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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: crashball on November 20, 2004, 06:25:55 pm
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I picked me up a suzo trackball from Ultimarc and am attempting the mouse hack interface like on Lusid's web site. My problem is I can't get it to work after soldering the connections to the mouse PCB. I tried to test it before removing the light reader diode thing (not the technical name i know) just by holdin the wires to the soldered contacts and was able to get some movement. After removing the sensors and soldering the wires, i get nothing. I think I am using the right kind of solder but the package is long gone. Is there anyway to tell what kind I have? If I remove the solder on the connections it looks as if the metal or shiny ring around the hole is not longer there, like it got rubbed off when I tried to get the solder off. I think the etching may even be coming off on one, I probably baked it. The PC still detects the mouse and the buttons still work, but no movement. I Think I have toasted 2 mouse PCBs in one way or another and snapped a 3rd in half trying to get it out of the case. Would the wrong kind of solder not conduct a connection or is my conenction bad? Any tips from those who have done it would be appriciated.
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Oscar sells a premade mouse hack for a good price. Check his webpage
http://www.oscarcontrols.com
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It's a touchy hack. Some mice just don't work, and I only tried it with Happ's sensor board.
I think you've killed enough rodents. Time to buy an interface.
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It's a touchy hack.
Holy crap! It's Lusid!
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Try this one from Minwah's site. Worked for me.
http://mamewah.mameworld.net/mousehack.html
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Minwah's hack works fine, but you need some pull up resistors to get the Ultimarc t'balls working:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,19100.0.html
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Ah, I was not aware of that. I used an Imperial TB.
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It's a touchy hack.
Holy crap!