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Title: Help with Trackball Axis
Post by: twitami on November 20, 2007, 10:31:09 pm

Ok, I had a bunch of control panels (blank ones) made fo rme by Mameroom a while ago. Overall they came out great, but somewhere along the way, the trackball hole was made upside down. Needless to see, my axis are reversed. I know there is a way to change it, I have seen it back when I didn't need it, but for the life of me I can't remember where. I am using Mala (totally owniness btw) for my front end if it matters.

Thanks All !

Title: Re: Help with Trackball Axis
Post by: brock.sampson on November 20, 2007, 10:38:13 pm

Can you just switch the wire harnesses for the encoder boards?  :dunno

Title: Re: Help with Trackball Axis
Post by: twitami on November 20, 2007, 10:43:55 pm

Well, it is a USB Happs Trackball..not sure if you can switch them if you are using USB...anyone know?

Title: Re: Help with Trackball Axis
Post by: DrumAnBass on November 20, 2007, 11:42:23 pm

Is there a software method for addressing this problem? I know you can remap in Mame but I want to use a reverse mounted trackball (a kensington orbit - not an arcade trackball) for mouse control in Windows.

Any suggestions? There has to be some utility floating around that can do this...

Title: Re: Help with Trackball Axis
Post by: TheOne on November 21, 2007, 05:57:50 pm

Well, as an extreme if you don't find another answer, you could strip the cable and cross the wires.

Title: Re: Help with Trackball Axis
Post by: twitami on November 22, 2007, 02:52:54 am

Just FYI, got this working. I was looking in the wrong menu section. It is in the "TAB" menus in mame, under Player 1 (or whatever number). It has an option to select X axis and Y axis. I was looking in the the OTHER, ANALOG, or ALL GAMES sections.

Works great now! Centipede on a 27" Betson monitor is pretty awesome!