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Was playing the cab (finally) today
Avrus:
And I thought wiring was going to be the difficult part. Wiring was a breeze compared to button configuration and troubleshooting (phew!)
Finally managed to get everything up and running, and it was a blast. Played some track and field, street fighter, TMNT, and some rampart to test out the 3 trackballs.
Unfortunately it looks like the x spindle on one of the trackballs is messed because it doesn't spin very freely unless heavy pressure is applied to the ball. Whee, have to get that RMA'd.
RayB:
THREE trackballs?!?!?
Wow. You must LOVE 3-player Rampart.
DaveMMR:
Yeah, you missed the discussion:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=72122.0
Anyhoo, I had the same problem with my trackball as you did Avrus, I think. Can you take apart the trackball and see if everything is on track? Also, with mine, I had to essential "break it in". It almost barely spun at first, but the more I played with it the "looser" it got.
Avrus:
--- Quote from: RayB on January 28, 2008, 04:26:13 pm ---THREE trackballs?!?!?
Wow. You must LOVE 3-player Rampart.
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Lol yup. Originally I had planned on 2 but a good friend of mine (and the guy who helped me build it) said why not go 3 trackballs. Can break new design ground and play 3 player trackball.
I gotta tell ya, the 3 player trackball on Sunday made it allll worth while. (even though yellow player was complaining he couldn't repair his castle)
Avrus:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on January 28, 2008, 06:34:06 pm ---Yeah, you missed the discussion:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=72122.0
Anyhoo, I had the same problem with my trackball as you did Avrus, I think. Can you take apart the trackball and see if everything is on track? Also, with mine, I had to essential "break it in". It almost barely spun at first, but the more I played with it the "looser" it got.
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Well see the odd thing is, the first thing I did was take it apart to see if I had any dust in the roller pins. The pins and the encoder wheel seem to spin perfectly fine, yet when I put them back into the assembly and screw it back together I can see clearly that the encoder wheel is not spinning 60%+ of the time. However if you push down on the trackball it spins fine.
So I don't know if it's a compression issue, or a spindle issue, or a encoder wheel issue. I sent an email off to service at Starburst and will see what they say.
Any idea if those Betson trackball mods that Randy sells on GGG work with the Happ?