal piece in your cab if you like.

Happ Trackballs are the same, except that the Brown wire is Purple instead.

*I can never remember which pair is X and which is Y.  Play around with those and you'll get 'em right.




blue:

Thanks for all the info guys.

I think that i will be wiring it up with the molex - will just make everything cleaner.
Do you know if this is worth getting??
Trackball Cable for Opti-Wiz

blue:

Got my answer with the image here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=53797.0

But the still not sure about the Z-Axis. This is for a spinner right?

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