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Another trackball problem with Mame 1.06
kiddk1:
just so I am clear, did you go to Tab-> P1 controls-> track x analog then track y analog?
when you get to track x and select enter the field goes blank, you must then spin your mouse left to right to set x and then do track y?
Ifko:
I really apreaciate you wanting re clarification, I guess its still could be possible that there is something I might be overlooking that I am not doing correctly.
Unfortunately, the Tab screen isnt one of them. Its the Tab then general control screen, you go into P1 controls and then either mouse or trackball control==hit enter and no matter how I turn the mouse it wont register.
I can get the spinner to register, in the tack ball X axis, if that makes a difference.
thats another odd thing, MY spinner always works, I always can calibrate it, not the trackball.
and everything works in previous versions, and I do want to get this to work.
Scott
kiddk1:
what type of connection is your spinner? is your trackball the only ps/2 input or are you running a ps/2 splitter? what I might also suggest which is what I am running is a ps/2 to usb adapter and run the trackball as a usb input device.
ahofle:
--- Quote from: Ifko on June 12, 2006, 07:30:14 pm ---
just a quick question, some guys have said that their mouse was registered to mouse port 2 and etc... how do they know this, just by trial and error and thats what it worked on??
Scott
--- End quote ---
I think they mean that MAME recognizes is as "mouse device number 2". So when you spin it in the tab->input settings, it records it as "mouse2 X axis" or something similar.
Your problem definitely sounds unique though. So in windows, do both the spinner and trackball move the cursor around? Also, can you elaborate on the rotary interface you're using? Is it also optical?
Ifko:
Thanks for sticking with me, I appreciate you guys coming back.
The Track ball is run off of its own PS2 port, The spinner is run off its own USB port.
and Yes, I can move the MOUSE CURSOR with both the spinner and trackball at the same time in Windows, I can make it move in funky directions.
As far as the rotary controls, I was having this problem before adding the rotary input device, but it was pretty much plug and play, it plugs into a USB port, its the one that is been worked on currently by Jeremy Shaffer, they were discussing it on the boards recently. It is a full input device, that offers immediate at on rotary and optical rotary inputs. I am using it as an add on with my Ipac. Very simple to use, add, and worked immediately.
but I was having this problem before the device was added.
is it worth trying to switch the ps2 trackball to a usb input??
also off the top of my head (without triple checking) how my ports are set up:
first ps/2-- keyboard/ ipac
2nd ps/2-- trackball
1st USB- Spinner/ optical encoder
2nd USB- Rotary encoder
thanks
Scott
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