Black Box Fails to properly register T-Rudder Pedals

[Enjoii32]

Hi all,

I'm working to get a set of old T-Rudder (Mk III from what I can tell) pedals up I received from a friend and running, but I'm having issues with what I think is the Firmware and possibly even the Black (Orange) Box.

When I connected the T-Rudder pedals to the Orange Box, instead of the 'Pedals' light coming on, the 'Bus' light came on (flashing green). The Rudders registered as a Z-Axis (both sides as one), but don't seem to act properly in games (a light press = full motion.. Maybe a game problem, but I wanted to investigate since the 'Pedals' light was not lighting up.

This is what I see when I open the DeviceCfg program. Looking at the device it sees, I'm worried that it says 'Mk2' at the top. Under 'Test -> External Devices', the only things it has there is the Base and Stick. That makes me think that the wrong firmware ended up on the Black Box. From what I can tell, it should have instead (in addition?) the _BlackBox_TRudder_v2_09_0 version...

...But it's a moot point because whenever I hit 'Bootloader', I hear windows disconnect/reconnect a USB device (with all lights on the box going off), and opens the ZBootloader-2 to the following screen:

Disconnecting and reconnecting the device returns it to the previous state, same as the top photo. Looking at ZBootloader-2 after the fresh connect, I see this:

While I can select the 'VKBSim Gunfighter Modern Combat' line, both 'Start Boot' and 'Flash it!' (if I select Firmware) causes text to quickly flash and vanish, and I hear windows disconnect/reconnect a USB device. All lights on the box go off once this happens.

I'm at a complete loss. I've tried a new computer, I've tried killing all applications that were instructed, I've tried Safe Mode, I've literally disconnected every USB device save for a simply dell mouse on a fresh boot and ran everything in Admin, and I can't get any other outcomes out of this box.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

[Ron61]

It's simple - on the first screenshot, read the text that says that the device is detected, but not in firmware mode. You just need to double-click on it to switch it to this mode.
In the extreme version of Zbootloader2, you do not need to place the file itself in the configurator folder, make a separate folder for it and run it from there, after closing the configurator.
Orange and black BBs differ only in the Leds numbering, but you should follow the rule - for black, use firmware with the letters MK2 in the name, for orange - without them.

[Enjoii32]

Double clicking the device leaves it in the state of picture two, where Zbootloader sees nothing. I hear a windows disconnect/reconnect sound and the box is unresponsive until it is reconnected. I have attempted this on multiple machines and even booted in safe mode with minimal peripherals (dumb kbm)

[Enjoii32]

Ok, so it was the computers (3!). My last ditch laptop had no issues interfacing. All problems solved!