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TrackIR stopped working on first day HELP

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 7:06 pm
by snoopbaron
I just sent this out to the support email but I thought I might as well post it here and see if anyone else has had this problem. Here is what I sent to support. Thanks for any help

Almost forgot here is some info on my computer:

Windows XP Pro
EPOX Ep-8RDA+ NVIDIA nFORCE2 mother board
AMD Athlon X2600+
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI Soundcard

I have USB X45 joystick and USB CH Pro pedals and both of them worked
flawlessly.

Sincerely,
ps. My order number was: 5322

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:41:19 -0600, baron wrote
> I just got my TrackIR unit that I purchased from your web site. I
> installed it yesterday based on your included Windows XP
> instructions. I followed them to the letter, but I still had
> problems. After I installed TrackIR for the first time and ran the
> software it worked and began tracking in mouse mode. At that time I
> had one reflective sticker on my microphone that it was tracking. I
> then added two more stickers to my microphone to see if it would
> improve tracking. I looked at the tracking screen on your software
> after adding the additional stickers. The tracking was eradic and
> then all of a sudden TrackIR stopped tracking. I switched back to
> one sticker to see if by some odd chance that would fix things, but
> it still would not track. I tried rebooting, switching track modes,
> restarting the software, changing USB ports, uninstalling and
> reinstalling the software and nothing worked. Every time I start the
> software the green led turns on for about one-two seconds and then
> turns off and TrackIR never tracks. I visited you web site to see if
> I could find any help. I found some instructions on cleaning the
> registry of any keys left by the track ir uninstaller. I tediously
> removed all TrackIR related entries and again followed the Windows
> XP reinstall procedure. Unfortunately TrackIR is behaving just as
> before the green led comes on for one-two seconds and it never
> tracks. Right now I'm very frustrated. I was looking forward to
> trying out my new unit, but it will just not work. I also tried it
> on my laptop which is also running Windows XP and I had the exact
> same problem there, led turns on briefly and then it does not track.
>
> Please help,

> Ps. Why does the uninstaller fail to clean up the registry? Until
> this registry problem is fixed in your software you should provide a
> work around perhaps a utility to automate the process. This takes to
> much time. I also had to change the permissions on some of the
> registry TrackIR folders in order to delete them.

Re: TrackIR stopped working on first day HELP

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 7:07 pm
by snoopbaron
I wanted ask why do there seem to be so many problems with the TrackIR drivers? Every other USB device I've used hasn't had this sort of problem. That includes, mice, joysticks, webcams, foot pedals, digital cameras, external joysticks, and memory card readers.

Re: TrackIR stopped working on first day HELP

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 1:29 pm
by snoopbaron
It looks like this was a case of deffective hardware. I've gotten an RMA number from NaturalPoint and returned my TrackIR for a replacement.

Re: TrackIR stopped working on first day HELP

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 12:30 am
by oj79
Hi there, exactly the same problem.

Got it today and the same thing happened when i put more dots on my hat, now it is completely useless due to its erractic behaviour.

Could you post back if you get some kind of solution?

Re: TrackIR stopped working on first day HELP

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 2:12 pm
by Mark
Just thought I would let you know you are not alone with this problem. Once I get TrackIR to work it works great, but only until my PC is rebooted or powered down. Then it's back to reconnecting The USB cable over and over again, reloading software, rebooting PC, whatever it takes until all of a sudden it will work. Sometimes I just give up. It has always done this. It doesn't matter what version I use. I'm on the latest version now.

I just added a PCI card to get USB 2.0 capability. I was hoping this would fix it, but alas, it was not meant to be.

The symtoms are the same as the previous posters - sometimes I get the green light for a second or two and sometimes it doesn't seem to recognise that the unit is plugged in.

Anyway - just posting to let people know more than 2 people have this problem.

Pentium III 1000
Audigy 2
Geforce 3 TI200
Win XP Pro
ASUS CUSL2-C MB

Re: TrackIR stopped working on first day HELP

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 3:25 pm
by Charlie251
Wow. Never once had a problem with mine.

NP must have had a defective batch come off the assembly line.

Dont let this kill your spirits Gents. Unfortunantly, these things do happen.

Get a working one and enjoy the product.