TrackIR Connection Problems

[Navy Chief]

I had not connected my TrackIR for quite some time, but did so today. Works perfectly with MSFS, but for some reason, neither P3DV4.5 orP3DV5.3 are connecting with it.

Hopefully I can find a easy solution, but no luck yet. I made sure to start TrackIR before starting either sim, plus I rebooted my PC, thinking it might be a simconnect problem. No joy.

Any advice? NC

 

[Penzoil3]

Go into your redistributables folder in P3D, and reinstall the simmconnect msi.

 

[Navy Chief]

Unfortunately, that didn't work. I am having the problems mentioned in this forum thread. Apparently, at least from this forum, the problem may have started when MSFS was installed. Maybe there is a fix, but I don't know what it is, or where to download. PeteAs mentioned, it works fine in MSFS.

 

[thunderstreak]

Good day Chief,

I am using TrackIR with the latest version of P3D without any issues but I don’t have MSFS installed alongside.
A couple of suggestions, I always use “Run as Administrator” to start TrackIR 5 and I always start it AFTER I start the sim and it has completely loaded to the scenario screen.
It doesn’t always sync with P3D if I start it before the sim.

Hope this helps!

Cheers, Bernard

 

[Navy Chief]

Thanks for the suggestions. I always start all programs I have with Run as Administrator. Nothing is working. If I am not able to get TrackIR to work with P3D, that is most unfortunate. Works great with MSFS, and for now, I guess it will have to do. Frustrating. NC

 

[stansdds]

Sometimes TrackIR software can be finicky and wants TIR to be the last USB device to be plugged into the computer. I've had it fail to run a few times in FSX, the solution was to unplug the TIR from the computer, then plug it back in. This will make TIR the last USB device the computer recognizes.