Calibrating new controler

ARRRGGG I just finished wiring up my new controller. 100k taper pots for steering, gas, brake, and clutch. Now to set it up through Windows. By all rights, (I think) this should be setup as a 4 axis - 2 button controller. But there is no 4 axis controller available in control panel. I grabbed the TM pro panel but even that doesn't have a listing for it. What should I be doing? Mike Barlow -- ========================================= Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing? ========================================= Member of R.O.R. 1999 http://w3.ime.net/~marknjess/ror.html ========================================= Racing online with the help of...... Mark Seery ***sports [link lost in import] Sim Racing Mag http://www.simracingmag.com/ Race Communications Association http://members.xoom.com/RCA/toc.html Holodyne Engineering Mystic Music (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here) mikeba.vcf < 1K Download

... Does it work if you choose "Custom", and tell it it's a 4 axis, 2 button stick? It should work, though I have had some problems doing this in the past. Randy

Thanks Randy, Dummy me didn't think of that till JV and Momba told me. So, I tried that but now I get.. "the device is not plugged in" (or something like that) when I try to calibrate it. I went and rechecked the wiring, Pin assignments/device wired to. Everything is setup correctly though. I'm using the Sound Blaster Live value joystick port wired directly to each device. I'm not using that single axis/double axis switch. Setting it up in control panel as a 3 axis, Everything works but the right shift button. Mike Barlow

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> ... > > controller. But there is no 4 axis controller available in control > > panel. > > (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here) > Does it work if you choose "Custom", and tell it it's a 4 axis, 2 > button stick? It should work, though I have had some problems doing > this in the past. > Randy

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Yeah, "Not Connected" is exactly the "problem I had in the past" :-{ I had this problem on machines that were running the original Win95. But I don't think I've had it on machines running OSR2. Whether it's the OS difference, or just a newer version of DirectX, I don't know. I assume you've tried plugging in and configuring a plain old joystick (or some such), just to be sure the card/port/Windows are on speaking terms? If so, you might try resetting the "at rest" position of the pots. If one is at or near zero resistance, Windows might think that it's a shorted out axis and ignore it. Randy

I know this type of controller will work on Win98 as I have a TSW that I've modified to have 4 axes (steering, throttle, brake, and clutch) as well as 4 buttons on the wheel. You should be able to set it up using "Custom" as you stated. Windows will not recognize 3 axes setups if the axes are not in order (ie. they need to be Joy1X, Joy1Y, Joy2X, Joy2Y). If you have wired up your controller to have just Joy1X, Joy2X and Joy2Y for instance, Windows will most likely say "device not plugged in". Wayne Hutchison

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> > Thanks Randy, Dummy me didn't think of that till JV and Momba told > me. > > So, I tried that but now I get.. "the device is not plugged in" (or > Yeah, "Not Connected" is exactly the "problem I had in the past" :-{ > I had this problem on machines that were running the original Win95. > But I don't think I've had it on machines running OSR2. Whether it's > the OS difference, or just a newer version of DirectX, I don't know. > I assume you've tried plugging in and configuring a plain old joystick > (or some such), just to be sure the card/port/Windows are on speaking > terms? If so, you might try resetting the "at rest" position of the > pots. If one is at or near zero resistance, Windows might think that > it's a shorted out axis and ignore it. > Randy

Well, according to my experience, it is the other way around, when the rest position of any of the pots is at a very high resistance, it doesn't show up, and gives the not connected report. I use all my pots at a small resistance at rest position, and it works like a charm... Every pedal pot in my rig has increasing resistance with increasing pedal movement, and this seems to be the best solution. If using low quality pots to keep you on the road can be called a good solution... ;-) ---Asgeir---

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> > Thanks Randy, Dummy me didn't think of that till JV and Momba told > me. > > So, I tried that but now I get.. "the device is not plugged in" (or > Yeah, "Not Connected" is exactly the "problem I had in the past" :-{ > I had this problem on machines that were running the original Win95. > But I don't think I've had it on machines running OSR2. Whether it's > the OS difference, or just a newer version of DirectX, I don't know. > I assume you've tried plugging in and configuring a plain old joystick > (or some such), just to be sure the card/port/Windows are on speaking > terms? If so, you might try resetting the "at rest" position of the > pots. If one is at or near zero resistance, Windows might think that > it's a shorted out axis and ignore it. > Randy