Albert Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I have a 5200 Trak-Ball that only moves vertically, not horizontally. Can anyone give me some advice on how I might troubleshoot and repair this? Thanks! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Ping the cable first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Try lubing/greasing the shaft and bearings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 I'm going to open it up tomorrow and see if it's anything obvious. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I'm going to open it up tomorrow and see if it's anything obvious. ..Al swap the logic chips to check if it that´s the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari-dna Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 One of your optical sensors may be blocked or dirty (or faulty). See how it plays after a clean out, then we can go from there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I have a trak-ball that looks hardly used. Neither direction works but all the other buttons works. I did check the wiring harness and even swapped with another trak-balls harness to make sure. No change. So it looks like both Optos are bad on this one. Is there a source for them or the logics somewhere? I would really like to repair it instead of using it as a parts system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 A cheap logic probe would tell you if the optical sensors are working. http://console5.com/techwiki/images/f/f5/5200-CX53-Trakball-Schematic.png Pins 2 and 4 of U1 and U2 should change from HI to LO as the encoder wheel is rotated. Or you could take the wheels out and put something in to manually block the light passing between the optical transmitter and receiver and watch for the output state change. Probably could do that part with a low budget DMM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I have a trak-ball that looks hardly used. Neither direction works but all the other buttons works. I did check the wiring harness and even swapped with another trak-balls harness to make sure. No change. So it looks like both Optos are bad on this one. Is there a source for them or the logics somewhere? I would really like to repair it instead of using it as a parts system. Yep, mine was dead, but a very nice looking corpse. Cheap, in a bulk lot that was bound for the garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I have a 5200 Trak-Ball that only moves vertically, not horizontally. Can anyone give me some advice on how I might troubleshoot and repair this? Thanks! ..Al You have asked The Creator, Dan Kramer, this question over in the Trak-Bombers group - or the 5200 group - on Facebook, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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