Central MS FFB2 topic - repair, settings and mods

Azimech · #1 02-14-2011, 10:09 PM

Good idea. I'll do the same.

xnomad · #2 02-17-2011, 06:50 AM

Well what I've been fearing for some time has finally happened today! With only about a month to go for COD to come out and button 2 on my trusted FFB2 is failing. It hardly works at all any more.

I'll have to reassign cannons etc. to button 3 for the time being.

I had a look at the Omron website for replacement switches but can't tell which ones I need. The ones mentioned in older posts e.g. doesn't seem to exist anymore. Does anyone know what type to get nowadays? Is the button 2 switch the same as the trigger?

I think I'll stick with button 3 for now, I rarely use it and if the trigger fails then I'll try to repair, before replacing them I'll try cleaning them like in the old UBI thread first.

Azimech · #3 02-17-2011, 08:04 AM

I couldn't live without buttons 3 and 4, I use them to fluently zoom in & out.

Have you tried contact spray? Some dirt or fat might have entered the switch.

xnomad · #4 02-17-2011, 08:31 AM

Thanks, I don't really want to open it until I have to, which is if button 3 or the trigger fail. Unless you mean spray straight into the gap? I only really use the trigger and button 2 the most.

Button 3 used to be for centering TrackIR, button 4 was for toggle gun-sight view and the hat for zoom in/out and for radiator flaps.

Ever since I got TrackIR 5 and the 6DOF enabled I don't need the toggle for gun sight, I just lean in and the same with zoom.

x__CRASH__x · #5 06-04-2012, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xnomad

I had a look at the Omron website for replacement switches but can't tell which ones I need. The ones mentioned in older posts e.g. doesn't seem to exist anymore. Does anyone know what type to get nowadays? Is the button 2 switch the same as the trigger?

OMRON part numbers

Trigger: B3M-6009. http://www.omron.com/ecb/products/pdf/en-b3m.pdf

Buttons 2/3/4: B3FS-1002. http://www.components.omron.com/components/web/pdflib.nsf/0/7A04F73D25AF4A8785257201007DD542/$file/B3FS_1110.pdf

They are less than $1 per button. The problem you will run into is finding a distributer that will sell them in a small quantity, like 5-10. I don't need a 100-button bag.