Controller Hardware Anomaly

[StormILM]

Just wanted to ask here (and will also post this in the DCS forum),

This morning I went to run a test of one of my models after making a tweak and after I started P3D and went to fly, I noticed that all of the buttons on my X56 stick were not functioning. The Axis were all fine. I did the normal troubleshoot to see what was going on, no joy. I closed P3D and went to DCS, same thing. Oddly my X56 throttle's buttons and sliders worked normally. This X56 unit (which was a replacement for my original) doesn't have a lot of time and wear on it and has already outlasted the original I had by 3 years. I was able to figure out that the buttons on the stick were actually fully functional but not communicating with either sim. I did a Hail Mary pass/move and decided to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them. Boom! Problem fixed. That leads me to the question if this was some odd glitch or overwrite with a Windows 10 update involving USB drivers/firmware that screwed things up? Anyone else seen this sort of thing? I also take note that it looks like the X56 drivers haven't been updated in over 2 years which makes me wonder if they may be prone to glitches like this with each Windows update or other issues.

[Craig Taylor]

I've experienced similar issues with my CH controllers (stick, throttle quadrant, rudder pedals). I think you probably nailed the root cause - Windows updates, and had to do exactly as you did to fix it.

[StormILM]

Thanks for the reply. I had seen others experience similar issues in the past but it's been a while since I last read about it. I have been on W10 pro since 2018 and up to now never had this happen but this OS has thrown me it's share of curve balls at times and frankly, some aspects of it are a pain to set up. Then along comes updates that cause issues as well. I will be keeping my eye on it in case this happens again. Maybe Logitech should update the software for the X56 if they haven't already.