Simucube showing as unkown usb device (Solved)

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Hey ive had no luck getting my simucube to work at all. The last thing i remember doing that could effect it was that i deleted the true drive software off my desktop then put it back on again. I doubt it would have even updated the base, still had my profile settings and worked for a short amount of time… Status led flashing blue red. Also will still turn green if i rotate the wheel out of position. I have cycled the power, checked the stop button, Tried it on another pc and im at a loss

Update: just realized i did the dumbest thing and destroyed my usb cable moving the pedal plate on my rig. And boy does the cable look hard to fix.

So on a sidenote does anyone know the specs for this particular usb cable for when i fail to fix this

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There aren’t any published specs that I’m aware of. If you select a new cable that has ferrite cores attached from a reputable company you should be good to go.

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Hi

The USB cable is generic/standard USB 1.1 (or better) cable. We recommend using only shielded cable with ferrite cores to shield the cable from possible EMI interferences.

Kind regards, Esa

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Many of us received SC2 with non shielded cables missing ferrite cores.
Not a huge deal as they are widely available, but why would manufacturer include cable it does not recommend to use.
https://community.granitedevices.com/t/simucube-2-supplied-usb-cable

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Availability of such cables was very bad/expensive at the time, so something had to be done.

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Or rather, somebody had to go out and pay for them, meaning the customer :joy:

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Thanks for all the replies.
I think the shielding in the cable intimidated me a bit but i managed to re connect the cable by heating up a meat skewer to solder the wires back together as i lost my soldering iron. Then i just did a wrap in aluminum foil around the wires then the ground wire and a bunch of tape. Works fine till i get a new one for piece of mind

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