Losing mouse control on Xbox Series S/X

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Hi,

I have chance: I never experience issue with the mouse and keyboard on my Xbox Series X. :slightly_smiling_face:
But may be, my installation is not affected by this bug. I want to share my experience, may be this can help.

OK, here is my devices connected to the Xbox:

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I have the wired USB devices:

  • Thrustmaster HOTAS ONE joystick-throttle
  • Labtec Keyboard (quite classic, with some multimedia keys)
  • Trust mouse (optical, 3 buttons with wheel)

The three wired USB devices are plugged to an USB hub (lighted in blue on the photo, UH-005, a classic hub that can be externaly powered, but didn’t use this feature - the hub is powered by the Xbox). This USB hub is connected to the front connector of my Xbox.

I also used the wireless Xbox controller (I have two of them, sometime I use the original black, and sometimes I used the blue as seen on the photo).

I never experience mouse problem. Except one time, but it was my fault, I disconnected the hub while FS was running). Otherwise, the mouse work always, never lost the cursor, never freeze. But I should also say, that I never try to connect the mouse/keyboard/joystick separately on front/back USB connectors.

This configuration work quite fine for me.
Of course, the Xbox controller doesn’t stay ON permanently. After some minutes, it turn OFF, but this affect nothing on FS - I keep the control of the mouse/keyboard and joystick. And if I need to take a snapshot, I can quickly reconnect the Xbox controller by pressing its XBOX key, then press the capture (central) key.

I also change my default Xbox configuration:

  • In the power management options, I choose (my options are in French, but should be something like in US language) “disable after 2 hours of inactivity” (the same for games and videos/musics).
  • I also change the “inactivity” option. I uncheck the first option (“display elements”), so that, when the inactivity is detected, the games (and not only FS), doesn’t stop to return to menu. So that, the simulation continue, even in case of inactivity.
    I check the second option “dim screen after 10 minutes”, so that, I see when the inactivity is detected.

I can’t affirm, but may be, connecting the devices thru a hub could temporary solve this issue. But sure, this can’t be a definitive solution.

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