TM Warthog HOTAS losing assignments

[BrzI]

Hi folks,

 

 

lately, I have noticed that my HOTAS started losing assignments during the game.

 

 

After many re-calibrations with the TM software I have figured out what happens...

 

 

When the throttle is in idle all the thumb-controlled buttons on the right side of the throttle (except the top-hat) either stop responding or start sending multiple button triggers at the same time. It also happens in the Control Panel applet - so it is at the hardware level.

 

 

 

As soon as I advance the throttle(s) more than 30% all buttons start responding correctly.

 

 

 

I am presuming that some kinking and shorting of the wires inside the right throttle has developed. I am thinking of disassembling the package and putting some electrical tape around each button wire.

 

 

Not sure this is feasible.

 

 

Any suggestions and opinions are welcome.

 

 

Thanks

[VpR81]

Just a rather stupid question. Why not contacting TM support and ask for replacement cables/parts? TM has a superb customer support. Just open the throttle, check what parts you'll need and email them. They will ship them for a reasonable price. I´d prefer that over the electrical tape solution, just my 2 cents...

[Lange_666]

I am thinking of disassembling the package and putting some electrical tape around each button wire.

I would go VpR81's road. Until the arrival of the new cable you can use it as a temp fix. Maybe repositioning the wires will do the trick already or if you are handy with a soldering iron, you can replace them with a little longer cable.

[lxsapper]

I had a similar issue. It was actually something related to the left throttle axis, where the axis would stop responding, jerking it around would sometimes get it working again but often if would just act up again, in general behaving like I had a pinched wire. When the throttle was in its non responsive state I started to note that some buttons were generating ghost presses so using only the right throttle was out of the question.

In the end a friend of mine who repairs electronics cleaned for me the whole electronics inside, the connector for the left throttle hall sensor, and I can't remember for sure but I think he also applied some hot air soldering to some parts just to make sure I didn't have damaged soldering on the components. Plugged it back, it's been solid since then (almost a year now).

 

 

And obviously that concludes that the problem was not internal cabling as I also suspect initialy.

[Lange_666]

Could be, dust can generate weird behaviour on circuitboards (depending on what the dust is made off). Cleaning this (these) would be my first thing to do and since the base is open anyway, checking the wiring the second.

[BrzI]

I had a similar issue. It was actually something related to the left throttle axis, where the axis would stop responding, jerking it around would sometimes get it working again but often if would just act up again, in general behaving like I had a pinched wire. When the throttle was in its non responsive state I started to note that some buttons were generating ghost presses so using only the right throttle was out of the question.

In the end a friend of mine who repairs electronics cleaned for me the whole electronics inside, the connector for the left throttle hall sensor, and I can't remember for sure but I think he also applied some hot air soldering to some parts just to make sure I didn't have damaged soldering on the components. Plugged it back, it's been solid since then (almost a year now).

 

 

And obviously that concludes that the problem was not internal cabling as I also suspect initialy.

 

 

Thanks for that. When I tested the two axes separately it turns out that it is the right axis that is the cause of my issue. Moving the left creates no problems....

[shu77]

Have you gone into axis assignment and cleared all other axis from the throttle?