Plugin the usb end and test the joystick to see if it worked control paneldevices and printers sidewinder precision pro usb controller properties. Commercial usb to gameport adapters joystick rehab. Freestyle pro, game pad, force feedback pro, precision pro, standard, and force. Windows 7, windows 7 64 bit, windows 7 32 bit, windows 10, windows 10 64 bit, windows 10 32 bit, windows 8, windows 10 iot 32bit, windows 10 pro education 32bit, windows vista enterprise microsoft windows nt 6. Microsoft sidewinder precision pro drivers, page 1 forum. Microsoft flight simulator 98 and sidewinder force. The three wires from the sidewinder joystick are spares and are no longer needed.
The sidewinder force feedback is truely a great gaming device taking you one step closer to being totally immersed in a game. Interfacing the sidewinder joystick to avrs hackaday. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we. I would like to see if i can use my old winxp sidewinder pro joystick on win 7. Is there a way to get a usb adapter that will work with win 7 and have any drivers loaded on win 7confused. Microsoft sidewinder force feedback joystick oldie but. Thus, the microcontroller platform of choice is now avr teensy. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. The adapter does not function properly when shipped. To clear that up, we are talking about the ms sidewinder usb adapter, part no. For ff, you would want the ff counterpart and the second series is probably preferable over the force feedback pro. There are two independent ground pins on the 15 pin adapter pins 2 and 7, if i remember correctly. Microsofts sidewinder force feedback pro driver i have a sidewinder force feedback stick running on my rig for use with some of my games mine has a usb 2. Good catch w the ms adapter, i put a multimeter to it and it really seems to be just a pointtopoint connector.
Along with this keyboard a new mouse was released dubbed the sidewinder x5. Plugin the usb end and test the joystick to see if it worked control paneldevices and printerssidewinder precision pro usb controller properties. Flight simulator 98 is the newest version of the most realistic pc flight simulation, and the sidewinder force. Not a single potentiometer to be found, all axes used digital encoders, meaning they always worked asnew, even a decade later, with no calibration. Trouble is when i hooked it up, it apparently does not know windows 7 x64bit from apple butter. Microsoft sidewinder precision pro joystick with instructions and software disk. It is still in the original box with everything in mint condition. I have a new corei5 pc with windows 7 that combat flight simulator 1 runs on but does allow me to use my ms force feedback pro joystick.
The follow up joystick, that looked identical, was marked underneath as precision pro and this came with a simple usb adapter simple as just a series of wires links between the joystick game port and a usb. I have also read that this is not possible from a driver point of view because microsoft changed the driver comparabilitymad. The adapter also allows to solder a few additional trim pots to work e. And all testing programs said no ff stick detected later ive read that this hex doesnt support ff at all. Adaptffbjoy is an avr microcontroller based device that looks like a joystick with.
Microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro updated driver drivercategory list malfunctioning drivers may corrupt additional drivers, so in case you begin to install microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro by hand be urged to watch out for additional damaged drivers on top of that. Microsoft sidewinder force feedback for sale in stock ebay. Currently, it allows connecting a microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro ffp joystick with a game port connector to various ms windows versions as a standard usb joystick with force feedback and no need to install any device drivers. Microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro updated driver. This joystick features a unique force feedback technology that microsoft acquired from exos, inc. My sidewinder pro is usb version, part number x0357540 and pid 85791579438736400000 and i find it produces a sensitivity too much for the joystick. Whats inside the microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro joystick.
Microsoft sidewinder precision pro is the absolute best non force feedback stick for win9x, i had a couple and liked it more than the precision 2s which replaced it out of necessity under xp. Sidewinder game device software for windows 95 and 98. It is a replacement for the usb adapter that came with the stick originally. Microsoft sidewinder force feedback joystick oldie but goodie i came across an excellent flight simulator flight gear that makes me want to take the old ms joystick out of moth balls. Afaik nobody has made the joystick port force feedback sidewinder work with anything newer than windows 98se. The microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro reddit. Microsoft sidewinder force feedback 2 now has a special edition for these windows versions. Converting a microsoft sidewinder precision pro to usb for use. The first implementation targeted microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro ffp joystick and integrated it with 3dpvertproject to make it a full featured usbadapter for the ffp. Designed as a gamingneutral joystick, rather than a specialized joystick for use with realistic combat flight simulators, the 3d pro was built with a functional, but lowkey geometric design. How to transform your 15 pin gameport microsoft sidewinder precision pro into a usb joystick. Microsoft stopt met sidewinderproducten gaming nieuws.
You should not be allowed to play a flight sim without this, and its also quite handy for the odd racing game not as good as a. Microsoft sidewinder force feedback 2 driver download. Although intended only for use with microsoft windows, microsoft sidewinder game controllers can also be used with apples mac os x and linux or any unix with an x86 version of x11 version 2. If you have one of the following sidewinder devices, make sure you have version 3. Belkin 8inch usb joystick adapter for sidewinder, db15 f. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. Microsoft force feedback joystick question april 2006.
Simple joystick support on 3d pro, precision pro, precision. Cannot use ms force feedback pro joystick corei5 pc with. Vind microsoft sidewinder in muizen en joysticks op marktplaats. The first major method is the simple gameport adapter, which has an oldschool female 15pin joystick port on one end, and. Microsoft force feedback joystick question by jacobo feb 19, 2004 11. See each listing for international shipping options and costs. Microsoft sidewinder precision pro joystick wired series sign in to comment. Ik heb een sidewinder precision pro en een sidewinder precision 2 en. Usermade game port to usb adapter supporting ffb on the sidewinder force feedback pro only. Microsoft sidewinder game controller software free.
Converting a microsoft sidewinder precision pro to usb for use with. The main difference is the actual device driver which is different on each system, in xp i can see microsoft sidewinder force feedback wheel in device manager but on w10 there is usb input device. This product is made for the microsoft sidewinder precision pro. I got the microsoft sidewinder joystick, similar to the one in the youtube video linked in the previous post, but my sidewinder joystick is the force feedback version, where itd vibrate when getting damaged or collisions, firing weapons or thrusters, etc.
Sidewinder percision pro joy stick is missing its ac adapter. The microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro still the greatest joystick ever made. From what im reading, it looks like i will have to pick up a precision pro with usb adapter if i want to stay with microsoft. After reading on fsforce forum that one of the best force feedback sticks for flightsimulator is the microsoft sidewinder forcefeedback2 stick, i decided to see if it was possible to hack this sticks hardware in similar way as i had done with logitech wingman force feedback 3d joystick.
I had the force feedback pro originally but it eventually went to the hardware pit in the sky and i had to resort to using a plain vanilla ms sidewinder precision pro. Microsofts representative for sidewinder didnt have any information. The first implementation targeted microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro. Compared to the force feedback pro and the precision 2, nothing new was added to the force feedback 2 that wasnt added to the precision 2, in fact the shift button was taken away. I recently connected this stick to one of my legacy gaming computers and it microsoft sidewinder joystick usb out fine. This was purchased just as the usb version was appearing on shelves so unfortunately i didnt get that version. Get your old gameport joystick working with windows 10.
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