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Spinner Problem - Left Only
milhouse:
Its not backspin - it happens no matter how slow it is spun. Its jut weir because it was working 3 hours ago. I am guessing a wire is crossed but I was hoping that I could find out exactly where to look. Apparently it could be anything.
Thanks
phildo77:
I don't mean to dig up an old thread but this is the same problem I'm having.
Optipac, Windows XP.
I'm having the same problem with a trackball. Player one trackball does this exact thing. No Y movement only left X movement. Trackball 2 works great. I also have two spinners and two optical rotary joys hooked up.
Both spinners work great (Player 1 and 2 Y) but NEITHER of the rotary joys work (Player 1 and 2 X).
All equipment is brand new and never been used (but did sit in the garage for a couple of months in wrap).
I was wondering if you ever figured out what the problem was or if anyone else has any solutions?
***************UPDATE*******************
Trackball issue fixed. +5V wire had slipped out from the power block.
Optical rotary issue was I had gotten the WRONG pinout from some thread but found the correct one. Unfortunately this had GND and +5V swapped! I fixed the wiring but now the rotarys only move the cursor left. Am I screwed? Will swapping the GND and power kill the optical board on the Happ rotary joys? If so where can I order replacement optical boards for the optical rotary joysticks?