TRACK IR Unplugged

[Julius_Squeezer]

80% of the time I load into a mission the game is now telling me track IR is unplugged even though nothing has happened. I then have to restart the entire application both Track IR and DCS to get it to function again. Anyone had a similar issue or know of a fix?

[ZeroReady]

Only very rarely for me, nothing like as much as you say. That's really annoying though. Have you tried checking DCS for file errors and reinstalling track ir?

[Kekstrel]

+1, same problem

[jalsina]

It looks like a bad intermittent connection.
I loose camera reception from time to time, but badly set emitter device is mostly the cause for it.

[fikmeinshizer]

Mine goes off occasionally especially if I pause and go AFK. usually it's a simple case of getting the LEDs back into the camera then refreshing controls in DCS. I did have problems years ago that came from windows putting my trackIR camera to sleep so I turned off the power management for USB ports and boom, no more problem

[Jel]

Try using it without a USB Hub.
Alternatively check if your Hub has a power supply. May solve most issues with TrackIR.

[Julius_Squeezer]

Originally posted by fikmeinshizer:

Mine goes off occasionally especially if I pause and go AFK. usually it's a simple case of getting the LEDs back into the camera then refreshing controls in DCS. I did have problems years ago that came from windows putting my trackIR camera to sleep so I turned off the power management for USB ports and boom, no more problem

This sounds like exactly what is happening to mine. Ill get setup and start to load a mission or a training, wife or kids will need something and I walk away for ten minutes then its unplugged. I'll check this out.

Thanks bunch

[Julius_Squeezer]

Originally posted by Jel:

Try using it without a USB Hub.
Alternatively check if your Hub has a power supply. May solve most issues with TrackIR.

Will do thank you much

[EpiicPenguin]

necro post but just fyi, if you ever start or restart trackIR after dcs is booted and trackIR wont show up in dcs, you can unplug and plug back in another usb device to get dcs to detect track ir again. not sure why it works just found the this tip on another fourm and now i just plug and unplug a little bluetooth doongle on the front of my pc to get dcs to detect track ir without having to restart dcs when ever track ir bug's out or crashes

[Julius_Squeezer]

Originally posted by EpiicPenguin:

necro post but just fyi, if you ever start or restart trackIR after dcs is booted and trackIR wont show up in dcs, you can unplug and plug back in another usb device to get dcs to detect track ir again. not sure why it works just found the this tip on another fourm and now i just plug and unplug a little bluetooth doongle on the front of my pc to get dcs to detect track ir without having to restart dcs when ever track ir bug's out or crashes

Interesting, thanks for the update. So basically youre saying if im the middle of playing and it starts telling me its unplugged and not working, disconnect a different USB device and reconnect and trakir will work?

Thanks!

[Julius_Squeezer]

Originally posted by EpiicPenguin:

necro post but just fyi, if you ever start or restart trackIR after dcs is booted and trackIR wont show up in dcs, you can unplug and plug back in another usb device to get dcs to detect track ir again. not sure why it works just found the this tip on another fourm and now i just plug and unplug a little bluetooth doongle on the front of my pc to get dcs to detect track ir without having to restart dcs when ever track ir bug's out or crashes

Had this happen again today and tried unplugging another USB item on teh computer and it 100% fixed it without having to restart. Much appreciated haha

[sebdevos76]

Originally posted by DocHolliday31:

Originally posted by fikmeinshizer:

Mine goes off occasionally especially if I pause and go AFK. usually it's a simple case of getting the LEDs back into the camera then refreshing controls in DCS. I did have problems years ago that came from windows putting my trackIR camera to sleep so I turned off the power management for USB ports and boom, no more problem

This sounds like exactly what is happening to mine. Ill get setup and start to load a mission or a training, wife or kids will need something and I walk away for ten minutes then its unplugged. I'll check this out.

Thanks bunch

Same problem here, they always need something just when I enter the cockpit :D

[sebdevos76]

Originally posted by EpiicPenguin:

necro post but just fyi, if you ever start or restart trackIR after dcs is booted and trackIR wont show up in dcs, you can unplug and plug back in another usb device to get dcs to detect track ir again. not sure why it works just found the this tip on another fourm and now i just plug and unplug a little bluetooth doongle on the front of my pc to get dcs to detect track ir without having to restart dcs when ever track ir bug's out or crashes

Thx a lot EP

[Deltau]

This is a result of DCS constantly re-scanning for any changes to your currently connected USB devices. To fix this, disable Hot Plugging from your settings. You may still manually re-scan for newly plugged in devices (ie if you forgot to start TrackIR before booting up DCS) by clicking the Rescan button in the control bindings menu. This fix will prevent any more "TrackIR plugged/un-plugged" from occuring in the future, or axis controls suddenly spiking to min/max value.