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LWFF Broken?

5 posts by 5 people · 05 Jul 2000 23:37 UTC - 12 Jul 2000

Dino 05 Jul 2000 23:37 UTC#257742
I've had the wheel for 3 mo. and have had no problems until yesterday when the wheel lost it's centering calibration to the left by about 1/4 of a turn, while in calibration screen it does not reach max left and goes beyond max right. a few other strange occurences...while system is shut down the wheel will intermittently move back and forth and with system on just the least little pressure placed in either direction results in the wheel moving from lock to lock which I have to forcibly stop. This is what I've tried so far... Reinstalled the wheel (USB) and software (3.30). Run the calibration utility from Logi site. Searched Wingman board and deja for similar problems with no luck. My system is Win 98 using DX7a. TIA
Did you exchange all the parts, cables included? It may be a broken wire, or some conector not properly seated. Disconnect and reconnect all the cables, then remove all joystick devices and reinstall them. Also,if your LWFF is like mine, it has the possibility of connecting through USB or serial port. Try it both ways. I`ve only had problems convincing my LWFF to co-exist with my Microsoft FF joystick. Should have worked, as the LWFF is USB and the joystick uses the joystick port, but I have never managed to make them both work without changing anything. I gave up, and now I remove the LWFF and install the joystick (for Combat Flight Simulator), and then remove it and install the LWFF (nearly all the time...this GPL addiction keeps getting me in trouble...). Hope this helps DF Dino wrote:
Quoted text (15 lines)> I've had the wheel for 3 mo. and have had no problems until yesterday when > the wheel lost it's centering calibration to the left by about 1/4 of a > turn, while in calibration screen it does not reach max left and goes beyond > max right. a few other strange occurences...while system is shut down the > wheel will intermittently move back and forth and with system on just the > least little pressure placed in either direction results in the wheel moving > from lock to lock which I have to forcibly stop. > > This is what I've tried so far... > Reinstalled the wheel (USB) and software (3.30). > Run the calibration utility from Logi site. > Searched Wingman board and deja for similar problems with no luck. > My system is Win 98 using DX7a. > > TIA
gse1 06 Jul 2000 01:23 UTC#257804
Check for poltergeists... Dino wrote:
Quoted text (16 lines)> > I've had the wheel for 3 mo. and have had no problems until yesterday when > the wheel lost it's centering calibration to the left by about 1/4 of a > turn, while in calibration screen it does not reach max left and goes beyond > max right. a few other strange occurences...while system is shut down the > wheel will intermittently move back and forth and with system on just the > least little pressure placed in either direction results in the wheel moving > from lock to lock which I have to forcibly stop. > > This is what I've tried so far... > Reinstalled the wheel (USB) and software (3.30). > Run the calibration utility from Logi site. > Searched Wingman board and deja for similar problems with no luck. > My system is Win 98 using DX7a. > > TIA
Simon Brown 06 Jul 2000 01:42 UTC#257796
Sounds broke all right, hope it's still in warranty. Mine's never done that in 9 months so far. <singing> yesterday.... all my troubles seemed so far away.....
JS 12 Jul 2000#256257
Your steering pot broke loose. Could be that it slipped partly out of its seat, and is only randomly guided by the "D-joint" Return the wheel. If not possible, open the cover and check out how the pot sits. Should be visible without any further disassembly Hope this helps Jens On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 19:37:38 -0500, "Dino" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I've had the wheel for 3 mo. and have had no problems until yesterday when >the wheel lost it's centering calibration to the left by about 1/4 of a --------------------------------------------- [email hidden] Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address JensSchumi homepage at http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ Racing simulation, esp. GPL Logitech Wingman FF optimization Classic cars, esp. Morris Minor Radio controlled airplanes

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