[Plib-users] problem with plib recognizing yoke movements of my CH Fighterstick USB

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Hi,

I just got a CH Fighterstick USB, and wanted to take it for a spin with
FlightGear, which uses plib. I started to check on the joystick with
js_demo that comes with FlightGear.

To my surprise, js_demo does not recognize the yoke movements of the
FighterStick - even though it sees the button presses. Also, if I have
an additional CH Pro Pedal connected, that is recognized properly.

I talked to the FlightGear people, and they told me to contact the plib
crew regarding this issue. so here I am.

I'm running Gentoo Linux, kernel 2.6.13, I have plib 1.8.4 installed.
Some additional info:

$ /usr/sbin/lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 049f:0086 Compaq Computer Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 068e:00f3 CH Products, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
$ js_demo
Joystick test program.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Joystick 0: "CH PRODUCTS CH FIGHTERSTICK USB "
Joystick 1 not detected
Joystick 2 not detected
Joystick 3 not detected
Joystick 4 not detected
Joystick 5 not detected
Joystick 6 not detected
Joystick 7 not detected
+--------------------JS.0----------------------+
| Btns Ax:0 Ax:1 Ax:2 Ax:3 Ax:4                |
+----------------------------------------------+
| 0000 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0   .    .    .  |


with the primary fire button pressed, it says:

| 0001 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0   .    .    .  |


if I have the pedal plugged in as well:

$ /usr/sbin/lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 049f:0086 Compaq Computer Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 068e:0501 CH Products, Inc. CH Pro Pedals
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 068e:00f3 CH Products, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
$ js_demo
Joystick test program.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Joystick 0: "CH PRODUCTS CH FIGHTERSTICK USB "
Joystick 1: "CH Products  CH Pro Pedals USB Rudder Pedals "
Joystick 2 not detected
Joystick 3 not detected
Joystick 4 not detected
Joystick 5 not detected
Joystick 6 not detected
Joystick 7 not detected
+--------------------JS.0----------------------+--------------------JS.1----------------------+
| Btns Ax:0 Ax:1 Ax:2 Ax:3 Ax:4                | Btns Ax:0 Ax:1 Ax:2
                      |
+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| 0000 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0   .    .    .  | 0000 -0.4 -1.0 -0.2   .
   .    .    .    .  |



what could be wrong?


Akos