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Title: Ultimarc trackball harness extension
Post by: martin35 on August 01, 2018, 01:38:55 pm

Hello Guys

I just bought a Ultimarc trackball and the wire harness is a little too short to reach my IPAC2. I wonder if it’s advisable to extend the harness by soldering wire extension or should I buy the premade extension. It’s really not a matter of price (about 10$ from Ultimarc) but a matter of time, I would like to try it as soon as I can.

Thanks

Martin

Title: Re: Ultimarc trackball harness extension
Post by: JDFan on August 01, 2018, 01:47:18 pm

Quote from: martin35 on August 01, 2018, 01:38:55 pm

Hello Guys

I just bought a Ultimarc trackball and the wire harness is a little too short to reach my IPAC2. I wonder if it’s advisable to extend the harness by soldering wire extension or should I buy the premade extension. It’s really not a matter of price (about 10$ from Ultimarc) but a matter of time, I would like to try it as soon as I can.

Thanks

Martin

Either method will work - another option would be to remove the existing wires from the connectors and replace with longer wires.

Title: Re: Ultimarc trackball harness extension
Post by: martin35 on August 02, 2018, 12:58:45 pm

Do you mean  replace the wire from the  connectors inside the trackball ? I did not open it yet but I will have a look inside for sure.

Thanks

Martin

Title: Re: Ultimarc trackball harness extension
Post by: JDFan on August 02, 2018, 01:15:08 pm

Quote from: martin35 on August 02, 2018, 12:58:45 pm

Do you mean  replace the wire from the  connectors inside the trackball ? I did not open it yet but I will have a look inside for sure.

Thanks

Martin

I haven't seen the inside of the ultimarc trackball - but should be possible to replace the wiring inside - when I commented I was thinking of the Happ trackball wiring harness

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/SS0AAOSwvKtY-RH9/s-l1600.jpg)

For it you could just remove the pins from the molex connectors and then replace with longer wires if you needed some extra length but didn't want the splices ( but splicing/soldering works also ! ) - Should be able to do the same with the Ultimark depending on how it is wired internally but would think it uses some type of connector on the wire ends ( If directly soldered internally might be easier to just splice rather than replace )

Title: Re: Ultimarc trackball harness extension
Post by: martin35 on August 02, 2018, 01:55:07 pm

Thank you to take some time to help me.  I will probably open the trackball to see how it's connected inside and I will decide from there which way I go. Is molex pins are reusable ? I guess not. I never really modified a molex harness before.

Thanks again

Martin