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Black Box causing mouse drift

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 16:46
by MisterMann
Here's a strange one for the experts out there.

My house lost power last night. When I got to my desk this morning my mouse cursor was drifting left until the edge of the screen. I can move it with the physical mouse, but its always drifting left. I even unplugged the mouse and the mouse cursor on screen continued to move. I began unplugging peripherals trying to diagnose what the possible issue might be. When I unplugged the black box from the USB, the cursor stopped moving. Okay, great. Now what?

If I plug the black box back in, the cursor begins traveling to the left again. I have used this setup for almost a year without issue. I flew DCS last night (before the power outage).

I don't want to jack up my VKB configurations that I've painstakingly established.

Anyone know what I should do? Flash the black box? Factory reset of the black box?

Anyone ever see this happen with the black box?

Edit: I unplugged the pedals and mcg so the only thing connected to the PC is the black box. It is still causing the mouse drift.

Thanks!

Re: Black Box causing mouse drift

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 18:19
by fallout9
Do you have any of the axes on your VKB device operating the mouse through either the native software or something else, like Joystick Gremlin?

Re: Black Box causing mouse drift

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 18:23
by MisterMann
Yes, I have my MCG ministick setup to be a mouse axis. The MCG is not currently plugged into the black box (in case that matters)

Re: Black Box causing mouse drift

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 18:34
by fallout9
Recalibrate the joystick and try again.

Re: Black Box causing mouse drift

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 18:40
by MisterMann
You, sir, are a saint! Thanks. Soon as I plugged in the mcg, all was well. I parked it and unplugged - no mouse drift.

Thanks for always being here for us @fallout9!!!

Re: Black Box causing mouse drift

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 18:48
by fallout9
Cheers man :)