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Title: spinner question
Post by: deadmeat on March 03, 2011, 08:35:45 am

i picked up an oscar tempest clone spinner and im running it through an opti-pac... in windows it always goes left,no matter which way I spin it... in mame, i can't get it to recognize it.  mame will see my trackball but not spinner.

did i wire it wrong or am i doing something wrong... help please,  i finally built my mame cabinet but this is just pissing me off.

thanks.

Title: Re: spinner question
Post by: VanillaGorilla on March 03, 2011, 09:36:05 am

how do you have it wired up? did you get the wire harness when you bought the spinner? I have one of these, but mine is interfaced with an optiwiz. what axis do you have it attached to? With mine, I have the harness, and I attach it to the Z axis of the interface (this could easily go to the X or Y if I wanted to). The white wire(S1) goes to the ZA axis, green (S2)  goes to the ZB axis, RED to +5v, BLACK to Ground.

In windows, my trackball acts as a mouse (X & Y axes), and my spinner acts as a scroll wheel (Z axis).

Title: Re: spinner question
Post by: deadmeat on March 03, 2011, 05:22:10 pm

No I didn't get the harness with it. I used a four pin fdd power cable.   I have it hooked to 5v and ground, s1 goes to x1 on the optipac and s2 goes to x2.  Mame reads my trackball great. But in Windows when I turn the sinner the mouse arrow just slowly moves to the left, no right at all.????

Title: Re: spinner question
Post by: RandyT on March 03, 2011, 05:56:09 pm

Quote from: deadmeat on March 03, 2011, 05:22:10 pm

No I didn't get the harness with it. I used a four pin fdd power cable.   I have it hooked to 5v and ground, s1 goes to x1 on the optipac and s2 goes to x2.  Mame reads my trackball great. But in Windows when I turn the sinner the mouse arrow just slowly moves to the left, no right at all.????

Check the alignment of the optical sensor to the encoder wheel.  Oscar's spinners, IIRC, had some play in assembly so that the user could position the PCB.  If you got it used, it's probably not aligned properly and needs to be re-positioned.

RandyT

Title: Re: spinner question
Post by: deadmeat on March 03, 2011, 09:02:33 pm

Thanks ill give it a try.

Title: Re: spinner question
Post by: deadmeat on March 04, 2011, 03:32:45 am

Ok. I tried adjusting the opto, no change. I'm at a loss. I checked voltage from gnd to 5v I have 4.6 volts. When I unchecked the enhance pointer precision box in Windows, it don't move at all.

Title: Re: spinner question
Post by: deadmeat on March 04, 2011, 03:38:48 am

So I had an old ball mouse laying around put the opto on the sinner wheel, it worked great. So maybe my vortex has a bad opto??. I think I'm just gonna rig up the mouse opto. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

Title: Re: spinner question
Post by: deadmeat on March 04, 2011, 04:55:16 am

+1 for metal hangers and hot glue :lol
works great

Title: Re: spinner question
Post by: VanillaGorilla on March 04, 2011, 10:10:37 am

Life gave you lemons, and you made lemonade. Good on you, boy-o!