I love that printer function way too much lol
My short run has come to an end, 2 flights today - just finished second to Berlin from Gatwick - no issues. Sadly a short time after (while watching a few vids on YouTube) the unit randomly disconnected and USB error has returned!
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! fluke?
Most likely, itās very intermittent though. I was hoping the HID option was the missing piece of the puzzle as that was ticked as āsave powerā previously, which may have bought me a bit more time but now Iāve run out of ideas. Box.co.uk did have some stock this week, so Iāll keep an eye on their page for updates. Iām guessing it would cost me Ā£20-Ā£30 to return the unit back to France +14 days for them to action a refund if the postage covers all the costs and doesnāt get stuck in customs! I donāt have the original box either so may just cut my losses.
it is the strangest thingā¦ makes no sense! btw - if you want to dm via reddit - you can find me here: https://www.reddit.com/user/mikeyblue005
I just restarted my PC and my Quadrant has disappeared from the controller listings as standard. Nice screenshots btw! I hope youāre new Quadrant continues to work well! I canāt believe they got yours to work on 2 rigs, that seems crazy to me - It may have worked initially like ours did but if they tried over time theyād prob get our USB errors.
i am wondering if there is a conflict in FSā¦ do you have any other things plugged in that could cause a power draw issue?
Only the rudder and sidestick (separate USB connections). If it disconnected in the sim, it couldāve been the A32NX mod possibly but when it doesnāt even appear when I login to Windows, I canāt think what else it could be. When it does work like earlier tonight, no issues at all. All assigned buttons work etc. Iām using the Experimental mod though - as the detents do not appear correct in the stable or dev modes.
do you use FSUIPC7?
Only when using PACX.
download the windows SDK and install it - select debugging only and use the USB debugger
I think I may only have the beta version. Is that tool free? I donāt know much about it tbh.
I def donāt have that screen. I think itās just a link between PACX and FS. I think Iāll just go back to using the sidestick for now.
Thank you all for your suggestions, and also to dflight8685 for kindly sharing some tips via PM. Iām also in a certain island state in northwestern Europe and share your pain about the challenges in getting hold of anything these days!
I have tried lots of things over the past few days with very mixed and intermittent success, like snaxx82. My computer only has USB 3.0 ports, but Iāve tried the quadrant on two older computers with USB 2.0 ports and the problem is the same. I thought I had fixed it yesterday and enjoyed a couple of flights. Same today, but then just when Iād landed and was about to exit MSFS, I heard the dreaded USB device disconnected sound, and sure enough itās not recognised any more. Iāve tried all the tricks again, and nothingās working yet.
TM support suggested some procedures to follow but said that if they didnāt work, it might be a hardware failure and suggested contacting the reseller, so I may need to do that 
Any joy on the problem?
No luck yet! Iāve written again to TM to check if thereās anything else they suggest trying before I contact the reseller (although actually it was purchased from TM directly). I bought it as part of the combined āofficer packā with the sidestick, and the sidestick is working fine, so Iām hoping they wonāt make me send back both!
I thought it was interesting TM said they wanted the full packaging returned! I hope they donāt intend to resell faulty goods as ānewā?! I donāt have the packaging anymore but awaiting an update from their eShop team to advise if they can accept the return without. Mine has been banished to the cupboard for now, I donāt even think a firmware update could fix it tbh.