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Author Topic: How do I add button support to an electric ice trackball?  (Read 509 times)

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How do I add button support to an electric ice trackball?
« on: January 08, 2009, 03:42:45 am »
I plan on using the electric ice's support for buttons but I'm not sure how it's supposed to be wired. I see four posts on it, L,MR, and another post (it kind of looks like a top).

I'm assuming I connect the L,M,R, to the NO of the buttons I want to use but do I daisy chain the other post to the com posts on the buttons?

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Re: How do I add button support to an electric ice trackball?
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009, 12:58:07 pm »

That is correct.  It's a common ground setup, just like your normal button interface.

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Re: How do I add button support to an electric ice trackball?
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2009, 01:04:28 pm »
You basically have an optiwiz, with (G)round, (L)eft, (M)iddle, (R)ight.  The "G" pin is the buttons common ground.

edit: too late  :)
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