Finally, it’s here, after assembly and excitedly powering up the device I was met with disappointment and a bit of confusion. Everything appears fine until I attempt to move to cursor left, then nothing. My thumb franticly moves left and for a brief moment the cursor follows then nothing. That was the first and last time the trackball would move my cursor left. So I began to troubleshoot.
Things I tried that didn’t work;
*Rotate the trackball part 180 degrees on the PCB.
Nothing changed.
*Thoroughly clean the trackballs mechanical bits.
Nothing changed.
*Observed /dev/input/by-id/usb-ClockworkPI_uConsole_20230713-event-mouse
No update when rolling left carefully.
*Update keyboard firmware.
No change.
At this point I decided to take the device apart and have a close look at the PCB and its components.
*First I connected the keyboard to my pc using the USB connection.
The problem persisted there too.
*I use my phones macro mode to have a close look at the pins of the sensor responsible for reporting the movement in question.
I see what looks like a connection outside of the solder.
*Next I turned on my soldering iron, applied flux and attempted to reflow the parts connections.
After reassembling the device the trackball was fully functional. SUCCESS!
I hope this will be helpful to anyone experiencing trackball issues.