This afternoon:
- I connected the VM desktop Joystick to an USB port on a Windows desktop computer.
- A new hardware detection window appeared in the lower right corner of the screen called USB Input Device.
- I tested the Window's Game Controllers utility.
- I clicked properties to access the Windows Controllers Test Screen.
When I move the joystick and X Rotation dial - I observe confirmation on the Test Screen that they are working okay. But, when I press each of the 27 buttons - there is no confirmation on the Test Screen that they are working properly.
Is there additional software such as device drivers that we need to install? Do we need to configure the joystick buttons?
Alternatively, should we ignore the fact that when I press each of the 27 buttons, I observe no confirmation on the Test Screen that they are working properly because it is responsibility of the HID C library to process joystick button presses?
Yesterday, I visited Winston-Salem's best computer store and brought in my CH Products VM Desktop Joystick and had them test it. The salesman - who is usually reliable - told me:
There was something wrong with it. Windows 7 or 8 cannot recognize it.
Was he correct in his conclusion?
Any help is appreciated.