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| Vicious Burger:
I have a Happ trackball in my CP connected to the Opti-Wiz with an adapter cable from GGG. Optiwiz connects to PC via USB. There are a pair of green wires that come off the trackball and join together at a crimp connector,which I assume is a ground wire,(isn't ground usually black?) If this is the case, where should i ground it? The PC is inside the cabinet,should i run a wire to the PC case to ground it,or somewhere else? All my other controls (joys & buttons) work fine,they have all the ground wires on them,and are all connected through the Ipac4. Spinner is USB. I checked with my multimeter that power is coming from the optiwiz,and it is getting 5v through the adapter cable. I'm not sure how to tell if its a grounding issue or if the trackball is knackered |
| maddags:
Black is not neccisarily black, alot of times it is green. I have not used the Opti-wiz but I think you should connect the ground it is as well. On GGG website http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=260 in the description it says that it has Connections provided for 3 buttons, 3 axes, +5v and Ground. |
| Vicious Burger:
--- Quote from: maddags on June 13, 2009, 06:47:13 pm ---Black is not neccisarily black, alot of times it is green. I have not used the Opti-wiz but I think you should connect the ground it is as well. On GGG website http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=260 in the description it says that it has Connections provided for 3 buttons, 3 axes, +5v and Ground. --- End quote --- I'm pretty sure that when it says ground,it means for the cable that comes from the trackball. There are three 2-pin cables on the adapter cable. 2 of them (4 pins in all go to the x and y axis pins (according to Randy T) and the other go to 5v and ground. I'm pretty sure that the only grounding point on the optiwiz. http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1565/hpim0944.jpg |
| mlalena:
Just to specify a point: The 2 green wires on a Happ Trackball are a ground for static electricity buildup from the trackball. You should ground this green wire so that the static doesn't burn out a circuit board, but the trackball should work without grounding. To verify your trackball is the same as mine, if you take apart the trackball these green wires should lead to a copper foil near the rollers. |
| maddags:
Sorry I missed understood, as mlalena stated this is correct. As I took a look at my Golden tee setup and they are infact grounded to a grounding block in the cabinet. |
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