USB Controller Order in Control Panel

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Rick Abshier

I have a USB flight yoke and pedals. When I look at the Control Panel, the
pedals are listed first and then the yoke. When I had Windows 98, it was
the other way around. This makes no difference in many games such as
Microsoft Flight Simulator and others. In
DXDIAG, the Yoke has Controller ID 0 and the pedals have 1.

The trouble is, some older games see only the pedals in XP where before it
was the yoke that they saw in Windows 98. Those games that do not recognize
two
controllers only see the pedals. I think that it is because the pedals are
listed first.

If I unplug the pedals, then it is fine. The games see the yoke and it can
be used to control the games. It doesn't help to switch the order of the
way they are plugged in.

FYI, I also have a USB mouse and printer.

Is there a way to change this so that the yoke is listed first again?
Thanks!
 
Hi Rick,

Here's a post Chris H. made some time ago "on how to set up the
sequence of which controller is first, second, etc. It depends on
which device you want to set with first priority. The example is to
set a Mad Catz wheel first in the order, followed by a game port device.

The same would apply for USB devices:
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1) Unplug all devices from system
2) Plug-in the Mad Catz Andretti Wheel
3) Run the game controllers control panel
4) Click the "Advanced" button and set the wheel as the preferred device
5) Unplug the wheel
6) Plug-in the USB Gravis GamePad Pro
7) Run the game controllers control panel
8) Click the "Advanced" button and set the USB GamePad Pro
as the preferred device
9) Unplug the Gravis GamePad Pro
10) Now plug-in the wheel, followed by the USB GamePad Pro.

By setting both devices to preferred, we actually clear their previous ID
settings. By replugging them in the desired order, i.e. wheel then GamePad
Pro, the wheel gets ID1 and the GamePad Pro gets ID2."
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Cheers,
Jimmy S.

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| I have a USB flight yoke and pedals. When I look at the Control Panel, the
| pedals are listed first and then the yoke. When I had Windows 98, it was
| the other way around. This makes no difference in many games such as
| Microsoft Flight Simulator and others. In
| DXDIAG, the Yoke has Controller ID 0 and the pedals have 1.
|
| The trouble is, some older games see only the pedals in XP where before it
| was the yoke that they saw in Windows 98. Those games that do not recognize
| two
| controllers only see the pedals. I think that it is because the pedals are
| listed first.
|
| If I unplug the pedals, then it is fine. The games see the yoke and it can
| be used to control the games. It doesn't help to switch the order of the
| way they are plugged in.
|
| FYI, I also have a USB mouse and printer.
|
| Is there a way to change this so that the yoke is listed first again?
| Thanks!
|
|
|
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|
| Rick Abshier
| (e-mail address removed)
| FAX: 248.281.0654
|
|
 
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