V2 Handbrake wont connect
Just hooked up the new hand brake and tried to make sure it was up to date pulgged it into the dd+ wheelbase handbrake port tried over and over different ports pedals shift 1 and 2 and nothing please help!
Just hooked up the new hand brake and tried to make sure it was up to date pulgged it into the dd+ wheelbase handbrake port tried over and over different ports pedals shift 1 and 2 and nothing please help!
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What do you mean exactly?
The Handbrake does not have it's own page when connected to the Base or the Pedals. You can see if it's working in the Axis Bar on the pedals Page in the Control Panel.
Also: NEVER connect it to anything else than the Handbrake Port! Plugging it into a Shifter Port can cause irreparable damage!
Only when you connect it through the optional USB Adapter then the Handbrake would have it's own page.
Sorry to hear about the issue with your Handbrake, Billy! Let's try to get it sorted. First, ensure it's securely connected to the correct port on your DD+ wheelbase (the handbrake port is ideal). If it doesn’t respond, verify that the wheelbase and any other connected devices are updated to the latest firmware using the Fanatec Control Panel. If you've already tried different ports like Shift 1/2 and still no luck, there might be a deeper connection issue. Double check the USB cable or RJ12 connections for any damage or loose fit. If the issue persists, reach out to our support team through the Fanatec support page. They'll guide you step by step to get everything up and running! 😊
Handbrake port is the ONLY port to use so don’t try the other ports as it may damage the base
Irreparable damage? Seriously? Who designed that and why do the shifter and the handbrake have the same type of socket in the base? They should've made different, so that kind of equipment-damaging mistake would not be possible
it's because company want keep price low for his production line, adding different sockets would cost them more
also if they want that they older hardware work as well, it's not possible change that anymore.
keep in mind there are clearly typed in behind what socket is what.
I guess you've never heard the phrase errare humanum est. Consumer stuff should be designed in such a way that prohibits costly mistakes. You can do it by either making it physically impossible to plug it in wrongly or by adding some protection inside, so that a handbrake in the shifter socket doesn't fry anything. This is basics
i'm industrial electrician, and we usually never use same sockets at least for same machine.
but to you understand that Fanatec been made products 25 years? they have shitload old stuff. and if they want that all work together, it's not that easy change atm.
If you can't change sockets for some legacy reasons, the option #2 I listed should be implemented. If the good old CS USB adapter could handle all shifters, pedals, and handbrakes plugged into it, I see no reason for the base not being able to at least tolerate incorrect connections and not fry something.
they to have -plan B for future, and that is a CAN connection, when that happens you really cant add anything wrongly really
We're not talking about future, we're talking about now. If you really can damage your expensive equipment by a simple mistake of plugging the shifter into a wrong socket (which is easy to make if you're in a hurry or when you're replacing the base on your rig and there's already a bunch of black cables there all with the same RJ-12 jack and you forgot to label which one is which when you disconnected them from the old base), I'm sorry, but this is just some lazy engineering which should not be happening.
Cost of unique jacks and cables was likely a driver as well as design. And as a consumer being able to buy generic cables of any length rather than only from Fanatec - think on that one - for your rig is a benefit. Also the HB 1.5 cable was different so it was obvious - not any more w the V2
Color coding could have been a useful compromise on jack and cable but an electrically neutral system when using same types is really the answer
if you have allot cables, and not know where to add them, there is also tool called Label printer
with that you can mark all your cables
HB V1 (I believe it's the same for the V1.5) cable was 3.5mm mini-jack to RJ-12. Good luck finding that from a 3rd party, even if you can there's no guarantee that the pin layout is the same. When I needed more length, I had to buy a mini-jack male-to-female extension (which is a pretty common cable) and combine both. If the base-facing jack was something different, it wouldn't have changed anything for me.
How this will bring costs down if you use same socket and cannot plug to wrong scoket your cable.-. if you break something, it will be costs for Fanatec b warranty and so on, or where is the logic about this? i dont understand at alll comments like this. And many of others do the same, no understanding for this kind of explanation that using same type sockets and you can damage your equiptment, that is just full of no sense. What kind of engineeriing is there, maybe they should chnage the working place or go to school to learn things.
people mistakes actually by default not covered by warranty, when expertise checks the hardware and see its made by human error then user self need pay repair with own money
there are hardware manuals for reason. for read it before use it
That is just wrong thoughts, human error is not any valid reason for no warranty. It just design problem and must be fixed. In EU laws will go like that. THere is no such thing as manufacturer saying that we dont fix it for warranty necause you cannot use it in right way. THat is just nonsense, that manufacturer can avoid warranty by that there is possiblities to plug cables to wrong plugs, which are all the same, that is not user eror, that is manufacturer's design error and manufacture should fix that.
There can be dozens of manuals telling sometthing but user cannot have possiblity to break the device plugging the cable to same type socket which is wrong. Or why do you think that PC have different kind of sckets? Why not use same socket for everything and ssay that is user error if you connect you wall current/voltage /230V) to usb?
Why the wold have different kind of socket it theyt aren no tneeded because it is all for customer to check the right port even all socket are the same?
WHere is the logic of yours?
ANd how will blind people to read the sockets text, which are which? Or almost blind, or if you having old eyes, not seeing texts so good, or anythig, I cant understand this younger generation who dont understand that there a lot of people different from themselves, everything is done for average people who can see or hear or have all fingergs and so on. We all dont have that kind of luxury. You should check some forza morotsport blind driving or something.
A very valid point about the design in general, but I doubt blind people are gonna do simracing. It's just not feasible (despite what Forza is doing)
Why not blind people are not simracing? Just google forza motorsport blind driving etc,, sure blind people are "simracing" or racing, we have akso real car driving in closed area with co-driver etc, why do you think, that blind people dont want to have that experience of driving? And the future will be lot better for blind driving because all of sensors, lidars, and all that stuff.
And what about htat connector and connecting.. from another thread:
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4️⃣ RJ12 Connection: Double-check the RJ12 cable connection to ensure it's secure. Try using another port on the DD+ base if possible.
And about "blind people" there are several levels of blindness, it is not always 100% lost vision, maybe you just google that too, what kind of eye problems people can have, and think again about what yo y say behalf of others without any knowledge.
well, home routers have also 5 same sockets and only 4 is meant connect the hardware while the last one is meant for the incoming connection
But nothing breaks even you connect what in the fifth, so do you understand the problem at all here?
And if they are fom fanatec team saying that you can try another rj12 port... so I am confused as user about the infromation that has given to us about the siuation.
And my only 5 port switch is working from all ports, dont know how old ones you have or what purposes. Just poort thing to compare to this one.
I got it working! but theres very little play in the handbrake itself to pull it i have it set with the 70mm but it just fells to stiff still