FeistyLemur Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 So, I have a MT50 base board and sensors, which I mounted in my BRD stick and got through Roman, not Virpil. Everything has been working well since I got it a few months ago until now. Have been using it with my TM F-18 grip. So my F14 grip came in and I was wanting to test fit it, I removed the F-18 grip, forgetting to unplug USB as I removed it (not sure if this could damage it or not). So I remembered at this point to unplug it. Tried out my F14 grip just for fit for a few minutes, then decided I should back up the profile for the current set up before really trying it. So I put the TM grip on, plugged it in, opened the software, and I notice none of the buttons are working right. I found I could press the trigger, and all the buttons would light up at once, pressing other buttons resulted in no response. At this point I tried firmware updating it, resetting the profile and creating a new one, same problem. Tried the F-14 grip, deleted profile, created a new one for the right grip. Buttons not working on it or the Axes on the stick itself. The main Axes on the sensors are working normal. So I got back out my original controller for the stick and tested both grips which work fine with it. I also tried testing the pins on the cable for continuity from end to end which there was. At one point as I was testing with the virpil chip, I had the stick off and tried the pinky button and it started spamming output in the log in the virpil software over and over. For those more experienced with the virpil controllers, is there anything else I should be trying? My next thought was to make up a new cable as a test, the one I have isn't the tightest fit on the connector but it was working, and I've seen some threads of people complaining about having to get the connector to sit just right, but they're older.
FeistyLemur Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 I guess I just answered my own question, so disregard this. I got antsy and cut the connector open on my extension cable and found the pins on the Virpil stick had forced the red wire out of the housing in the female connector enough to make intermittent and finally no contact. So that's something to watch for with extensions I guess. And it didn't damage anything permanently.
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