Set Up USB Trackball in Recalbox

[ranpar1]

Hi, I am new to Recalbox and I installed a USB trackball in my cabinet control panel. The system is running on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. I can access Recalbox through my home computer over the network using the IP address, but I do not see a way to add the trackball setup. I see: Index, Monitoring, Audio, Bios, etc., but I do not see where to add a command for a trackball. It probably needs to be set up as a mouse, but I do not know how. Any help is appreciated and please be courteous to the newbie.

[ranpar1]

By the way, I already did a search on this forum and found a whole lot of nothing to help. There is nothing about setting up a trackball with recalbox.

[Bernie-ran]

Hello,

I received yesterday a PS2 trackball + usb converter from Alieexpress.
I plugged on my 3b+.

Worked from the first minute using MAME and appropriate games (Centiped, Rampart, etc), nothing to change in parameter. I should now take time to tweak sensibility for each game.

Bernard

[Scavy]

Hi @bernie-ran, may you share the links of your hardware with us ? Thanx.

[ranpar1]

Yes, @Bernie-ran please share your set up. The trackball I bought has a built in usb encoder, but it does not work in MAME trackball games. Thanks.

[ranpar1]

Update: I managed to get several of the original trackball MAME games to work with the trackball. The problem was that my build has a few games that say they are MAME games, but are really just bad image copies, so the MAME protocols do not work. I deleted all of the bad copies and kept only the official MAME games.

So, I guess the next question is: Is it possible to make the trackball work for say an Atari 7800 version of Centipede, Millipede, Marble Madness, etc. ?

[voljega]

@ranpar1 not if those games were not designed for these kind of controller

[acris]

@bernie-ran said in Set Up USB Trackball in Recalbox:

I should now take time to tweak sensibility for each game.
Bernard

Hello @Bernie-ran
I think you need to go Mame Menu via TAB or R2

[Bernie-ran]

@scavy

Here what I bought (trackball + PS@ to usb adapter);
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Arcade-4-5CM-Illuminated-LED-Trackball-mouse-PS-2-PCB-connector-for-Jamma-mame-game-machines/32270749624.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.768e4c4dd7DQR7

I saw that promo (cheaper) after I bought:
https://www.amazon.fr/TOOGOO-Commande-Accessoires-Sensibilité-Connecteur/dp/B07XKRN35H/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=trackball led&qid=1568361417&s=gateway&sr=8-3&fbclid=IwAR0OwyLjSLU5z-0vEmomHqPxJRSRz1tPXVSMDLCB7zoUMViRqqOr9Vy3TPM

My setup: Raspi3b+, OC1500, External USBKey 128mb, Recalbox 6.0, ps2 to USB converter => trackball.
Romset; MAME_2003-Plus_Reference_Set_2018

[Bernie-ran]

@acris

Yes, thanks Acris.
I will do that once I’ve finished to clean my MAME romset (again) and sort out all the games I keep.

[ranpar1]

I used this one. Nothing fancy, but it already has USB plug so no need for extra encoders.
https://www.amazon.com/RetroArcade-us-ra-track-ball-2-inr2-Track-Ball-60/dp/B00OX0MKD8/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=2+inch+trackball&qid=1568406410&s=gateway&sr=8-1

It works good on the MAME games, just was hoping to use it for other systems.

[Scavy]

@ranpar1 @Bernie-ran thanks to both of you guys