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Help with Trackball Axis
« on: November 20, 2007, 10:31:09 pm »
Ok, I had a bunch of control panels (blank ones) made fo rme by Mameroom a while ago. Overall they came out great, but somewhere along the way, the trackball hole was made upside down. Needless to see, my axis are reversed. I know there is a way to change it, I have seen it back when I didn't need it, but for the life of me I can't remember where. I am using Mala (totally owniness btw) for my front end if it matters.

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Re: Help with Trackball Axis
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2007, 10:38:13 pm »
Can you just switch the wire harnesses for the encoder boards?  :dunno
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Re: Help with Trackball Axis
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2007, 10:43:55 pm »
Well, it is a USB Happs Trackball..not sure if you can switch them if you are using USB...anyone know?
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Re: Help with Trackball Axis
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2007, 11:42:23 pm »
Is there a software method for addressing this problem? I know you can remap in Mame but I want to use a reverse mounted trackball (a kensington orbit - not an arcade trackball) for mouse control in Windows.

Any suggestions? There has to be some utility floating around that can do this...
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Re: Help with Trackball Axis
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2007, 05:57:50 pm »
Well, as an extreme if you don't find another answer, you could strip the cable and cross the wires.
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Re: Help with Trackball Axis
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2007, 02:52:54 am »
Just FYI, got this working. I was looking in the wrong menu section. It is in the "TAB" menus in mame, under Player 1 (or whatever number). It has an option to select X axis and Y axis. I was looking in the the OTHER, ANALOG, or ALL GAMES sections.

Works great now! Centipede on a 27" Betson monitor is pretty awesome!
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