spaceball 5000 problems
spaceball 5000 problems
(OP)
My 3dconnexion Spaceball 5000 began acting erratically. It reverses direction on a whim while rotating... I'm running windows 7 64bit and NX 6. I was hoping for two things here... help getting this thing working correctly now and a recommendation on a new space ball. The one I have isn't supported on W7 64...so i may just buy a new one....but i need to get the one i have running now!...thanks





RE: spaceball 5000 problems
As for a new Spaceball, if you want to have lots of options at your fingertips, go for the 'SpacePilot PRO' (the high-end). If you don't care about a bunch of controls, go for the 'SpaceNavigator' (the low-end). If you need something portable, try to 'SpaceNavigator for Notebooks' (note that I've got one of each of the 3 mentioned above and they all work fine on Windows 7 and virtually all versions of UG/NX back to UG V16.0).
Note that I've never used the 'SpaceExplorer', which falls somewhere between the 'SpacePilot PRO' and the smaller 'SpaceNavigators', but I assume that it would be a good choice as well.
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RE: spaceball 5000 problems
I've had no such problems, it sounds more like a bad connection internally.
My version is 3DxWare 5.7.2
firmware 3.11
RE: spaceball 5000 problems
What I have how compares to the SpaceExplorer... I may try the SpacePilot Pro...that thing is huge!
RE: spaceball 5000 problems
There are icons for "stop driver" and "start driver" that you will need to find the the 3Dconnection directory.
All the latest drivers are on their web page.