October 4, 20205 yr Hi Avsim Community, I have spent 2 weeks trying to troubleshoot and research this. I may conclude the product is good for the trash, but writing this for a last hope. Recently got the Saitek Pro flight Yoke (working) (USB+ AC plugged) The USB Saitek Quadrant (working) And the Old Saitek Quadrant with what seems to be a PS2 input that I connect directly to the yoke ( NOT working) However, the little green light DOES light up. Sim: P3D 4.5 What I have done so far: - I have tried the Logitech drivers; Not detected - Downloaded "Spad"(2012) "No panel found" error - FSUIPC; Nothing happens - P3D key settings under "Yoke" - A different USB/power input - Pins in the PS2 plug look OK If anyone knows a solution or has been through this please let me know. I guess I could open up the yoke and/or the quadrant to double check connectivity issues as a last resort. Thank you! Chris
October 4, 20205 yr Chris. Go into Control Panel, device manager, human interface devices. You will likely have a lot of items listed. Have the yoke and the quadrant plugged in when you boot your system. Find/identify the yoke. Check the properties, power management and see if the power saving option is checked. If so uncheck it. Back out, and reboot. See if that makes a difference. There are also a couple of apps available to patch Saitek entries for power management is the Windows Registry. Here is a link to one of those. Hope this is the cure for your issue.http://uraster.com/en-us/products/usbenhancedpowermanagerdisabler.aspx Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
October 4, 20205 yr Author Thanks for your reply. I have unchecked the power saving option. I have started the application on the following link. Nothing seem to have made a difference. in P3D control settings, I still have the "Yoke" and the other "USB quadrant" showing up. Tried to attribute keys under both of them. Nothing. Thank you! Chris
October 4, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, MD Eleven said: I have spent 2 weeks trying to troubleshoot and research this. I may conclude the product is good for the trash, but writing this for a last hope. Does Win10 see the TQ if you go to Control Panel -->Devices and Printers -->Right click on Flight Yoke System --> Right Click on Game Controller Settings --> Saitek Pro Flight Yoke --> Properties? Now try some of the TQ switches or axes. Should look something like this: Note that Win10 sees the TQ that plugs into the yoke as part of the yoke. Al Edited October 4, 20205 yr by ark
October 4, 20205 yr 58 minutes ago, MD Eleven said: I have unchecked the power saving option. Did you find and apply the registry patch? I know this is a long shot as the quadrant itself is DIN connected to a USB yoke, so the quadrant is not USB per se. By that I don't believe you can unplug/replug the quadrant to identify it in Control Panel. You might try. Then if I were you I'd at least try the registry patch. It might still be the USB yoke and power management that is the issue. If you private message me here at Avsim with a working email address I can send you the patch I used. I got it off the spad.next website back in 2015. It is a very small file. I had serious issues with my Saitek Pro Cessna yoke with DIN quadrant and a Saitek Multipanel. The Control Panel setting and the patch solved all of those issue. I now use a Honeycomb Alpha yoke and a USB Saitek Quadrant. Still had to apply the above steps for the quadrant. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
October 4, 20205 yr Author Ark, thank you for your help. Yes I do see that screen, however, only the Yoke reacts, not the quadrant, despite having a green light on it. fppilot, sending you my email now. And report back here if it works.
October 4, 20205 yr 42 minutes ago, MD Eleven said: Yes I do see that screen, however, only the Yoke reacts, not the quadrant, despite having a green light on it. If the registry patch doesn't help, then based on what you saw on the Win10 control panel screen, obviously either the board in the TQ is bad, the cable between the TQ and the yoke is bad (has a broken wire, etc), or the TQ interface circuit inside the yoke is bad. The green light on the TQ just means the TQ is getting 5 volts from the yoke. If you had an opportunity to plug your TQ into another Saitek Yoke, or plug another TQ into your yoke, that would really help narrow down where the problem is. Good luck, Al Edited October 4, 20205 yr by ark
October 4, 20205 yr Author I think you are right. It is probably an issue with the wires. The second TQ is plugged in the Yoke via USB and works great. If anyone needs a TQ with this kind of Yoke input; I'd be happy to give it away for free so you can fiddle with it. Thanks for your help and quick anwers!
October 4, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, MD Eleven said: The second TQ is plugged in the Yoke via USB and works great. What I meant above was possibly trying another TQ with a mini DIN connector with your yoke to test the DIN interface in the yoke, but I agree a bad TQ is most likely the problem based your results. Al Edited October 5, 20205 yr by ark
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