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Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: Red Tail 444 on December 14, 2004, 10:08:13 AM

Drat!

I dropped my CH PRO Throttle USB on my carped rug, and I seem to have lost all memory in it- if that's possible.

The buttons seem to work but no commands are being recognized. is it possible to have lost memory because of the drop, or is there a need to get a new throttle?

I hope I can recover the memory or whatever it is, because reprogramming these things is a ROYAL pain n the neck...

Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: CavemanJ on December 14, 2004, 10:15:12 AM

Have ya opened the sucker up to see if anything came unplugged or unseated?

Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: Revvin on December 14, 2004, 11:53:40 AM

They are pretty robust items, try asking over here (http://www.ch-hangar.com/forum/) at the CH Hangar, CH Products staff hang out there if in the worst case scenario you have to send it back for a repair. What Control Manager version are you using? have you tried the key check program in Control Manager? there are profiles at the forums above for Aces High to help you get up and running again as quickly as possible.

Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: Red Tail 444 on December 14, 2004, 04:07:42 PM

Nope caveman, I have not opened it up, although there are no rattles or shimmies when shaken. I'm reluctant to open it, for fear I'll only do more harm than good lol


revvin, thanks, I'll post there. I've had CH since 1995 AW / AOL, and never had a prob with them, so I know it's not in the construction, and I've dropped these things before over the years, which is all the more puzzling to me.

for the feedback, fellas, when I find the cause, I'll let you know.:aok

Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: Revvin on December 14, 2004, 05:25:05 PM

I've just manually validated your account there  so you can post as I saw you registered about an hour ago just incase you did'nt get a validation e-mail response as some ISP's seem to block them as spam. No rattling is a good sign at least :)

Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: Red Tail 444 on December 14, 2004, 09:35:25 PM

good to have buds in High places... :) ty

Update:

I have not checked my account yet in CH hangar...but I am able to program axis inputs, throttle, and mini-stick are working, but no buttons yet...

I'll check CH-hangar and post there...

Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: Starbird on December 15, 2004, 10:52:18 PM

I've dropped mine, stepped on it 3 times, which pulled the screws out of the slider mechanism so I had to epoxy them back in. It still works fine.

I'd say the fall probably didn't have anything to do with the problems your having, its most likely a bad p-rom or solder joint somewhere.

Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: Red Tail 444 on December 16, 2004, 11:40:11 AM

Yea I've dropped it a few times myself...and clue how to help remedy the problem??

Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: Red Tail 444 on December 16, 2004, 11:43:31 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Revvin
They are pretty robust items, try asking over here (http://www.ch-hangar.com/forum/) at the CH Hangar, CH Products staff hang out there if in the worst case scenario you have to send it back for a repair. What Control Manager version are you using? have you tried the key check program in Control Manager? there are profiles at the forums above for Aces High to help you get up and running again as quickly as possible.

I am only using the AH programming functions, maybe this is a time to change over...

as a caveat to this thread, no one from CH hangar has replies, and I posted on two different forums...programming, and software :(

Title: CH Pro USB memory loss
Post by: Revvin on December 16, 2004, 12:45:50 PM

I replied to your thread yesterday, what I posted will help find out if your throttle is a hardware or software problem if it's hardware then I'm sure Michael will help you out.