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geekhack Community => Input Devices => Topic started by: purpletiesto on Sat, 27 May 2017, 21:11:50
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So I've finally made a switch to a trackball, which so far I'm loving. I bought a second hand Logitech TrackMan Marble FX at a very reasonable price (basically new http://i.imgur.com/Ie2BLIB.jpg). So I love this thing, felt comfortable after about 2 hours.
Anyway, it has 4 buttons, left, middle, right and then a MYSTERIOUS RED BUTTON. I'm using MarbleScroll, which was a small utility designed to help trackballs without a scrollwheel emulate this by holding down a mouse button and using the trackball. It's very effective, also.
I've tried connecting it to my BLUECUBE PS2 -> USB converter, the trackballs wasn't even picked up by my computer. I then attached it to some el cheapo PS2 -> USB adapter and it hardly tracked and the mysterious red button didn't function at all. Then I connected it to the Belkin belkin f5u119-e, 2 x PS2 -> USB converser, which I currently use for my IBM M13 trackpoint and it tracks really well, except the red button is giving me this funn behaviour.
But ... I really don't know how to get the RED BUTTON to work. When I press the button the curser jumps up and left and when I released it, the curser jumps further left. It's really weird. Now from what I understand, no one has gotten this to work, or nowhere I've read anywhere, but I'm sure that if anyone know, it's a fellow GHer.
I tried installing x-mouse, don't really think that does anything for it. I tried installing the Logitech drivers in compatibility mode, nothing. Tried other usb ports, nada. EVEN tried restarting lol. I tried using some different utilities online which will tell you which event is performed on click of a keyboard or mouse .. nada.
Any help is appreciated.
PT
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Do you have a system with native PS/2? You know, for testing at least. I think it's a protocol limitation with these converters.
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Unfortunately, I don't have a machine with native ps/2. I don't know but I assume it works fine since something is definitely happening but I don't know what. From what I've gathered so far, only linux users have gotten it to work.
Is there any program anyone knows about which can log the event of a mouse click? I'm struggling to find one, I've found plenty for keyboards, though.
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Sounds like the workings of a fun active converter project. You could write a linux iso to a thumb drive and poke around a bit. A native PS/2 port at the very least would probably help in determining the outputs
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I use a Trackman FX myself (have for years and years), can check tomorrow what I use to enable the buttons.
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Actually, just checked - I use Setpoint 6.61 and X-Mouse 2.7.