JoyNames changed unexpected

[werver]

Hello Pete,

 

If have assigned all my axis and buttons of my Saitek Pro Flight Yoke and two Pro Flight throttle blocks (USB connectors) on my Windows 7 64 bits computer via FSUIPC, incl the calibration.

This is how my gamecontrollers looks like in FSUIPC.ini.

 

[JoyNames]

AutoAssignLetters=Yes

0=CH PRO PEDALS USB

0.GUID={46286BF0-6329-11E3-8001-444553540000}

1=Saitek Pro Flight Yoke

1.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8001-444553540000}

2=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

2.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8002-444553540000}

3=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

3.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8003-444553540000}

A=CH PRO PEDALS USB

A.GUID={46286BF0-6329-11E3-8001-444553540000}

B=Saitek Pro Flight Yoke

B.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8001-444553540000}

C=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

C.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8002-444553540000}

D=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

D.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8003-444553540000}

 

This morning I started FSX, but none of the controllers were working. Everything was connected as before. This is what I saw in the FSUIPC.ini file:

 

[JoyNames]

AutoAssignLetters=Yes

0=CH PRO PEDALS USB

0.GUID={46286BF0-6329-11E3-8001-444553540000}

A=CH PRO PEDALS USB

A.GUID={46286BF0-6329-11E3-8001-444553540000}

B=Saitek Pro Flight Yoke << MISSING JOYSTICK >>

B.GUID={462ADCF0-6329-11E3-8002-444553540000}

C=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant << MISSING JOYSTICK >>

C.GUID={80483940-632A-11E3-8001-444553540000}

D=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant << MISSING JOYSTICK >>

D.GUID={4FC0AFF0-5EBF-11E4-8001-444553540000}

1=Saitek Pro Flight Yoke

1.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8001-444553540000}

2=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

2.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8002-444553540000}

3=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

3.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8003-444553540000}

E=Saitek Pro Flight Yoke

E.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8001-444553540000}

F=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

F.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8002-444553540000}

G=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

G.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8003-444553540000}

 

I let FSX make a new ini-file and copied all the setting over from a backup file.

Everything works ok, but do you know what went wrong?

 

Thank's for help

 

Werner Verwaal

[Pete Dowson]

I let FSX make a new ini-file and copied all the setting over from a backup file.

Everything works ok, but do you know what went wrong?

 

I'm rather confused by this. What INI file does FSX make? I assume by FSX you mean FSUIPC4?

 

Note that the GUIDs changed sometime BETWEEN your two extracts:

 

In the first extract:

 

B=Saitek Pro Flight Yoke

B.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8001-444553540000}

 

C=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

C.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8002-444553540000}

 

D=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant

D.GUID={B3E3E640-81F7-11E4-8003-444553540000}

 

but in the second:

 

B=Saitek Pro Flight Yoke << MISSING JOYSTICK >>

B.GUID={462ADCF0-6329-11E3-8002-444553540000}

 

C=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant << MISSING JOYSTICK >>

C.GUID={80483940-632A-11E3-8001-444553540000}

 

D=Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant << MISSING JOYSTICK >>

D.GUID={4FC0AFF0-5EBF-11E4-8001-444553540000}

 

Those GUIDs can only arise from Windows settings -- and those B, C, D entries must have been changed in some session between the two you've recorded.  i've really no idea how the B, C, D  GUID values can have been changed -- FSUIPC only changes the current ones, the ones for 1, 2 and 3 in this case. That's the point. The lettered versions are actually created by you, UNLESS you have automatic assignment still enabled. Then, if Windows has some sort of twitch, as here, it will affect those values. FSAUIPC is trying to help deal with those changes.

 

So, once you've got them assigned, best turn off the Auto assign option to prevent these changing just because Windows does something weird.

 

BTW are you using Win8 by any chance?

 

Pete

[werver]

Hello Pete,

 

Thank's for your reaction.

The ini-file FSX makes on start is indeed the FSUIPC.ini-file (FSUIPC v4.937)

I have changed AutoAssignLetters=Yes to No as you advised.

 

I'm using Windows 7 Ultimat 64bits SP1

 

Werner

[Pete Dowson]

The ini-file FSX makes on start is indeed the FSUIPC.ini-file (FSUIPC v4.937)

 

Ah, well FSX doesn't make it, itself, FSUIPC4 does. ;-)

 

Pete