CH ProPedals problem

[Cynthia Reid]

Hi, I am new to flightsim and struggling at nearly 70 to get to grips with
it.
I have FS2002 Professional and XP Home. I got the CH Yoke and ProPedals and
have installed them without any problem. All seemed well - just plug in USBs
and go, as the drivers are incorporated.
However I find that after FS has been running for an hour or two the pedals
stop working and I can't calibrate them. This happens even when FS is just
running in the background and I am busy doing something else. The only cure
I have found is to reboot.
Can anyone tell me why this happens and how I can prevent it?
Many thanks

Cynthia Reid

[Ed Medlin]

I had a similar problem and fixed it by getting a powered USB hub and using
that. I am not sure why it worked, but it did.

Ed Medlin

"Cynthia Reid" <cynthia @cmbreid.flyer.co.uk> wrote in message
...
> Hi, I am new to flightsim and struggling at nearly 70 to get to grips with
> it.
> I have FS2002 Professional and XP Home. I got the CH Yoke and ProPedals
> and have installed them without any problem. All seemed well - just plug
> in USBs and go, as the drivers are incorporated.
> However I find that after FS has been running for an hour or two the
> pedals stop working and I can't calibrate them. This happens even when FS
> is just running in the background and I am busy doing something else. The
> only cure I have found is to reboot.
> Can anyone tell me why this happens and how I can prevent it?
> Many thanks
>
> Cynthia Reid
>

[Marc Beije]

Hi Cynthia,

It sounds like Windows is shutting off the power to the USB port your pedals
are plugged into. Open the Device Manager (right-click on My Computer,
select Properties, and click the Device Manager button on the Hardware tab).
Look for the USB root hub (or something that sounds similar) at the bottom
of the list, right-click to select the Properties, and look for the "Allow
the computer to turn off this device to save power". Uncheck that and
hopefully the problem is solved.

Good luck, Marc

[Cynthia Reid]

Thanks Marc and Ed.
I have removed the power management from all the USB root hubs and will see
if that helps. If not I'll get myself a powered USB hub - in fact I think I
have one somewhere from my previous computer which was less well endowed!

Thanks again
Cynthia