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Thrustmaster hotas x control panel3/24/2024 Your X and Y stick axxis will come from your new magnetic base, which is a new device on its own. This way you will have a perfectly working analogue Microstick. In the Hotas Cougar Control Panel assign the Microstick axxis to your X and Y axxis (remember Windows will only see 8 axxis, and a complete Cougar setup with rudders and toe brakes will have 10). Your original Cougar base will be your interface for the throttle and pedals (in case you have some old gameport setup).Ħ4bit Cougar drivers are still available and will get your old stick back to business on Windows 10 or 11. Hopefully your Cougar grip should be fine, apart from some pilled off paint, and it will work flawlessly on the new magnetic base. Get yourself a Thrustmaster Magnetic Base which has a very decent precison, your original Cougar base gimbals should be pretty weared out anyway. If any of you have the original Hotas Cougar and wish to get it working on a modern Windows, lets say 10 or 11, here is my suggestion: A hardware fault within the throttle can't be diagnosed remotely, but you can apply contact cleanin spray on both ends of the cable and on the unit's ports, to make sure that the connection is good, as a device on storage for a long time can get its contact pins corroded. If the Cougar Control Panel now recognizes the device it would mean the problem lies on the throttle or the cable that connects it with the joystick. To diagnose the latter, please try the Hotas again but with the throttle unit disconnected. I usually recommend not doing any firmware updates, as there has not been any new firmware since 2003 and thus most likely the current firmware on the device is already the latest. OK, if the device is still original then I see only two possible causes for this issue:ġ) The firmware was installed wrongly, this may occur as the firmware software was not designed for neither Windows 8 nor Windows 10. I could not get anything to work until I put TM software on win8 pc and reinstalled firmware. I initially tried to use on the new win10 rig, including holding trigger to clear firmware. I have not tried to use it since about 2012 now I've built a new rig and brought it out of storage. I bought thus new 15 years ago, in days of win XP.
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