Re: [foxboro] Track Balls

  • From: "Lowell, Tim:" <tlowell@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 13:26:22 -0700

The only advantage of these trackballs is that you can disassemble and clean
them with a regular phillips screwdriver.  The other trackballs require a
very thin hex wrench.

Tim Lowell
Control Systems Engineer
Phillips Petroleum Company, Trainer Refinery
Phone:  610-364-8362
Fax:    610-364-8211
tlowell@xxxxxxxx


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Smith, Brian [SMTP:bsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
        Sent:   Thursday, February 07, 2002 3:23 PM
        To:     'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
        Subject:        Re: [foxboro] Track Balls

        Yes, lots of complaints from operators
        Brian Smith
        bsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Ph. (250) 561-4456
        Fax(250) 561-3902


        > -----Original Message-----
        > From: James Kahlden [SMTP:James.Kahlden@xxxxxxxx]
        > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:10 PM
        > To:   foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        > Subject:      [foxboro] Track Balls
        > 
        > 
        > Has anyone had complaints from their operators on the new 51
series =
        > trackball (P0915FU) that Foxboro is providing as a replacement for
the old
        > =
        > (P0970NG) trackball?  We recently had to purchase some new ones
and with =
        > the old being obsolete we took the replacements.  However, I have
had =
        > nothing but negative comments.  They don't seem to be industrial
models.
        > =
        > In fact if you read the label on the bottom, they state "For Home
and =
        > Office Use".  They are very sensitive and with the buttons to the
left and
        > =
        > right of the trackball, I am getting complaints of the buttons
being =
        > pushed when they do not want them pushed.  Is there any other
brands out =
        > in the market that anyone has used to replace the older style?
        > 
        > Thanks,
        > 
        > 
        > Jim Kahlden
        > jkahlden@xxxxxxxx
        > Lower Colorado River Authority
        > Fayette Power Project
        > 6549 Power Plant Road
        > La Grange, TX 78945
        > (979) 249-8514 (Ph)
        > (979) 249-8390 (Fax)
        > 
        >  
        >  
        >
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