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Unread 20-03-2011, 18:06
TheBigCheese TheBigCheese is offline
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Re: Joysticks Laggy/Jerky

Well we've determined that it's actually two problems.

1. We're tripping a breaker if you jam hard in the opposite direction with inertia.
I'm not really sure why this is happening, since we've never had the problem in previous years. It's just a cim and toughbox chained to a wheel.

2. The Joysticks give some faulty readings.
The joysticks will read zero if properly moved. I can move it slowly to full and about 5-10% of the time the Y axis will read at zero, then quickly jump to the correct reading if I wiggle the stick a bit. It's strange because it happens on all models, and on certain sticks more than others. We're going to go ahead and install the proprietary drivers to see if that helps.


We've tried different laptops as well, though that doesn't seem to be the problem, nor does tethering help.

We also just switched to Victors and we're still tripping the breaker and having Joystick problems, so it's definitely not a problem with CAN.

Thanks for the ongoing help.