Shrimp Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) Hi all, My Cougar Throttle is malfunctioning, having lost all but one axis and additionally all but four buttons activating additional buttons. The sidestick is Ops Normal. In the picture below I am pressing button 19 (ministick press) which is activating buttons 21 and 26. Buttons 20, 21, 22, 23 Ops normal. Button 19 also activates button 21 and 26. Button 24 also activates button 20 and 25. Button 25 also activates button 20 and 24. Button 26 also activates button 19 and 21. Button 27 also activates button 22. Button 28 also activates button 23. Axis S2 is disabled as intended and only axis YR is functioning properly (ministick up-down - TDC horizontal - sideways). The event that may have triggered this was that I installed it in a new mount and connected the throttle to the stick base while the grip was disconnected with USB plugged-in and I had to force bend the cable close to the plug (which I think did not physically damage anything). I have since done all I can think possible (erase firmware, reflash with throttle disconnected, empty buffers, clear memory, HOTAS cleanse via Foxy, uninstall and install drivers in Win10, plug in a different USB port). I suspect it is some hardware problem with the electronic board. If anyone has any hint or tip I appreciate. Cheers!!! Note: I have a HAL sensor for the throttle axis from CubPilot modded in 2004 and a Radar TDC slew upgrade for TM Cougar from deltasimelectronics.com modded this year, all functioning perfectly before this. Edited November 11, 2020 by Shrimp Expanded details
pchRage Posted November 14, 2020 Posted November 14, 2020 I have same issues. I think ive pinched and wrecked the wiring due to so many take-aparts and replacing switches. im the wondering if I should try and just do a 100% wire replacement or find a way to sheath every wire
Top Jockey Posted November 14, 2020 Posted November 14, 2020 Everytime I read this kind of stuff I get disappointed. I mean; with the kind of money Thrustmaster asks for their products, their durability should be better. That said, all the sticks and throttles I've had are from them, as the "next above cathegory" is even more expensive. Good luck solving the issue with the throttle. Jets Helis Maps FC 3 JA 37 Ka-50 Caucasus F-14 A/B Kfir Mi-8 MTV2 Nevada F-16 C MiG-23 F/A-18 C MiG-29 MiG-21 bis Mirage III E Mirage 2000 C system i7-4790 K , 16 GB DDR3 , GTX 1660 Ti 6GB , Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
Shrimp Posted December 25, 2020 Author Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) Update: I tested all 15 wires and all have continuity and do not crosstalk to any other of the 14 wires. So the cable is OK. I connected the Cougar throttle independently with a TUSBA and everything works OK except the Antenna Elevation axis but (most probably) due to a dying pot (which worked well before the above issue!!!). With this my guess is that the issue lies on the joystick base although all their axis and buttons also work correctly. Now, some issues with TUSBA: The axis raw values are narrower than the expected range as seen in the attached picture. Maybe that's because the main throttle sensor and the ministick are mods as stated above?!! I calibrated every axis and virtual buttons but DCS reads the axis raw data and not the calibrated data. Is it needed to calibrate also with Windows Control Panel? The three additional throttle axis (T Idle, T Mil and T Aft) are seen in DCS exactly as the main throttle axis (RY) and not as independent segmented smaller axis. Cheers and Merry Xmas!!! Edited December 25, 2020 by Shrimp Wording.
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