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Title: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: Ldsfunaz on July 10, 2005, 11:39:07 pm

I'm gonna Go with a USB Happs and a tornado spinner.

Title: Re: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: krick on July 11, 2005, 12:54:31 am

If you have a USB trackball and USB spinner, then an Opti-Pac is totally useless for you.

An Opti-Pac is designed to have devices direct wired into it.

If you wanted to direct wire your devices using an opti-pac, you'd have to convert them to non-usb devices, which would requre either swapping the optical encoder boards or modifying the existing boards (assuming that is possible).

This would definitely be a lot of work.

Title: Re: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: Ldsfunaz on July 11, 2005, 04:12:58 pm

awesome, so i would just need a USB hub then to get them both workign together?

Title: Re: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: Ldsfunaz on July 12, 2005, 06:46:47 pm

umm Im not a big bumper but i feel this is a simple enogh question..  a usb hub will work then?

Title: Re: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: clanggedin on July 12, 2005, 06:50:00 pm

You could buy a USB card with enough ports in it and then plug the spinner and ball directly into your PC. That may be a cheaper solution too.

Title: Re: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: NinjaEpisode on July 12, 2005, 07:14:19 pm

I did something similar to what clanggedin is suggesting.  My trackball is P/S2.  So was my spinner.  I got a usb converted and plugged it into my usb port.  Yes, one will move the other, but the odds of that happening too regularly are extremely slim.

Title: Re: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: Stingray on July 13, 2005, 11:28:43 am

Quote from: Ldsfunaz on July 12, 2005, 06:46:47 pm

umm Im not a big bumper but i feel this is a simple enogh question..  a usb hub will work then?

Yes

-S

Title: Re: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: SirPoonga on July 13, 2005, 12:00:48 pm

Did oyu get the happ usb thing already?  If not save yourself some money and either get a bprehacked mouse from oscarcontrols or hack your own.

WAAAIIIITTTT.  Doesn't the tornado come with a USB interface?

Title: Re: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: krick on July 13, 2005, 12:08:28 pm

Quote from: SirPoonga on July 13, 2005, 12:00:48 pm

WAAAIIIITTTT.

Title: Re: Hey Experts! Do I need an Opti-Pac?
Post by: AlanS17 on July 13, 2005, 12:45:35 pm

Quote from: SirPoonga on July 13, 2005, 12:00:48 pm

If not save yourself some money and either get a bprehacked mouse from oscarcontrols or hack your own.

I thought Oscar Controls was closed for the time being.