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Vicious Burger:

--- Quote from: maddags on June 13, 2009, 08:24:16 pm ---Sorry I missed understood,  as mlalena stated this is correct.  As I took a look at my Golden tee setup and they are infact grounded to a grounding block in the cabinet.

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And what is the grounding block grounded to ? The main power supply ground i guess.

Vicious Burger:

--- Quote from: mlalena on June 13, 2009, 08:16:47 pm ---Just to specify a point:
The 2 green wires on a Happ Trackball are a ground for static electricity buildup from the trackball.
You should ground this green wire so that the static doesn't burn out a circuit board, but the trackball should work without grounding.
To verify your trackball is the same as mine, if you take apart the trackball these green wires should lead to a copper foil near the rollers.

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Yep,the green wires go to the copper bits where the crimp connector is screwed in.
I still cant figure this thing out. I tried to set it up on my other PC,but no luck with it there either.
Do you know of a sure way I can test it to see if the trackball is dead in some way?
I was trying to measure the voltage coming from the optiwiz,but it keeps saying OL .

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Vicious Burger on June 14, 2009, 05:36:05 pm ---I still cant figure this thing out. I tried to set it up on my other PC,but no luck with it there either.
Do you know of a sure way I can test it to see if the trackball is dead in some way?
I was trying to measure the voltage coming from the optiwiz,but it keeps saying OL .

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Again, it would be best to deal with this through support email, but the first thing I would recommend is for you to disconnect all wiring from the Opti-Wiz and plug the unit into your PC.  If the PC makes the normal "happy" sound under XP, then you will at least know that the Opti-Wiz is functional.  It should be, because we test each and every one of them on a trackball before they are shipped.

If it is, then the next possibility is the wiring.  Again, we test the harnesses as well, but it's the next thing to look at.  It's hard to know what all happens in shipping.

We can do some more in depth trouble shooting in email.

Vicious Burger:
Yeah the OL thing was just me having the meter on 2v instead of 20v,so no problem there. And once the wiz is plugged in it does make the happy sound.
Once the adapter cable is plugged into the trackball harness,i only get 5v to one side of the trackball. Maybe the ball harness is not wired up right.

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