Ultrastik no longer functioning

[acidim]

I currently have two Ultrastiks hooked up in Input mode.  Player 1 works great but Player 2 recently stopped functioning.  Windows 10 is seeing it as controller 2 but when I go into the game controller properties, the Axes section is not shown and the button clicks are not registering.  In addition, the game controller properties window sometimes shows 3 buttons and sometimes shows 32 buttons (again, no clicks register).  I've tried different USB cables and ports, disconnecting all the buttons, reconnecting them one at a time, nothing seems to work.  What's strange is Ultramap detects the joystick and I can see the movements registering correctly in that GUI so I know the sensors are working.  Changing maps didnt help.  Anyone run into this issue and know of a fix?

[mahuti]

I haven't had this issue. I would contact Ultimarc support. Andy is pretty responsive.

[ivwshane]

I don't know if its the same issue but every once in a while window gives my articles a new ID and it completely Borks my setup and I have to exposure the joysticks again. For example; joystick 1 will now be seen as joystick 3 in Windows and inside mame it still show joystick 1 which means it won't work.

[GeoMan]

I don't know if its the same issue but every once in a while window gives my articles a new ID and it completely Borks my setup and I have to exposure the joysticks again. For example; joystick 1 will now be seen as joystick 3 in Windows and inside mame it still show joystick 1 which means it won't work.

MAME has a way to recognize the sticks even if they change ID. Check the MAME wiki for details.

[acidim]

Thanks for the tips.  Just wanted to follow up.  I had to take my control panel apart to finalize the artwork and used that opportunity to test the controller on another computer.  Windows recognized the controller correctly, I could see the controller movements register in the joystick GUI and the buttons were displaying properly.  At least I can rule out any issues with the joystick hardware.  I'll follow up if/when I get it functioning again in my cabinet in case anyone else runs into similar issues.