Dog at My TrackIR Cable....Not a Good Day:(

[Grim.Reaper]

Almost like my dog eating my homework excuse, but my newer dog ended up eating my TrackIR cable, splitting it in half:(  Not that I am a good flight/sim player, but after using that device, can't imagine playing those games without it anymore.  I am guessing there really isn't a good way to repair a completely severed TrackIR cable, at least I am not that mechanically inclined:)  I will have to save up again to purchase another one...simming officially on hold:(

[Nefaro]

Eat the dog.

[Grim.Reaper]

Trust me....something like that crossed my mind:)

[Barthheart]

You should be able to just splice the wires together again with a little solder.

If you don't know how , maybe you know someone with a little electrical experience.

Shouldn't take more than about 10 minutes to fix up.

[Grim.Reaper]

Thanks.....probably beyond my skill set, but I do have some folks in the family good with that stuff.  I'll have to give that a try.  I just thought with the dog chewing threw it, might have damaged the cables beyond repair....but maybe some hope.

[Barthheart]

Yer welcome. The cable may end up a few inches shorter but it's worth a shot.  8)

[Grim.Reaper]

Yer welcome. The cable may end up a few inches shorter but it's worth a shot.  8)

Agreed....better than another $150 :)

[Slick Wilhelm]

Sorry to hear that, Grim. I've got a Beagle puppy myself, and so far she's chewed up three pairs of shoes, 3/4 of a DirecTV remote control and nibbled a corner of my CH Fighterstick. Thankfully, no fatalities in gaming hardware yet.

Dogs are great, but they can be trying at times.

[LongBlade]

Sorry, Grim. I think anyone with pets runs the risk of losing something.

A new addition to our house chewed through a power cord for a laptop recently (come to think of it, this has happened a couple of times).

And a few years ago one of my dogs sprinted through the door and get his foot tangled in a mouse cord, destroying a Razer Mamba's left mouse button. They know not what they do, but man can they task your patience when something like that happens.

[Jarhead0331]

I know exactly how you feel...so far my cat Penelope has killed one X52Pro HOTAS, three keyboards, one mouse, three ipod chargers, two blackberry chargers, two telephone lines, one speaker system and at least four headphones/mics.

She is just deadly. 

[LongBlade]

I know exactly how you feel...so far my cat Penelope has killed one X52Pro HOTAS, three keyboards, one mouse, three ipod chargers, two blackberry chargers, two telephone lines, one speaker system and at least four headphones/mics.

She is just deadly.

Man, that is like Stalingrad at your house for electronics.

[Martok]

I know exactly how you feel...so far my cat Penelope has killed one X52Pro HOTAS, three keyboards, one mouse, three ipod chargers, two blackberry chargers, two telephone lines, one speaker system and at least four headphones/mics.

She is just deadly.

Good gravy!  She's like a serial killer, except with tech/gadgets. 

[MikeGER]

Thanks.....probably beyond my skill set, but I do have some folks in the family good with that stuff.  I'll have to give that a try.  I just thought with the dog chewing threw it, might have damaged the cables beyond repair....but maybe some hope.

IIRC its just an USB cable with 4 (or sometimes nowadays 5 wires), colorcoded
if your cable got chewed up in several places, you can get an USB cable (not longer then the original TrackIR) cut off the not need plug on one side and splice it to the short ending (maybe a few good inches are left) coming out of the TrackIR device.

or you can get a USB 'female jack' and solder the wires from the short end to the connectors inside the jack and use a standart USB-cable for the connection between the TrackIR with new female jack on a verry short cable and your PC
(i think i would prefer the later, cause those wires are very tiny and its easier to solder them on connector-pins inside a opened jack-casing)   
   


   

[Slick Wilhelm]

She is just deadly.

Are you sure Penelope is a cat and not a mountain lion?  ;D

[Jarhead0331]

She is just deadly.

Are you sure Penelope is a cat and not a mountain lion?  ;D

Penelope...destroyer of worlds.