Have logitech shifter and g29 but wont detect or work.

[★Lino The Fox★]

bought the shifter some time after the g29. connected it to the wheel, and my g hub wont tell me if it is connected. launched the game to see if it works, did the wizard and nothing happens while i try to shift. need help what i need to do? get a usb adapter to the shifter?

[Sandhill]

If neither G Hub nor Windows device Manager recognize the shifter you don't know if the wheel or the shifter is defective. You'd hate to drop the cash for a USB D/A converter and have it be the wheel...I don't know the current cost of a converter, but last I looked they weren't super cheap...

[★Lino The Fox★]

Originally posted by Sandhill:

If neither G Hub nor Windows device Manager recognize the shifter you don't know if the wheel or the shifter is defective. You'd hate to drop the cash for a USB D/A converter and have it be the wheel...I don't know the current cost of a converter, but last I looked they weren't super cheap...

i know the wheel works 10/10 because i had it before the shifter and it worked perfectly but the shifter is doing the problems i just dont know how to fix it i trying my luck here

[Goose_Few]

the Logi shifter conects to the wheel base.

to check if it works, in Windows go to Control Panel, Devices, look for game controller/g29xxxx. Next Game Controller Settings, on the new window be sure to select the g29. Then click on Properties, if the shifter is OK buttons 13 to 18 will turn red when you select each of the gears

[bUrnIt]

I have G27 and had similar issue, my shifter was "dead" but I opened it and checked it should work. I opened the wheel too and i think it's coming from the wheelbase connector or something and had to buy a "custom connector/converter" to connect the shifter to and out via USB.
It works fine with that solution.
So you might find, there are hobby engineers making little money building those special connector/converter. you could build it yourself if you have the parts and skill needed.

[bUrnIt]

hey checking again. my memory is cloudy: my shifter wasnt dead but seemed broken, gears wouldn't work normaly only specific axis or such, so it might have been the cables too but luckely it was the wheelbase. and it's a common issue and so that why it's easy to find an adapter for it.

Making the adapter DIY is a bit technical, there's the parts and soldering, but there's also code or program (Arduino) so it appears as something like "g27shifterDevice" and not "FactoryDevice" and also making it plug and play like "joystics" controller Devices.
+ you need to name inputs: the arrows, joyAxisX, etc... I think it's quite some work.

So buying one already-made is a good deal. (and cost what it cost: total of individual parts minimum + manual work + shipping)

[chungdr8gon]

Originally posted by ★Sir YIFFster★:

bought the shifter some time after the g29. connected it to the wheel, and my g hub wont tell me if it is connected. launched the game to see if it works, did the wizard and nothing happens while i try to shift. need help what i need to do? get a usb adapter to the shifter?

I hear people using GHub, i personally dont use GHub myself because i previously found it to be completely useless compared to the earlier software called Logitech Gaming Sotfware which shouldn't be confused with GHub cause its not the same. For me anyway, GHub never really worked, was never consistent, but LGS was & still is consistent, I've never had any trouble with LGS software, only with GHub i encountered many many issues with my G29 steering wheel, Pedals & Shifter. I read many forums online back then that said that the GHub software was useless was causing many issues with consistency with Logitech steering wheel combos aka Logitech steering wheels, Pedals & Shifters. Have you tried going back to using the older software "Logitech Gaming Software", if not, try it out & see if it works, it definitely worked for me, have had no further issues with my G29 wheel, pedals or shifter on ETS2, i've been playing it for years with absolutely no issues with it.
Hope this helps.