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Author Topic: Trackball mouse button question  (Read 1090 times)

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Iain

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Trackball mouse button question
« on: November 23, 2006, 05:37:34 am »
Hi,

Trying to finalise my CP layout. I have a Happ trackball with usb connection.

I want to setup 2 mouse buttons. To try and limit the number of buttons on the CP is the best method to use P2 B1 and B2 as the trackball wired mouse buttons? Any other suggestions most welcome.

Can someone tell me why there are two separate connections per mouse button on the Trackball? Is it for connecting the trackball to an keyboard encoder as well?

Thanks

Iain

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Re: Trackball mouse button question
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2006, 08:44:51 pm »
Are the second set of connectors a different size for .25 and .187 terminals to suit your buttons?

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Re: Trackball mouse button question
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2006, 10:26:15 pm »
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Can someone tell me why there are two separate connections per mouse button on the Trackball? Is it for connecting the trackball to an keyboard encoder as well?

Thanks
If your trackball has more than two wires per button, maybe it is so that you may more easily build an ambidextrous panel, with buttons on the left and the right.

Maybe you can connect both your keyboard encoder and your trackball to the same  P2 B1 and B2 buttons by using diodes or gates, and/or utilizing the buttons' N/O connections.  That way you can avoid software configuration hassles for many emus/games, and mostly use defaults.  Then, of course,  you could even wire them up to both players sides.

« Last Edit: November 29, 2006, 01:55:48 pm by NickG »