EQMOD pad control issues

[Earl]

Well im cheesed of today, the weatherman said it was going to be clear so i set up, first time in ages.

(Xbox 360 wired controller)

Everything was going well a little cloud passing over now and then, the Moon was looking a promising early target, I started up CdC got it to control the scope and slew to the moon, I knew it was going to be off as a) no polar alignment yet first slew even if polar aligned is never accurate.

Grab pad to centre the moon..... no response, even though I had tested it earlier.

The Pad had calibrated fine, and was moving the scope around earlier, the pad works perfectly fine on my 360 and PC, its connected via a USB to Network to USB Hub, and again calibrates fine and was moving the scope around.

After this the pad just would not work reliably, even a complete power off all equipment reboot, and still dodgy response sometimes no response whatsoever I have double checked that the Pad is working in both a 360 and a PC.

Im confused any ideas?

[GrantEb]

Same with me for the weather, really upset.

A long shot, but maybe the controller doesn't like the cooler temps outside?

[Earl]

Thats an interesting point, ill look into that.

[BlueAstra]

I've had occasion were my pc wireless gamepad losses contact with EQMOD. I've sometimes got it to work by sending a re-initialise command from EQMOD, sometimes just power cycling the gamepad on/off button. If it auto powers off it loses connection, so I leave a usb cable plugged into it just so it doesn't power off. Bit pointless having a wireless gamepad really!

[Earl]

In an ideal world id like to have a wireless pad at the scope and a wired pad at the PC.

But before that id just like it to work :|

[Marmite]

Know a guy with the Logitech RP2. He told me a story exactly like yours. The problem was dew. He had to open the thing up and clean a filmy substance off most of the contacts. Worked like new after that. Try to keep it in a box or something when you're outside and not actually using it.