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Title: Think I messed up when I installed one of my U360s (FIXED)
Post by: Gehrig on December 07, 2007, 08:25:09 pm

I was hurting for room, so I cut U360 mounting bracket.  Took about 1/8" off so I could mount it next to an 8-way.   Problem is, I think the magnet in the U360 is picking up the something in that 8-way. 

This is tough to explain.  So let me explain the position of the sticks. 

This is a SlikStik Fighter Control Panel.

I mounted a U360 to the Left of the Right 8-way.  The U360 is unable to get anywhere close to the bottom left hand corner in the joystick calibration.  By this I mean it goes from the left postion straight to the down position.  So, my problems seems to occur when the magnet is closest to my 8-way.

Am I way off of thinking this is my problem?  If this is my problem, can anything be done about it?   At this point moving the stick is not an option.

Title: Re: Think I messed up when I installed one of my U360s
Post by: crummy on December 07, 2007, 08:34:29 pm

The U360 uses a magnet to figure out where the joystick is, right? I'm sure other metal could affect the magnet, and hence the joystick sensor.

I don't know the layout of the cpanel you're referring to, but I'd imagine the joysticks would have to be pretty close.

Title: Re: Think I messed up when I installed one of my U360s
Post by: Gehrig on December 07, 2007, 08:54:46 pm

Sitting here thinking about it.  My best bet atm, is to just remove the U360 and plug it into my pc to see if there is any difference. 

Title: Re: Think I messed up when I installed one of my U360s (FIXED)
Post by: Gehrig on December 07, 2007, 10:36:09 pm

It's working now.  Stupid me.  I hadn't gone through the process of giving each U360 a seperate ID.  After I did that, it worked fine.

Just another of example of an idiot not following directions..... :-[