Hey all, new here and to drones/fpv. I have a Taranis x9d+ 2019 that i've been playing around with in velocidrone, until now. I recently attempted to update the firmware via OpenTX companion and as far as i know it was successful. However, a couple days later and I'm trying to play the sim and realized the transmitter is no longer recognized as a USB controller...or recognized at all for that matter. What on earth could I have done? I've been searching around trying to find a solution but am having no luck so far. I've read into some issues with a windows driver update, but that seems to mostly have been over a year or more ago...plus it WAS working and my PC has not had any updates recently.

Make sure you have joystick selected in the radio setup.

https://oscarliang.com/opentx-usb-joysti...s-storage/

(18-Jun-2020, 05:05 AM)voodoo614 Wrote: Make sure you have joystick selected in the radio setup.

https://oscarliang.com/opentx-usb-joysti...s-storage/

I'm not sure if mine being the SE model makes that difference, but when I connect the USB cable the option pops up to select joystick or storage. Problem is, it's not being recognized as a USB device at all as far as I can tell. In neither joystick or storage mode.

The SE model does not matter.

When you connect the USB and select joystick, can you tell me what device comes up in the device manager?

It’s Windows it keeps updating the driver roll back to previous driver

Are you saying that the old driver works? Then find the old driver.

When you uninstall the new driver that does not work, you want to click the box that deletes the driver you don't want. Then install the driver that you want. That should fix the problem. I womder if you have this problem.
https://intofpv.com/t-fix-frsky-jumper-t...windows-10

I'll check when I get home and look at that last link, but I was not seeing any new device show up in device manager when I connected the cable. The taranis is recognizing a cable being connected because it prompts for joystick/storage. I'll restart my pc and see if anything changes.

The only thing that has changed to my knowledge is the updated firmware. Actually, I was trying to use a longer mini USB cable I had because the one that came with it is so short. I'll check with the original cable as well and make sure that isn't causing it. Thanks for the replies!

If you are not getting anything to show up in the device manager, then it could be a cable issue.

(18-Jun-2020, 11:45 PM)voodoo614 Wrote: If you are not getting anything to show up in the device manager, then it could be a cable issue.

Your suggestions are much appreciated! Believe it or not, the cable seems to have been the issue. I had a longer one lying around and it must be a charge-only cable...so back to using this itty bitty short one until I can pick up another. I feel kinda dumb for not trying that first, but oh well, I'm just glad it's working.