How to map mouse buttons.

[pboreham]

I've just finished the first phase of wiring for my CP but have a q that I cannot find the answer for.

On my CP, i have 2 buttons for left and right mouse buttons to use with the Electric Ice-T trackball.

Could somebody please point me in the right direction of how to make the PC recognise the buttons as mouse buttons? I'm using KeyWiz if you can do it through that??

Thanks for any help guys!

[BobA]

Mouse buttons connect thru the opti wiz that came with your elec ice trackball.   Directions should be provided from GGG where to connect or you can get a premade harness from GGG. If connected via the opti wiz they should automatically be recongnized as mouse buttons.

[pboreham]

Ah.... I didnt get an OptiWiz (Randy advised not to get one - guess I didnt explain I'd be having mouse buttons).

Is there no other way to do it - like through the KeyWiz, or can I do a mouse-hack (once I find out what one is!?)

[SavannahLion]

Through the keyboard, you would have to use a mouse simulator. Microsoft OS has one packaged in their OS called MouseKeys, it's under the Accessibility Options. You'll need to remap the buttons to whatever keys is used by MouseKeys.

Hardware wise, just hack the buttons from a mouse to your buttons.

[pboreham]

Thanks Savanah!

Whats easier/best? I dont know anything about mouse hacking - but I have got the PA book and I'm sure there is a section about it in there I could read up on.

Cheers!

[BobA]

How did you intend to interface your trackball?   Opti pac? Mouse Hack?  Opti wiz? 

Mouse hack is the cheapest,  either opti is easier if you are not into hacking mice.   Not all mice will work so it is trial and error.

Read your past messages...did you get an interface with your spinner?    Is it an opti wiz? or a special for your spinner?

[BobA]

If you do have an opti wiz spinner controller your should ask Randy where to connect the mouse buttons on it. 

[pboreham]

BobA,

The spinner and the trackball are both USB controlled - the actual movements work fine, just need something for the buttons!

Thanks, Paul

[BobA]

I know that they are both USB.  What I am trying to say is the USB interface (opti wiz) should have mouse buttons.   If you are not using an optiwiz interface for your trackball what are you using?  Whatever interface it is, it should have a place to connect mouse buttons.

[pboreham]

ah right... dont know then, will have to have a look on the GGG docs and see what I can find.

Pretty sure i've not seen anything about mouse buttons though. Will report back if I find anything!

[BobA]

If you got the USB interface with your Elec Ice TB from GGG then it is a Opti wiz and has pins to connect the mouse buttons to.

[pboreham]

Thanks Bob - I've got my docs for the TT2 spinner, but not the Trackball. The Spinner shows where to connect the mouse buttons  I assume the Trackball is the same (I cannot look at the moment as everyone is asleep!).

How do you connect the wires though? Do you have to solder, or does it have screw points?

Thanks again for your help.

[BobA]

I am not 100 percent sure as I do not have the doc or the interface.   But usually there are either solder holes or pins to connect to.   Since GGG sells a harness I assume pins but they may sell them without the pins and call it the solderless version.   Solderless means pins that the black connectors slip over and solder means holes that you can solder the wires to.

Hope that hleps

[SavannahLion]

If you're connecting both spinner and trackball at the same time, you don't really need to connect the same buttons to both. I believe connecting buttons to one should suffice.