TM Warthog right throttle buttons not working

[Ghost117]

Hello,

After a probably botched installation of the DeltaSim slew upgrade on my part, the buttons on the right throttle have gone inactive. The slew axis works just fine but now the slew press button engages the other buttons (1-12) simultaneously (see picture).

The problem appeared after installing and calibrating the Deltasim upgrade. It appeared intermittently the first couple of times and got reset after a fresh plug-in of the USB cable but soon it failed to reset at all.

What I've tried:

-reinstall the drivers and firmware

-put the old microstick back in - same behaviour

-plugged the throttle in and old laptop with no TM drivers installed - same behaviour in Win Game controllers Properties page

-checked for damage: no obvious damage to the wires, switches or PCB that I can tell

 

Has anyone else encountered this problem or has an idea (short of getting a new throttle) how to fix it?

Thank you!

[Baldrick33]

Sounds like a wire is damaged and shorting. Are you sure when you screwed it back together you didn’t catch a wire with a screw?

[ilikepie]

Sounds like a wire is damaged and shorting. Are you sure when you screwed it back together you didn’t catch a wire with a screw?

 

or a wire has become detached. had the hat switch on the throttle exhibit this type of behavior and one of the wires had let go of its soldering point

[Deltaalphalima1]

As others have said it sounds like a wire or connector isn’t working as it should be, so the switch information isn’t getting to the main throttle PCB.

Is the pov hat on the throttle working normally? Or is it just the 12 buttons?

 

Feel free to drop me a PM or email if you need some more help :)

[Ghost117]

Thanks for the replies!

I've checked the connectivity of every wire of the microstick and coolie switch (from the soldering points on the switch to the pcb connectors) and they check out ok. No interruptions there. I'm going to check the mic switch next.

The only switch that works is the microstick. All the others on the right throttle are dead at the moment.

[Ghost117]

Finally fixed it :D

It was actually a brown wire from the throttle pcb to main pcb connector that wasn't making a connection. After some patchwork the throttle is working again, all buttons and switches are operating normally.

Thank you again for the tips and suggestions!

[Baldrick33]

Glad you got it sorted!

[pixie]

Hello, 

I have exactly the same issue after the deltasim slew upgrade.

All my right throttle buttons are not functionning properly. The only difference is the problem seems to be random and I generally fix it for a while when jiggling the right throttle. I wasn't suspecting a ribbon cable issue since all the buttons stop working at the same time, but your brown wire issue lets me believe it could be a ground problem.

Is your brown wire a part of the ribbon cable or is it somthing else ? Could you pinpoint it for me ?

Thank you for your help

Edited April 3, 2022 by pixie

[Ben149]

I have the same problem as @pixie, would you mind telling me how you fixed it? 
Thanks in advance!

[pixie]

I can't remember doing anything particular to make it work again. I basically opened the case, probably tried top reset a few ribbon cables, checked the ground cable.
3 years later, my warthog is still doing well. Never had any problem since.

good luck